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BC’s New Approach to Impaired Driving:  A Story of Change & Transformation

A Story of Change & Transformation 

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Defining & Interpreting the Problem

Creating the Urgency for Change

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Creating the Urgency for Change

Alexa MiddelaerOctober 9, 2003 to May 17, 2008

Building A Strong Coalition …

‘ A strong guiding coalition is always needed – one with the rightneeded – one with the right composition, level of trust, and a shared objective.’

‐ John Kotter, Harvard University

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CourtsCourts

A System Wide Perspective …

PolicePolice

Road SafetyRoad Safety

VictimsVictims

Road Safety Policy & 

Legislation

Road Safety Policy & 

Legislation

Crown Prosecutors

Crown Prosecutors

Health CareHealth Care

Building A Strong Coalition …

BC Association of Chiefs of Police

BCAARoad Safety 

BC Ministry of Justice

Municipal Police

Foundation

RoadSafetyBC

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Building A Strong Coalition …

Developing the Vision

Communicating the Vision on a Large Scale

Eliminating Key Obstacles

M i DManaging Dozens of Projects Within the Initiative

Anchoring the Approach in the Culture

Developing a Broad Value Proposition…

Reduce Court Workload

Reduce Court Workload

Save Lives

Self FundingSelf Funding

Police EfficienciesPolice Efficiencies

Change Behavior (Swift – Certain – Severe)

(Swifter Justice, Rehabilitation, Increased Enforcement, Predictable Penalties)

Change Behavior (Swift – Certain – Severe)

(Swifter Justice, Rehabilitation, Increased Enforcement, Predictable Penalties)

Value PropositionValue Proposition

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100

120

140

Alcohol Impaired Driving Fatalities 2005 ‐ 2013

20

40

60

80 Base Line Annual Average Fatalities = 111

0

20

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

Fatalities Post Implementation Fatalities 

Save Lives

9,000 Annual 

1,200 Cases

Cases Removed from Court

Reduced Court Workload …

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Police Workload & the Criminal Code

Police EffortPolice Effort

Municipal Police

Criminal Code Sanctions

New Approach

4 Days4 Days

45 Minutes

45 Minutes

Efficiency• 98 percent efficiency gain• Ability to do more enforcement

with the same level of resources

Effectiveness• Relative to Criminal Code

sanctions (66% success rate), officers have high success rate (over 95%)

Creating a Behavioral Program Framework …

Swift• Immediate Sanctions @ Roadside

Swift• Immediate Sanctions @ Roadside

Certain• Widely Known Sanctions

Certain• Widely Known Sanctions

Severe• Sanctions with Impact

Severe• Sanctions with Impact

Fair & Reasonable• Well Defined Roadside Process & Administrative Appeal Structure

• Rehabilitation Component

Fair & Reasonable• Well Defined Roadside Process & Administrative Appeal Structure

• Rehabilitation Component

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Putting a Human Face on the Law …

Alexa MiddelaerOctober 9, 2003 to May 17, 2008

Giving Life to the Law: Partnership with Police

TrustTrust

Shared PurposeShared Purpose

EngagementEngagementRoadSafetyBC

Laws That Truly Work, Are Laws That Are Embraced by Those Entrusted to Enforce Them 

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Implementation

The Good

The UglyThe Inevitable

Court Workload Reduced from ~

52% Decrease to Alcohol Related Fatalities

The GoodThe Good

Reduced from   10,000 to 2,000 annual cases 

~ 98% Reduction to Police Workload

59% D d59% Decreased Prevalence of Impaired Driving

40/23/20% Decrease: Fatal, Injury, & Property Collisions

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The GoodThe Good

Connecting the Political Leadership to the Change Initiative

February 26, 2011The Clark government’s first priority will be to put families first, she said, echoing a familiar theme on which her campaignfamiliar theme on which her campaign was built upon ….families are the foundation and building block of the province’s future, she said.

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Innovations Tested

The Inevitable

The Inevitable

BC Supreme Court BC Court of Appeal2011 – 2014

2015

The Inevitable

The Inevitable

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The UglyThe Ugly

B.C.’s drunk‐driving law receives the green lightA d t t 2010 l dd d

The UglyThe Ugly

Amendments to 2010 law addressed constitutional flaws identified, Supreme Court rules

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Anchoring & Sustaining the Change

300,000 

350,000 

400,000 

450,000 2010 Winter 

100,000 

150,000 

200,000 

250,000 

BC Liquor Sales Volumes: 2004/05 – 2013/14 

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50,000 

2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14

Total Volume Beer & Coolers Spirits Wine

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'If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses.’

‐ Henry Ford

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Moving Past (Policy) Incrementalism

None settled for best practice

Questions & Discussion