Field Sobriety Testing Manuals

NHTSA Training Manuals Standardized Field Sobriety Testing

Prosecutors and police officers love to play a game in court where the prosecutor objects to the defense attorney using the officer's training materials to impeach the officer in the procedures the officer followed during a drunk driving investigation. It goes like this:

PROSECUTOR: "Objection, your Honor, I don't know what book defense counsel is using to question the officer!"

POLICE OFFICER: "I don't know that book!"

This utterly ridiculous charade goes on daily in courts across Michigan. A few judges buy into it, but most see it as gamesmanship. Recently, I had a trial court judge try to help the prosecutor by ruling against me on this issue. I replied:

MR. MAZE: "Your Honor, if we can have the officer identify his training materials, I would be more than happy to use the NHTSA manual that he was trained from, even though these manuals do not substantially change from year to year." 

PROSECUTOR: "Really? Which other manual do you have?" 

MR. MAZE: "All of them." 

The judge told us to move on, with me winning the ability to cross-examine the officer with the manual.

Here are the manuals for you, in case your prosecutor wants to play this game.

 


DWI Detection & Standardized Field Sobriety Testing (SFST Basic) Manuals:

Feb 2000    Student Manual
Jan 2002    Instructor Manual  |  Student Manual
Sep 2004    Instructor Manual  |  Student Manual
Feb 2006    Instructor Manual  |  Student Manual
Mar 2013    Student Manual
May 2013    Instructor Manual
Oct 2015    Instructor Manual   |  Student Manual


DWI Detection & Standardized Field Sobriety Testing (SFST Refresher) Manuals:

Mar 2002    Instructor Manual  |  Student Manual
Sep 2004    Instructor Manual  |  Student Manual
Aug 2008 (4-hour)    Instructor Manual  |  Student Manual
Aug 2008 (8-hour)    Instructor Manual  |  Student Manual
2009 Session II     Instructor Manual  |  Student Manual
Oct 2015     Instructor Manual  |  Student Manual


Standardized Field Sobriety Testing Teacher-Trainer (SFST -TT) Manuals:

Aug 1999    Instructor Manual  |  Student Manual
Feb 2006    Instructor Manual   |  Student Manual


Introduction to Drugged Driving Manuals:

Feb 2000    Student Manual
Sep 2004    Instructor Manual   |  Student Manual


Drugs that Impair Driving Manuals:

Feb 2000    Student Manual
Sep 2004    Instructor Manual   |  Student Manual
Feb 2006    Instructor Manual   |  Student Manual


DRE Pre-School Manuals:

Mar 1999    Instructor Manual   |  Student Manual
May 2002    Instructor Manual
Sep 2002    Student Manual
Jan 2006    Instructor Manual   |  Student Manual
Jan 2007    Instructor Manual   |  Student Manual
Jan 2010    Instructor Manual   |  Student Manual
Jan 2011    Instructor Manual   |  Student Manual
May 2013    Instructor Manual   |  Student Manual
Oct 2015    Instructor Manual   |  Student Manual


DRE 7-Day School Manuals:

Apr 1993    Student Manual
Aug 1999    Instructor Manual   |  Student Manual
May 2002    Instructor Manual
Sep 2002    Instructor Manual   |  Student Manual
Jan 2006    Instructor Manual   |  Student Manual
Jan 2007    Instructor Manual   |  Student Manual
Jan 2010    Instructor Manual   |  Student Manual
Jan 2011    Instructor Manual   |  Student Manual
May 2013    Instructor Manual   |  Student Manual
Oct 2015    Instructor Manual   |  Student Manual


Advanced Roadside Impaired Driving Enforcement (ARIDE) Manuals:

Nov 2007    Instructor Manual   |  Student Manual
May 2013    Instructor Manual   |  Student Manual
Oct 2015 -- Instructor Manual   |  Student Manual