DRE Online Continuing Education Opportunities
Title: Drug Categories in Drug DUI Cases: Dissociative Anesthetics, Part 1 - The DRE
Date: Wednesday, February 21, 2024
Time: 1p-2p Eastern
Presenter: Deputy Chief Nick Konves, Columbus (OH) Division of Police, Public Accountability Subdivision
Registration Link: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/6961827685633639765
Title: DRE and the IACP 2024: Updates & Enhancements
Date: Tuesday, February 27, 2024
Time: 2:00p-3:30p Eastern
Presenter: Joe Abrusci, Project Manager – DECP Eastern Region, International Association of Chiefs of Police
Registration Link: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/1339964258216192855
Description: This session is intended to provide an update on projects related to and affecting the DRE program that are underway, as well as new offerings to help further ARIDE and DRE training. Additionally, it will provide updates on recent and pending Frye/Daubert Hearings regarding the DRE program. Finally, it will provide information on judicial and prosecutor training related to the DRE program.
Title: Drug Categories in Drug DUI Cases: Dissociative Anesthetics, Part 2 - The Toxicologist
Date: Wednesday, February 28, 2024
Time: 1p-2p Eastern
Presenter: Kayla M. Neuman, M.S., D-ABFT-FT, Director of Forensic Toxicology, Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene
Registration Link: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/7815399454481930080
Title: Drug Categories in Drug DUI Cases: Narcotic Analgesics, Part 1 - The DRE
Date: Wednesday, March 6, 2024
Time: 1p-2p Eastern
Presenter: Leo Hegarty, Executive Director - PA DUI Association
Registration Link: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/1755525779304680540
Title: Drug Categories in Drug DUI Cases: Narcotic Analgesics, Part 2 - The Toxicologist
Date: Wednesday, March 13, 2024
Time: 1p-2p Eastern
Presenter: Anisha Paul, M.S.F.S., D-ABFT-FT, Forensic Chemist, Vermont Forensic Laboratory - Department of Public Safety
Registration Link: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/4366621804776530008
Title: Drug Categories in Drug DUI Cases: Inhalants, Part 1 - The DRE
Date: Wednesday, March 20, 2024
Time: 1p-2p Eastern
Presenter: Sgt. Jim Janes - Michigan State Police
Registration Link: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/7318082647020893534
Title: Detecting the Impaired Driver in 60 Seconds
Date: Tuesday, March 26, 2024
Time: 2:00p-3:30p Eastern
Presenter: Cpl. Aaron Botts – Denver (CO) Police Department
Registration Link: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/8151965459486004316
Description: The prosecution and investigation of DUI offenses are some of the most difficult cases for both prosecutors and law enforcement. However, despite such difficulties, these cases can be much more efficiently and effectively investigated and
prosecuted when a law enforcement officer has simply asked the right questions in the right way during Phase Two of DUI detection. Interrupting questions that divide the driver’s attention are a staple of Phase Two’s Personal Contact. During his over fifteen-year career – including six years as a dedicated DUI Unit and over 1200 DUI investigations – Cpl. Aaron Botts of the Denver Police Department has taken the typical questions officers have been trained to ask for decades, and put them in a precise order, with new follow-up questions. Throughout this session, Cpl. Botts will explain this simple but effective technique that has allowed him to better detect and subsequently arrest impaired drivers that may have otherwise been left on the road. Such information will allow law enforcement officers to hone their Phase Two investigatory techniques, and it will provide prosecutors with better information of what to look out for as they review Phase Two of DUI cases that cross their desks.
Title: Drug Categories in Drug DUI Cases: Inhalants, Part 2 - The Toxicologist
Date: Wednesday, March 27, 2024
Time: 1p-2p Eastern
Presenter: Nancy Kedzierski, M.S.
Forensic Scientist III
Orange County (CA) Crime Laboratory
Registration Link: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/4258837779417324118
Title: Drug Categories in Drug DUI Cases: Cannabis, Part 1 - The DRE
Date: Wednesday, April 3, 2024 (NOTE – Back-to-Back Sessions)
Time: 1p-2p Eastern
Presenter: Detective Tom Heller - Seattle (WA) Police Department
Registration Link: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/5138497657536494684
Title: Drug Categories in Drug DUI Cases: Cannabis, Part 2 - The Toxicologist
Date: Wednesday, April 3, 2024 (NOTE – Back-to-Back Sessions)
Time: 3p-4p Eastern
Presenter: Lauren Wolfe - Maryland State Police
Registration Link: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/8198579256762015323
Title: Drug Categories in Drug DUI Cases: Poly-Drug Use, Part 1 - The DRE
Date: Thursday, April 25, 2024 (NOTE – Thursday Back-to-Back Sessions)
Time: 1p-2p Eastern
Presenter: Sergeant Jay Riggen - Vermont State Police
Registration Link: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/4777751190998188888
Title: Drug Categories in Drug DUI Cases: Poly-Drug Use, Part 2 - The Toxicologist
Date: Thursday, April 25, 2024 (NOTE – Thursday Back-to-Back Sessions)
Time: 3p-4p Eastern
Presenter: Robert M. Almeida, M.S., D-ABFT-FT, TC-NRCC, Forensic Toxicologist Supervisor & Manager, Forensic Laboratory Division, San Francisco (CA) Office of the Chief Medical Examiner
Registration Link: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/4698343363365072981
Title: Field Sobriety Tests and the Detection of Cannabis-Impaired Driving
Date: Tuesday, April 30, 2024
Time: 2:00p-3:30p Eastern
Presenter: Thomas D. Marcotte, PhD, Professor of Psychiatry, Co-Director, Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research, HIV Neurobehavioral Research Program, University of California, San Diego
Registration: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/8893344160279616087
Description: With increasing legalization of cannabis for recreational and medicinal uses, it is critical to identify drivers who are, or are not, impaired due to use. While field sobriety tests (FSTs) are the gold standard for determining impairment at roadside, questions have been raised regarding their sensitivity to cannabis-related impairment, the frequency with which non-intoxicated individuals do poorly on FSTs, and the risks of confirmation bias in attributing possible reasons for poor FST performance. This presentation will address these issues in the context of the largest, randomized clinical trial of the effects of cannabis on driving performance, in which participants were evaluated on the FSTs by highly trained drug recognition experts. Understanding the strengths and limitations of findings from this study will allow officers to better investigate DUI-C cases and provide prosecutors with updated background that will benefit the evaluation and prosecution of these offenses.
