Purpose
Achieve excellence and professionalism in the performance of commercial motor carrier / shipper audits and investigations through uniform and quality training and investigative processes.
Goals
Uniformity:
- Participate with member jurisdictions and FMCSA to establish uniform procedures for safety audits and investigations as state laws and regulations allow.
- Sharing of best practices by exchanging knowledge and lessons learned of successful audits and investigative programs and/or processes.
Training:
- Identify training needs of member jurisdictions and other stakeholders.
- Participate in development, delivery and maintenance of training courses through the latest methodologies and technologies in both the training approach and subject matter being taught.
- Participate with member jurisdictions and FMCSA to establish uniform criteria to certify/recertify instructors.
- Provide guidance to FMCSA on training course uniformity and required course content needed to train auditors and investigators.
- Provide FMCSA with guidance and recommendations on changes to program policies, procedures, business rules that impact the audit and investigative programs.
- Ensure course material development and delivery techniques incorporate culturally relevant materials and sensitivity to maintain a learning environment that is absolutely free of prohibited discrimination.
Committee Communications
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Committee Voting Members
- Daniel Gazzola, Region I Voting Member, Rhode Island State Police
- Duarte Tavares, Region I Voting Member, Massachusetts State Police
- Mark Perkins, Region I Voting Member, Maine State Police
- Harold Davis Jr., Region II Voting Member, Alabama Law Enforcement Agency
- Rebecca Ramirez, Region II Voting Member, Texas Department of Public Safety
- Robert “Rob” Cannaday, Region II Voting Member, North Carolina State Highway Patrol
- David Evridge, Region III Voting Member, Colorado State Patrol
- Jack Johnson, Region III Voting Member, Michigan State Police
- Steff Mosby, Region III Voting Member
- Jeff Steeger, Region IV Voting Member, Montana Department of Transportation
- Jessica Davis, Region IV Voting Member, Utah Department of Transportation
- Kevin Valentine, Region IV Voting Member, Washington State Patrol
- Janice Miller, Region V Voting Member, Manitoba Transportation and Infrastructure
- Patrick Dowling, Region V Voting Member, Prince Edward Island Department of Transportation and Infrastructure
- Jacob Perry, Local Voting Member, Wylie Police Department
- Bryan Heath, Associate Member Voting Member, Red Classic Transit
- Jennifer Brown, Associate Member Voting Member, PrePass Safety Alliance
- John Csanyi, Associate Member Voting Member, Wall Street Systems Inc.