Description: The Advanced Roadside Impaired Driving Enforcement (ARIDE) program was developed by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) with input from the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) Technical Advisory Panel and the Virginia Association of Chiefs of Police. ARIDE was created to address the gap in training between the Standardized Field Sobriety Testing (SFST) and the Drug Evaluation and Classification (DEC) programs.

Students start with a 4-hour SFST refresher to ensure their proficiency as SFSTs are the cornerstone of all impaired driving enforcement. The remaining 12 hours of instruction introduce the seven (7) established drug categories, affiliated signs and symptoms, methods of ingestion, paraphernalia, additional roadside tests including the Modified Rhomberg Balance and Lack of Convergence tests, current drug trends and an overview of the Drug Evaluation and Classification Program (DECP). It is not designed to replace the DRE program; rather, it is intended to supplement the DECP by enabling officers to recognize impairment resulting from controlled substances and to utilize a DRE. ARIDE is a prerequisite course for Drug Recognition Expert (DRE).

Training Audience: This training is open to all law enforcement and state troopers who have successfully completed SFST Training and are proficient with SFST.

Prerequisite(s): Successful completion of SFST.

Course Length: 16-hours

Equipment Needs: Pen / pencil, note-taking material.

Pennsylvania Department of Health Continuing Education Hours: None

Host Site Contact: Gerry Lindenlauf, Law Enforcement Training Coordinator, office: 610-344-4365 or via email at glindenlauf@chesco.org.

Course Contact: If you have a course related or other IDP LE topic or training question, please contact Catherine Tress, ctress@padui.org or 412-400-6576.

If you have a question regarding registration, please contact JoElyn Slifkin, jslifkin@padui.org

As a requirement of PennDOT, all student trainings and enrollment are tracked.

• If you are a training officer or Chief, and wish to register an officer from your department, please register them through the Link(s) provided below.

• If the registration link is blocked by your agency's computer system, please email the following information to JoElyn Slifkin, jslifkin@padui.org:

• RANK and NAME as you would like it to appear on your certificate
• Police Department Name
• Student Email Address
• Student Cell Phone Number
• MPO# or PSP Employee # (or ORI # if you do not have an MPO # or PSP #)
• **** Be sure to reference the class number in your email

After your registration has been completed online, you will receive a confirmation email within 72 hours (unless otherwise noted).

To register please visit: Click here to register for Class #641