L.A. County sheriff talks about ‘lessons learned’ after Tiger Woods crash

Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva said Wednesday that Tiger Woods did not receive special treatment from law enforcement after he crashed his SUV last month but noted some “lessons learned” as the crash investigation nears completion in coming weeks.

Villanueva also said the golf legend showed no “obvious” signs of impairment at the scene of the crash Feb. 23, an adjective he hadn’t stressed before when discussing how Woods was evaluated that day by deputies.

The sheriff then switched to the topic of drug-recognition experts and “lessons learned from every incident.” Drug-recognition experts (DRE) are officers specially trained to detect impairment in drivers after crashes especially when it is not obvious. Woods was not evaluated by a DRE after the crash because Villanueva said then there wasn’t a need for it.

“For anybody suggesting he somehow received any different treatment than anybody else, he did not,” Villanueva said Wednesday when asked by USA TODAY Sports for an update on the case. “I can tell you this: We do need more drug-recognition experts within the department. We need to hire more, but then again, that costs money. We need to train more. We’re going to be training with the resources we have to increase our pool of available DRE experts.

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