Appendix E3 Question-by-Question Explanation for NHTSA Agency Head Interview

Appendix E3

Question-by-Question Explanation for NHTSA Agency Head Interview

Item	Explanation
1	The question will identify whether the agency head has ever had experience either supervising a unit that specializes in traffic safety enforcement or was in a position where traffic safety enforcement was one of their core duties. This will establish whether the agency head has a familiarity with traffic safety enforcement.
2	This question will demonstrate the level of importance that the agency head places on traffic safety enforcement relative to other common policing duties.
3 – 3a	The purpose of these questions is an attempt to understand how agency priorities, set by the agency head, are communicated to other members of the agency and what mechanisms are commonly employed to accomplish that.
4	The purpose of this question is to solicit information from the agency head regarding how they motivate officers to prioritize traffic safety enforcement.
5 – 6	These questions will attempt to help with the understanding of how budget and staffing constraints impact the agency’s priorities, specifically the priority of traffic safety enforcement.
7	This question will assess the agency head’s perspective on how staff in their agency are trained. These responses will be compared to the FSL and LEO responses.
8	This question will allow agency heads to describe the types of challenges exist for the training of their officers in traffic safety enforcement.
9	The purpose of this question is to learn more about traffic safety enforcement technologies and which technologies are appealing to agency heads. Further, the question will attempt to understand if any barriers exist to preclude the adoption of those technologies.
10	The purpose of this question is to learn more about traffic safety enforcement resources and which resources are appealing to agency heads.
11	This question will attempt to help with the understanding of how agency heads implement specific policy and practices that promote and ensure that traffic safety laws are being properly enforced in their agency.