SFST Refresher

Registration Deadline: September 27, 2022 

Intended Audience 

The SFST Refresher Training is for law enforcement officers at the Federal, State, county, and local level who have successfully completed the NHTSA/IACP-approved DWI Detection and Standardized Field Sobriety Testing Training Program. This course satisfies the Illinois Department of Transportation Sustained Traffic Enforcement Program (STEP) Grant requirement of having an SFST refresher every four years from the date of their last completed certified training.   

Purpose of the Training

The primary purpose the SFST Refresher Training Program is to improve the overall consistency of administration of the SFSTs by individual police officers. Officers can refresh their skills with: • Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus, Walk and Turn, One Leg Stand • Additional testing procedures • Toxicology protocols • DUI Report writing skills • Case law update • Understanding the warning to motorists • Common DUI Defense techniques/court testimony • Processing the DUI arrest   

Officers will receive access to the dynamicimpairment.com Field Resource Database which contains DUI flowcharts, FAQs, sample reports, reference documents, NHTSA research documents, and more. This database can be accessed by officers on any device that has internet access. It is password protected. Officers will receive the DUI processing pocketbook.  

David Christiansen and Ari Briskman are Standardized Field Sobriety Instructors and Drug Recognition Expert Instructors. Together, they have instructed thousands of officers throughout all of Illinois on impaired driving courses including Standardized Field Sobriety Testing, Advanced Roadside Impaired Driving Enforcement, Drug Recognition Expert, SFST/DRE Instructor and other courses. David and Ari are both certified Traffic Crash Reconstructionists. Jennifer Cifaldi is the Illinois Traffic Safety Resource Prosecutor. Jennifer formerly served as an Assistant State’s Attorney with the Adams County State’s Attorney’s Office where she developed their DUI search warrant program. Jennifer also developed the Illinois Law Enforcement Phlebotomy Program which has been successfully implemented by many law enforcement agencies in Illinois. She has trained over a thousand officers and state’s attorneys on various impaired driving topics. 

This course has been certified by the ILETSB and approved to meet the following mandates:

    ☒ 10.0    Civil Rights            
    ☒ 2.0    Constitutional & Proper Use of Law Enforcement Authority    
    ☒    Crisis Intervention            
    ☐    Cultural Competency
    ☐    Emergency Medical Response      
    ☐    Human Rights 
    ☒ 4.0    Legal Updates            
    ☐    Officer Wellness and Mental Health
    ☐     Procedural Justice           
    ☐    Psychology of Domestic Violence
    ☐    Reporting of Child Abuse and Neglect    
    ☐    Sexual Assault Trauma Informed Response
    ☐    Use of Force            
    ☐    De-Escalation Techniques
    ☐    High-Risk Traffic Stops        
    ☐    Law concerning stops, searches, and use of force    
    ☐    Officer Safety Techniques                         
    ☐    Firearms Restraining Order Act

Specialized Training

    ☐    Crisis Intervention Team Training (CIT)    
    ☐    Lead Homicide Investigator 
    ☐    School Resource Officer        
    ☐    Sexual Assault Investigator Training
    ☐    Epinephrine Autoinjector (Epi Pen)    
    ☐    Opiod Antagonist (NARCAN)
    ☐    Drug Recognition Expert (DRE)    
    ☐    Advanced Roadside Impaired Driving Enforcement (ARIDE)

    
To receive a State Certificate / training credit for the above listed mandates, no more than 10% of the course hours can be missed.
 

THIS IS NOT A PUBLIC MEETING