A DRE regional coordinator is appointed by the chair of the Technical Advisory Panel (TAP) of the IACP Highway Safety Committee. This person represents one of three assigned regions and assists in the delivery and coordination of the DEC Program in accordance with the IACP DECP, ARIDE, and SFST Program International Standards and the TAP (see International Standards for complete description). In addition, the chair and vice chairs of the IACP’s DRE Section also represent these same regions. The following lists the regional coordinators and the regions they represent.

IACP TAP & DRE Section Representatives:

EASTERN REGION

Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, and West Virginia; Canadian provinces of Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland

TAP Section Representative: John Flannigan, Vermont Criminal Justice Council, Pittsford, Vermont, (802) 999-7685

DRE Section Representative: Michael Blute, Georgia Public Safety Training Center, Forsyth, Georgia, (678) 357-8567

CENTRAL REGION

Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas and Wisconsin; Canadian province of Ontario

TAP Representative: Robert Paul 
Missouri Safety Center, Warrensburg, MO, (660) 543-4524

DRE Section Representative: Lieutenant Joseph Milos, Bellevue Police Department, Nebraska, (402) 293-3118

WESTERN REGION

Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming; Canadian provinces of Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan

TAP Representative: Sergeant Dustin Woida, California Highway Patrol; (916) 843-4391

DRE Section Representative: Corporal Nicholas Hazlett, Colorado State Police; (719) 635-0385