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DWI OFFICER QUALIFICATIONS <br />The agency will provide a qualified officer who has a minimum of two years of experience as a licensed peace officer. <br />The DWI officer will work on all aspects of this project. In addition, the following training must have been completed by <br />the officer prior to the beginning of grant funded enforcement. <br />• IACP's 16-hour Standardized Field Sobriety Testing (SFST) course <br />• IACP's Advanced Roadside Impaired Driving Enforcement (ARIDE) or Drugs That Impair Driving (DTID) <br />• Minnesota's Occupant Protection Usage and Enforcement (OPUE) course <br />ARIDE Online — 6 POST credits <br />This course will instruct officers on the difference between alcohol and drug impaired drivers; how they are <br />detected and what can be expected. Officers will learn the observable signs of seven major drug categories, <br />medical conditions that mimic drug influence, and what they will see when they encounter drivers under the <br />influence of specific drugs. This course may be used as ARIDE refresher. <br />OPUE Online <br />This online curriculum is only necessary for people who had the classroom training more than five years ago or <br />have never taken OPUE at all. <br />Training information can be found on the Minnesota State Patrol's site: <br />https ://dps.mn. gov/divisions/msp/about/Pages/law-enforcement-training. aspx <br />Quick Reference Guide: <br />Course <br />Length <br />Type <br />Standardized Field Sobriety Testing (SFST) <br />16 hours <br />classroom <br />Drugs That Impair Driving (DTID) - offered until Sept. 30, <br />2015 <br />OR <br />Advanced Roadside Impaired Driving Enforcement (ARIDE) <br />replaced DTID on Oct. 1, 2015 <br />6 or 8 hours <br />10 hours <br />classroom <br />classroom <br />Occupant Protection Usage and Enforcement (OPUE) <br />3 hours <br />Classroom <br />(until Oct. 1, 2015) <br />Effective Oct. 1, 2015, all training courses are required to be refreshed within five years of their previous training date. <br />Vurse <br />Length Type <br />Standardized Field Sobriety Testing (SFST) <br />4 hours <br />classroom <br />Advanced Roadside Impaired Driving Enforcement (ARIDE) <br />5 hours <br />online <br />Occupant Protection Usage and Enforcement (OPUE) <br />3 hours <br />online <br />3 <br />