Police Training

DUI Detection and Standardized Field Sobriety Testing

In October of 2019 Attorney Kelly received police training certifying him as a Standard Field Sobriety Test Practitioner. It is important to know what kinds of field tests are administered in DUI cases and how to refute them in Court.

Advanced Roadside Impaired Driving Enforcement

Attorney Michael P. Kelly recently completed Advanced Roadside Impairment Detection Training. Also known as ARIDE, this is the training police officers receive to detect what they suspect is impairment caused by drugs, rather than alcohol. This is a two day, sixteen hour course offered to Troopers who have already completed their field sobriety training. It is important that your DUI lawyer is familiar with the ways the Commonwealth tries to prove impairment. As far as we are concerned, at M. P. Kelly Law, the best way to do that is to actually attend and complete the same training as the police.

Attorney Kelly recently received training that qualifies him as a Standard Field Sobriety Instructor. This allows him to actually train police officers in how to detect DUI impaired drivers, perform standard field sobriety tests, write police reports and testify in court. It is extremely important that your DUI Attorney understand these concepts. Attorney Kelly can actually teach them, which translates to excellent cross examination if they are done incorrectly.