IACP Impaired Driving and Traffic Safety (IDTS) Conference
The IACP 2025 Impaired Driving and Traffic Safety (IDTS) Conference will be held in Chicago, Illinois, August 4-6.
Join traffic safety professionals from around the world to share knowledge about effective and proven approaches for improving road safety, the latest science on alcohol and drug impaired driving enforcement, how technology can be leveraged to make communities safer, and how agencies can use traffic safety education to engage and build trust with their communities. The IDTS Conference is the largest training conference for drug recognition experts and traffic safety professionals. Conference attendees include DREs, law enforcement officers (state police, highway patrol, county, municipal, governmental, sheriffs, and other agencies), crash investigators, supervisors/administrators, prosecutors, toxicologists, laboratory personnel, traffic safety professionals, among others.
Registration, lodging, and additional information will be available in the coming months. Sign up to receive the latest updates.
2024 Conference Certificates of Attendance
All attendees of the 2024 IDTS Conference were sent a post conference email that included a survey and information to obtain your conference attendance certificate. Please complete the survey and related information to obtain your certificate of attendance. The certificates are manually generated and will be sent to the email supplied in the survey. Please allow 5-7 business days from the time of your submission due to the volume of certificates being generated.
Didn't receive the survey? Complete the survey here.
For additional information, please email IDTS@theIACP.org
Call for Proposals
The 2024 IDTS Conference call for proposals is closed. View detailed information here regarding the call for proposals, timeline, review process, and speaking at the 2024 IDTS Conference.
IACP conducts a call for proposals each year for the IDTS Conference educational program. The proposal submission deadline for the 2024 IDTS Conference was January 16, 2024. All workshop proposals must be submitted through the online portal to be considered for the educational program. Selection notifications were sent to all proposal submitters on March 7, 2024.
The 2025 call for proposals will open in the fall. Please keep an eye on this page for more information or sign up to receive the latest updates.
Who Should Attend?
Attendance is open to IACP DRE Section members, IACP members, and qualified non-members who support traffic safety efforts, including: 1) currently certified Drug Recognition Experts, 2) sworn law enforcement officers, 3) agencies which receive funding for the DEC program, 4) civilian employees of public safety agencies, 5) first responders, 6) prosecutors, 7) traffic safety advocates of non-profit organizations, 8) physicians providing expertise in support of the prosecution of impaired drivers, and 9) toxicologists providing expertise in the prosecution of impaired drivers. Other individuals who maintain a direct professional, supportive interest in the Drug Evaluation and Classification program, including DRE Emeritus or DRE Ambassadors, may submit a request to attend. Public safety includes offices of police, sheriffs, EMS, fire service, hazmat, and park rangers from federal, state, city, county, campus, and tribal agencies, as well as members of the armed forces.
Join IACP today to save on IDTS Conference registration. Sworn and civilian employees of public safety agencies, academics, and professionals of related fields can qualify for membership in the IACP. Those in sworn command-level positions qualify for active membership; others may be eligible for associate membership.
Registration, lodging, and additional information will be available in the coming months. Sign up to receive the latest updates.
Educational Program
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Exhibit and Sponsorship Opportunities
Review the 2024 IDTS Conference Sponsorship Prospectus for information about exhibiting and sponsorship opportunities. 2025 exhibiting and sponsorship opportunities will be released in the coming months.
To learn more, please reach out to sponsorship@theIACP.org or sign up to receive the latest updates.
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