2008 Toward Zero Deaths Conference Presentations

October 7-8, 2008
Mayo Civic Center
Rochester, MN

General Sessions

Welcome and Opening Remarks

• Cheri Marti, Director, Office of Traffic Safety, Minesota Department of Public Safety & Minnesota TZD Program Co-Chair (276 KB PDF)

Concurrent Sessions

Session 3: Best Practices for Law Enforcement

• Captain Charles Walerius, Owatonna Police Department (671KB PDF)
• Sergeant Vince Scheckel, Olmsted County Sheriff's Office & Lieutenant KC Reed, Rochester Police Department (611kB PDF)

Session 4: Signs and Stripes for Safety Sake

• Mike Wiess & Jon Jackels, Mn/DOT (6.54MB PDF)

Session 5: All You Need to Know About Teen Drivers

• Don Hoechst, Department of Public Safety (457KB PDF)

Session 8: The Building Blocks of Community Coalitions

• Robyn Litke, Safe Communities Coalition of the Red River Valley (1.41MB PDF)
• Nelrae Succio, Mn/DOT & Captain Randy Slinger, Minnesota State Patrol (163KB PDF)

Session 9: Motivating Yourself and Other Law Enforcement Officials

• Sergeant Scott L. Steffen, Maplewood Police/Ramsey County Sheriff's Office (227KB PDF)
• Major Mike Asleson, Minnesota State Patrol (342KB PDF)
• Officer Darlene Ford, Minnetonka Police Department (185KB PDF)

Session 10: Update on Safety Strategies

• Julie Whitcher, Mn/DOT (496KB PDF)

Session 11: CPS Course for Non-CPS'ers

• Sergeant JoEllen Rutzen, Apple Valley Police Department (1.74MB PDF)

Session 14: Alternatives to Impaired Driving

• Robert Bollenbeck, Isanti County & Judge James Dehn, First District Court (484KB PDF)

Session 17: Communicating Traffic Safety Information to Non-English Speaking Populations

• Gail Weinholzer, AAA Minnesota/Iowa (51KB PDF)

Session 19: St. Mary's Hospital - Mayo Clinic Crash Case Presentation

• Carol Immermann, St. Mary's Hospital & Dr. Scott Zietlow, Trauma Surgeon, Mayo Clinic (866kB PDF)

Session 20: How to Become More Involved with TZD

• Bernie Arseneau, Division Director Mn/DOT & Cheri Marti, Minnesota TZD Program Co-Chair (308KB PDF)
• Mark Kinde, Minnesota Department of Health (43KB PDF)

Session 22: Intersection Collision Prevention Overview

• Ginny Crowson (94KB PDF)
• Dennis Foderberg (1000KB PDF)

Session 23: Training for 2009 Safe Community Grantees

• Amy Roggenbuck, Community Health Liaison (1.95MB PDF)

Session 26: Law Enforcement Technology

• Nancy Franke Wilson, Franke Wilson Consulting & Bonnie Buck, City of Burnsville (1.31MB PDF)

Session 27: Deer Collision Avoidance Systems

• Robert Weinholzer, Mn/DOT (111 KB PDF)

Session 28: The Two Deadly Ds... Distracted Driving and Drowsy Driving

• Amy Roggenbuck, Community Health Liaison (1.34MB PDF)
• Gail Weinholzer, AAA Minnesota/Iowa (39KB PDF)

Session 30: The Effects of Alcohol on Motorcycle Riding Skills and Recent Crash Trends

• Bill Shaffer, Minnesota Department of Public Safety (161KB PDF)

Session 31: Teen Attitudes on Driving Behavior

• Gordy Pehrson, Minnesota Department of Public Safety (424KB PDF)

Session 32: Building Teams to Conduct High Visibility Enforcement

• Lieutenant Scott McConkey, Minnesota State Patrol; Officer Adam Gray, Mankato Police Department; Deputy Tom Coulter, Blue Earth County Sheriff's Office (1.37MB PDF)
• Sergeant Bill Hammes, Lino Lakes Police Department & Lieutenant Paul VanVoorhis, Minnesota State Patrol (238KB PDF)

Session 33: Engineers and Law Enforcement Working Together

• Rick West, Ottertail County (146KB PDF)
• Wayne Fingalson, Wright County (352KB PDF)

Session 34: Mock Fatal Review Committee

• Amy Roggenbuck, Community Health Liaison & Curt Mowers, Minnesota State Patrol (900KB PDF)