DUI/Traffic Course Series - Module Two: Toxicology and Drug Recognition Experts | Enhancing continuing education and professional development

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Course Description
Judges will learn about the science behind drug recognition expertise and the proper training and certification process for officers to become Drug Recognition Experts. Field procedures used for proper detection of impairment during a DUI investigation will also be discussed.

Credit Hours: 1.5

Learning Objective(s):
As a result of this course, participants will be able to:

Recognize the proper training and certification process for officers to become drug recognition experts.
Recognize the proper procedures for the detection of impairment by alcohol and/or a non-alcoholic substance during a traffic stop.
Discuss the toxicology results that are used in DUI investigations and recognize how science dovetails into the Drug Recognition Experts program.

Contributors

Chuck Hayes, Project Manager – DEC Program Western Region, International Association of Chiefs of Police

Chuck Hayes is a Drug Evaluation and Classification Project Manager at the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP). The IACP is the world’s largest and most influential professional association for police leaders. With more than 31,000 members in over 165 countries, the IACP is a recognized leader in global policing, committed to advancing safer communities through thoughtful, progressive police leadership. Since 1893, the association has been serving communities worldwide by speaking out on behalf of law enforcement and advancing leadership and professionalism in policing worldwide.
Amy Miles, Director of the Forensic Toxicology Program at the Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene (WSLH).

Amy Miles is the "In" addition to managing the Forensic Toxicology Program, Amy provides expert court testimony and interpretation of laboratory reports for coroners, medical examiners, attorneys and law enforcement officers. Amy also provides expert consultation for drug impaired driving cases both locally and nationally. Amy attended the Drug Recognition Expert (DRE) school held in Wisconsin in 2004 and provides training and support for the DRE program. In 2005 Amy received an award from Citizens Against Drug Impaired Drivers (CANDID) for her outstanding dedication to the DRE program. Amy is the toxicology representative on the IACP DRE Technical Advisory Panel.

Amy has given numerous presentations on the topic of oral fluid roadside testing, drugs, alcohol and human performance at state and national conferences and in-service trainings and has contributed several newsletter articles to national publications. Amy is a faculty member of the Robert F. Borkenstein Course: The Effects of Drugs on Human Performance. Amy has been appointed by the Illinois Supreme Court as a Guest Faculty member of the Illinois Judicial Conference Committee on Education. Amy is a member of several professional organizations and committees that pertain to alcohol, drugs and human performance and is the Chair of the SOFT/AAFS Drugs and Driving Committee and sits on the Board of Directors for the Society of Forensic Toxicologists and is SOFT's President for 2021. In 2010 and 2011 Amy was given the “Speaker of the Year” Award by the American Association for Clinical Chemistry.

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Contributors

Chuck Hayes, Project Manager – DEC Program Western Region, International Association of Chiefs of Police

Amy Miles, Director of the Forensic Toxicology Program at the Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene (WSLH).