CHP - Impaired Driving Section

Today, May 4, 2026, Sergeant R. Smith of the Impaired Driving Section (IDS) was honored to be a guest speaker at the California District Attorneys Association roundtable. He shared insights on current impairment research, upcoming training initiatives, and stressed the importance of Drug Recognition Experts. The attendance of Assistant Chief L. Depee and Captain E. Johnson underscored the strong leadership support for our mission: Eliminating DUI driving in California through education and enforcement.

This past weekend, instructors from Impaired Driving Section had the privilege of evaluating 32 explorer teams for the DUI scenario at the 2026 State Capitol Explorer Challenge, held at the CHP - Academy.

We were quite impressed with the skill and dedication of these great teams of explorers from all over the state! We hope to see them as cadets at our Academy in the future!

Yesterday (4-27-26), members of IDS met the new cadet class for the first time. This begins over 120 hours of formal instruction (and probably just as much study and practice!) that they will receive from our unit over the course of the next six months.
The introduction started with a video detailing the perils of driving under the influence followed by IDS Captain Johnson stressing to the cadets the importance of DUI enforcement as well as the need for them to apply maximum effort in their studies.
The cadets also met their primary instructors as well as several other instructors from IDS.
We look forward to watching these cadets develop over the next six months!

CHP - Academy

CHP - East Sacramento Officer Johnston doing great work catching this person driving under the influence and in possession of a loaded firearm! A potential tragedy averted.

24/7, CHP officers are out there looking for impaired drivers.

Every CHP officer is required to be trained in Standardized Field Sobriety Testing (SFST) while in the academy. Within their first year as an officer, they are required to complete Advanced Roadside Impaired Driving Enforcement (ARIDE). ARIDE is a class that builds on SFST and introduces driving under the influence of drugs and gives the officers more tools for detecting drivers impaired by drugs. These are both Departmentally imposed requirements because of our commitment to combatting impaired driving on California's roadways.

CHP - Susanville out making the roads of our beautiful state safer, one DUI arrest at a time!

Do you have a DUI problem in your area? Do officers at your agency need training in Standardized Field Sobriety Testing (SFST) or Advanced Roadside Impaired Driving Enforcement (ARIDE)?

Shoot us an email at [email protected] and let's see if we can get training set up in your area!