DRE Matrix and SFST Manuals
DRE Matrix used by police officers with Drug Recognition Expert, or DRE, certification to assist them in predicting what if any drug an individual may have consumed. In Georgia, DRE officer are often assigned to DUI investigation.
NHTSA Standardized Field Sobriety Test Manuals are considered by the police and prosecutors to be the main authority in training police officers on how to conduct field sobriety tests.
NHTSA Standardized Field Sobriety Test SFST Manuals
OCGA 42-9-40 – Parole Guidelines System
(a) The board shall adopt, implement, and maintain a parole guidelines system for determining parole action. The guidelines system shall be used in determining parole actions on all inmates, except those serving life sentences, who will become statutorily eligible for parole consideration. The system shall be consistent with the board’s primary goal of protecting society and shall take into consideration the severity of the current offense, the inmate’s prior criminal history, the inmate’s conduct, and the social factors which the board has found to have value in predicting the probability of further criminal behavior and successful adjustment under parole supervision.
(b) The guidelines system required by subsection (a) of this Code section shall be adopted by rules or regulations of the board. The rules or regulations shall be adopted in conformity with Chapter 13 of Title 50, the “Georgia Administrative Procedure Act.”
Georgia Department of Corrections Crime Severity Levels
Georgia Risk to Re-offend Score Chart.
2017 Parole Decision Guidelines Grid
