Overview
Substance Abuse treatment, Court Compliance, and Prevention
Tags
- Public Government Service
- Government Organization
- Drug Addiction Treatment Center
- Public & Government Service
Description
No one person is perfect, nor is any family. Providing the information and support for all convicted and youth experimenting with abusive substances will bring education, build self esteem and create an opportunity for children and adult alike to break the norm and take responsibility for their choices. If they choose to drink alcohol, then they must choose to not drive. If they choose to drink alcohol, then they must choose not to create a domestic violence situation. If they choose to drink alcohol, then they will know the physical/health affects that will take its toll. If they choose to drink alcohol and drive, then they will know that they can kill or be killed; be convicted, license suspended or revoked, incarcerated, have a record and possibly have their car taken and sold by the County.
The bottom line is that the SCDWI will provide programming addressing the full circle evolving around DWI and the County of Socorro residents will know the consequences of DWI.
The Socorro County DWI Program remains dedicated to the belief that enforcement and education is the key in reducing injury and death on our highways at the hands of the impaired driver. We believe aggressive enforcement is a major factor in reducing death and injury by those operators. We have maintained a County-wide DWI Planning COuncil which includes members from the New Mexico State Police, the District Attorney's Office, the City of Socorro Police Department,, the Socorro County Sheriff's Department and the Magdalena Marshalls officeThese Law enforcement agencies conduct a series of saturation patrols and DWI sobriety checkpoints on a monthly basis. These patrols are established to coincide with holidays, special events and high traffic areas. The Socorro Law enforcement agencies have also adopted and successfully uses underage compliance checks to help deter the sales of alcohol to the underage consumer.The compliance check aspect of the enforcement program has helped reduce both underage drinking and DWI in our County.
The 7th Judicial District Attorney's Office has a special prosecution unit which handles all DWI related cases and their continued efforts have helped reduce the number of alcohol related deaths and injuries throughout the County.
There are special educational programs available which are suitable for elementary, high school and college level age groups that the Socorro County DWI Program offers to all eight scools in our County on a monthly basis. Socorro County also provides a Victim Impact Panel in its efforts to educate and rehabilitate the intoxicated operator.
We believe that education & enforcement are major factors in reducing injury and death at the hands of the intoxicated or impaired driver. Socorro County will continue to implement a plan to reduce the incidence of drunk driving and the occurrence of alcohol related traffic injuries and fatalities. We will also continue our role in educating people throughout the County and it is the goal of the Socorro County DWI Program to reduce the number of injuries and deaths related to alcohol involvement.
The Socorro County DWI Program has become active in collaborating with area agencies in providing information and referral to organizations and the general public, as well as encouraging involvement, developing and engaging a viable and active DWI Council. The SCDWI program has partnered with organizations throughout the county playing an active role with Socorro County’s Health Council; SCOPE (Socorro County Options; Prevention and Education), City of Socorro Mayor’s Drug Task Force and the SW Regional Substance Abuse Collaborative (SAC).
Along with collaborating with other organizations throughout Socorro County toward prevention efforts of reducing underage drinking, trying to reduce the number of drunk driving arrests, The DWI office works with cases from the inception of sentencing giving referrals to defendants for court ordered sanctions and works closely with the Socorro County Magistrate Court, Jail, and District Attorney’s office. The SCDWI Program is responsible for conducting office and phone visits with DWI defendants on a monthly basis, encouraging and motivating defendants to comply with sentencing. The DWI program staff is required to maintain a Community Service Program, & to make random visits to bars and clubs to insure DWI offenders are complying with their court orders. The Socorro County DWI Program and our active Advisory Council have been actively working together towards educating and providing positive programming in Socorro County to combat DWI issues. This board is representative of the County ethnicity and concerned organizations with DWI and alcohol abuse; has continually reviewed and followed the bylaws for the council ratified by the Socorro County Commissioners. The SCDWI Advisory Council meets, once a month conduct. The Socorro County DWI Program is committed to reducing the social and economic impact of drunk driving in Socorro County through education, public awareness, prevention, and offender supervision.. The Socorro County DWI Program serves the entire County by, providing community leaders with statistical information and analysis to assist them in creating localized plans to reduce DWI death and injury in Socorro..
The Socorro County DWI Program also provides a victims impact panel to offenders, giving them first hand information on the effects of drunk driving and the consequences of drunk driving
The Socorro County DWI Program has spent more than eight years developing a multi-faceted approach to reducing drunk driving in New Mexico. The Socorro County DWI Program collaborates with treatment providers, youth organizations, businesses, community task forces, elected officials, courts, government agencies and the media to increase public awareness, develop prevention and training programs, and provide educational materials to our County at large.
