Sandoval County DWI Prevention programs show high completion rate
Executive Administrator Diane Irwin reports 93 percent of clients who finish the county DWI and Prevention program do not reoffend. About 75 percent of referred individuals complete the program, which is housed in Bernalillo and serves roughly 250 clients weekly with six counselors. The state requires counseling after DWI or domestic violence convictions, offering group and individual therapy, crisis help, and ongoing aftercare. Four compliance officers monitor some 1,200 offenders statewide for sentence completion.
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Sandoval County
Diane Irwin
Bernalillo
Irwin
Designated driver bracelets aid work outings and events
A county DWI program distributes bracelets that alert Irwin when wearers drink alcohol or violate house arrest. The scheme allows work attendance with post work check ins, funds booths at local events to promote designated driving, and partners with taxis to provide rides home. It also conducts school outreach, awareness events in Santa Fe, enforcement checks, and periodic business compliance visits across nine law enforcement agencies. No teens died in DWI crashes last year.
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Irwin
Santa Ana Star Center
Star Center
DWI and Prevention
Santa Fe
John Sapien
Ors
New Mexico Athletic Association
DWI and Prevention helps offenders stay on track in Oval County
Oval County residents charged with DWI or domestic violence can access free treatment through the DWI and Prevention Program. A screener assesses needs, guiding access to outpatient or inpatient therapy and referrals to veterans benefits or psychiatric services. average stay is 26 to 52 weeks, ages 18 to 70, with strict staff collaboration to prevent dropouts.
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Oval County
Diane Irwin
Irwin
High School DWI PSA Project Shaped by Students
Independence High School film students, in partnership with Sandoval County DWI and Prevention Program, write film scripts act in and edit public service announcements discouraging drunken driving among peers. Corina Trujillo at 18 stars in a commercial and on a billboard. they air about 120 times monthly on New Mexico CW and MyS50TV.
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Independence High School
Sandoval County
Marla Peters
Corina Trujillo
Santa Fe
Trujillo
New Mexico
Mys50tv
DWI
Prevention
Diane Irwin
Irwin
Peters
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