Department of Motor Vehicles

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Wednesday, March 27, 2019

Contact:
Tim O’Brien             
[email protected]

Darren Boysen
[email protected]

MEDIA ADVISORY: GTSC, DMV ANNOUNCE LATEST CLASS OF NEW YORK’S DRUG RECOGNITION EXPERTS

Mineola, NY - The Governor’s Traffic Safety Committee (GTSC) and the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) will host a graduation ceremony for law enforcement officers who have completed extensive training and are now nationally-certified Drug Recognition Experts (DREs). Additional DREs are critical as data shows an increase in fatal and personal-injury crashes involving drug-impaired drivers from 2013 to 2017. 

When:     

Thursday, March 28, 2019
11:00 a.m.

Where:   

Donald F. Kane Auditorium
Nassau County Police Department
1490 Franklin Avenue
Mineola, NY 11550 

Who:

Governor’s Traffic Safety Committee
New York State Department of Motor Vehicles