thousands of students. By the
time a high school student
graduates from the Arlington
Independent School District, they
will have heard Officer Brown’s
presentation at least once.
The training includes handson instruction in addition to the
classroom component. Students
get to wear the drunk goggles
while performing field sobriety
tests and also trying to operate a
pedal car without striking cones.
A DWI simulator is also used to
demonstrate to
teens the dangers
associated with
impaired driving.
Officer Brown
served as the
keynote speaker at
this year’s MADD
North Texas’
National Day of
Remembrance. She gave her
personal story of losing her sister
and the reason why she became
a police officer.
“I take pride in
being able to find
a drunk driver
before they get
into that crash
because that’s
not something
I could of done
for my sister. So
that’s my goal every night,” she
said.
“My mi