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Women and Alcohol

Women and Alcohol. Supt Jane Derrick Sussex Police. Women and Alcohol. Overview of Presentation What has changed ? History of Drink Driving in the UK What should we do differently ? What are the challenges going forward ?. Women and alcohol. Many cultural changes in the UK

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Women and Alcohol

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  1. Women and Alcohol Supt Jane Derrick Sussex Police

  2. Women and Alcohol Overview of Presentation • What has changed ? • History of Drink Driving in the UK • What should we do differently ? • What are the challenges going forward ?

  3. Women and alcohol • Many cultural changes in the UK • Alcohol is a contributory factor in many areas of policing • Peak seasons – Christmas and the Summer

  4. Nothing’s changed ? • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6q4nCjPakyQ&feature=youtu.be

  5. Working closer with Crime Stoppers • Proactive media campaign • Live Text Number 65999 • Decision to name those charged • The morning after impact • Wider safeguarding issues

  6. Review Of Local Drink Drive Campaign In Sussex • 516 alcohol related collisions with 693 injuries – 162 seriously injured and 14 fatalities • 21% of ‘drink drivers’ were female • 84% lived in Sussex • Brighton and Hove was the ‘hotspot’ • Emerging issue of female drink drivers between 40 – 49 years

  7. Case Studies

  8. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mp4GvAdBkM 1964 ………

  9. The statistics

  10. A national problem .. Report published in September 2014 identified : • Increase in women caught drink driving – rising to 17% in 2012 from 9% in 1998 • The legal limit was set based on the metabolism rates of a man in 1964 – Women react differently • 1/6 women admit they had driven whilst over the limit in the last year

  11. The emerging issues • Culturally – changes in our relationship with alcohol as a society • Drinking among women is increasing • Statistics show that 63% of all alcohol purchased is drunk at home • More stressful lives – relying on alcohol

  12. Why Do Women Drink and Drive ? • They felt ‘ok to drive’ • Thought they wouldn’t get stopped • Their gender specific roles and responsibilities • Advertising all aimed at men • Not sure of the legal limits

  13. Other considerations … • How we Police the Strategic Road Networks .. Anecdotal feedback • How do we protect the vulnerable ? • What about prescribed drugs ? • What about controlled drugs and legal highs ?

  14. The value of Body Worn video • https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=jScIk12WMTw

  15. Some considerations ?.. • Emerging communities attitudes • Getting caught has to be a real risk • New education and campaigns are required to redress the bias • Random Breath Testing ?

  16. Wider Debates • Debate around minimum pricing • Legal limits – need to review ? • The ‘2 for 1’ offers are targeting those who are most vulnerable • Putting the calorific value on a bottle may assist

  17. Drug Driving.. A Way Forward • Pilots looking to deal with those driving whilst under the influence of drugs • Predominantly a male issue • Enforcement is only one element

  18. In conclusion • Nationally we have an issue that we need to recognise - together • We need to review what we do now and look wider into Europe to see what we can learn and adopt as part of our plans • Review the legal limits and the current education and media campaigns • Promote the impact of alcohol in the widest context the whole of society.

  19. I’ll leave you with this …. • http://www.gigwise.com/videos/95963/kool-and-the-gang-celebration-soundtracks-drink-driving-advert • Driving Among British Women and its impact on their pedestrians and driving activities –Social Research Associatesfunded by the Rees Jeffery Road Fund

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