Title: DRE Testimony - Unlocking the Power of the DRE Matrix
Date: Wednesday, May 1, 2024
Time: 1p-230p Eastern
Presenters: Miriam Norman, Deputy Prosecuting Attorney, Felony Traffic - Pierce County (WA)
Jonathon Huber - Seattle (WA) Police Department
Registration Link: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/7095803177129385560
Description: This session is designed to walk a prosecutor through a report in a Drug DUI case and how to properly evaluate evidence in that report. It will then introduce both prosecutors and law enforcement to the DRE Matrix to better allow for them to prepare the case more properly for trial using that matrix. In addition to covering standards for filing cases and conducting trial, this session will discuss necessary pretrial investigative steps that should be taken before trying a Drug DUI case. It will also familiarize prosecutors and law enforcement with other tests that might be used to evaluate an impaired driver when drugs are suspected, and things to look for to better prove the case. This session will also cover admitting the DRE matrix as an exhibit in trial, including what objections to anticipate and how to overcome them.
Title: Forensic Toxicology - Testing & Testimony
Date: Wednesday, May 8, 2024
Time: 1p-230p Eastern
Presenter: Tim Rohrig – Visiting Professor, Emporia State University & University of Lincoln (UK)
Registration Link: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/8684488629448426587
Description: Forensic toxicologists apply scientific principles to the testing of biological samples for alcohol and other drugs. Then in court, they discuss the accuracy and reliability of those testing results and can educate the judge/jury on how drugs can impact driving. This session will discuss the technology used by forensic toxicologists to identify potentially impairing substances. Topics include the theory of each analytical technique, the types of specimens that can be tested (blood, urine, and oral fluid), measurement uncertainty, and the checks and balances that allow for confidence in the testing results. The role of the toxicologist in impaired driving investigations will be discussed, including what they can and cannot say in court. Such information is designed to better educate both prosecutors and law enforcement as to the true role of the forensic toxicologist in the Drug DUI case so that full benefit of the services of such a forensic toxicologist can be applied to that case.
Title: Practices that Expand Your DWI DRE Investigation Techniques – Tactics That Can Make the Difference
Date: Wednesday, May 15, 2024
Time: 1p-230p Eastern
Presenter: Chuck Matson
Registration Link: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/1798138451401630042
Description: Fasten your seat belts for this empowering exploration of how to better detect and determine indicators of chemically induced psycho-physical impairment. From first contact through courtroom testimony this session will explore established and constructive DWI and DRE techniques that are too frequently unrealized and underused in the criminal justice system. Attendees will expand their usable knowledge of various behavioral changes, physical performance indicators, and autonomic responses that support the decision to arrest, and enhance the evidence presented in the Halls of Justice.
Title: Cannabis & Chemical Testing
Date: Tuesday, May 21, 2024
Time: 2:00p-3:00p Eastern
Presenter: Ryan Hutton, Extract-ED Training
Registration: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/547131714650933342
Description: With the growing number of states in the US legalizing cannabis for recreational purposes, are law enforcement officers making the correct arrest decision? Studies have shown cannabis does not impair the same as alcohol. Performance on field sobriety tests may not correlate with chemical testing results. This presentation will break down SFST results during a green lab and discuss concerns around prosecuting the cannabis impaired driver based on SFSTs.
Title: I Can See What You've Taken - Your Eyes Don't Lie
Date: Wednesday, May 22, 2024
Time: 1p-230p Eastern
Presenter: Karl Citek, OD, PhD, FAAO - Professor of Optometry
Registration Link: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/5734228451179746142
Description: Use of intoxicants will affect eye responses – that is, eye movements, pupil responses, or both – in very predictable ways. This session will seek to educate both prosecutors and law enforcement officers on this important issue to allow for the better investigation, evaluation, and prosecution of drugged driving cases. We will review the changes in eye responses that are expected with specific intoxicants, and how such changes could impair someone's ability to drive. We will also describe changes in eye responses that can occur with some common – and some not so common – medical conditions as well as environmental conditions, and, especially, how these changes differ from those caused by intoxicants.
Title: SFSTs & Drugs: Hit or Miss?
Date: Wednesday, May 29, 2024
Time: 2p-330p Eastern
Presenter: Tara Jenswold & Emily Thompson - Wisconsin TSRPs
Registration Link: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/5382809141123938133
Description: Despite defense claims that the Standardized Field Sobriety Tests (SFSTs) miss the mark in identifying drug-impaired drivers, the SFSTs are, in fact, a valuable tool for law enforcement to rely upon in identifying drug impairment. Join the Wisconsin TSRPs as they delve into these assertions by the defense bar. This session will address what, if any, evidence the defense bar has to support their claims and it will offer practical tips on how to respond to such challenges.