The Darrow criminal defense lawyers organization is pleased to announce that it is sponsoring a NHTSA/IACP Standardized Field Sobriety Test training event on October 17, 18, and 19, 2012. This intensive three-day course is being hosted at Northwood University in Livonia, Michigan. The course will be presented by Tony Corroto and William Maze. The student/practitioner will receive the same training that law enforcement officers receive throughout the nation in the most up to date National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's DUI Detection and SFST course. Participants will learn and practice the NHTSA standardized field sobriety test battery. Topics will include the proper procedures for administering and interpreting the Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus, Walk and Turn, and One Leg Stand examinations. The student/practitioner will be required to pass written and practical examinations, demonstrating comprehension of the DUI detection process as well as proficiency in the SFST battery. An alcohol workshop will be conducted where participants will be required to properly administer the SFSTs on volunteers with BACs from 0.00 to 0.15.
Participants will receive a DUI/SFST student manual (08/06 edition), a CD-Rom containing the student manual and various studies, and a certificate of course completion.
The cost for this course is $550.00. This course is being offered at a discounted rate through Darrow, saving the student over $200.00 from the normally offered price. A limited number of slots have been reserved for full-time public defenders. If you are a full-time public defender and wish to participate, please contact us as soon as possible to ensure that we have space. Lunches and refreshments will be served throughout the day due to the demanding time constraints of the course. Students will be required to make reservations at a local hotel, and a group discount is being negotiated at this time. We hope to keep students together during the course to ensure that the educational process adheres to the NHTSA requirements but also offers a dynamic learning experience.
How to Register
Please mail your payment in the form of a check or money order payable to Tony Corroto Enterprises LLC to:
Maze Legal Group, PC
38777 Six Mile Rd., Ste 110
Livonia, MI 48152
Seating is limited in this course, so please register early.
About the Presenters
Tony Corroto is a retired police officer from Atlanta Georgia who served on the DUI Task Force. Mr. Corroto was a Senior Police Officer with the Atlanta Police Department for over seventeen years spending fourteen of those assigned to the DUI Task Force. He specializes as a Standardized Field Sobriety Testing (SFST) and Drug Recognition Expert (DRE) instructor. He is an instructor for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and has taught DUI enforcement at the Atlanta Police Academy and the Georgia Public Safety Training Center. Mr. Corroto is an "on call" expert witness for the State of Georgia. He has been recognized as an expert witness on over 2300 DUI cases for the City of Atlanta in one year alone. Over the past eight years he has been listed on over 10,000 DUI cases as an "on call" expert witness. He made over 2700 arrests for persons driving under the influence while working for the City of Atlanta's DUI Task Force.
William Maze is a DUI defense lawyer from Livonia, Michigan. He has been exclusively practicing drunk driving defense since 2004. He has been certified in the SFST battery since 2005, and he has extensive experience cross-examining police officers on field sobriety tests. He has been qualified as an expert witness in several Michigan courts, and he has testified at evidentiary hearings and jury trials as an expert.