This 1-day seminar will prepare the officer in conducting a complete, thorough, and effective DUI investigation from the time the officer first observes driving, all the way through to courtroom testimony.

Prerequisite: Only full-time law enforcement may attend this course.

Prerequisite: Participant must have completed a NHTSA approved DUI/SFST student course.

 Areas Covered:

• Recognizing the NHTSA Vehicle in Motion & Personal Contact cues.
• Properly administrating, interpreting, and scoring the NHTSA Standardized Field Sobriety Tests.
• Avoiding common errors made by officers during the SFSTs.
• Effectively utilizing the in-car video camera during a DUI investigation.
• Giving effective testimony.
• The Defense's view point.

Speaker: Anthony D. Palacios, IDS Consulting

Speaker: Mike Hawkins, DUI Defense Attorney, Atlanta, GA

Training Location: Deerfield Commons Training Facility, Alpharetta, GA (North Atlanta)

Date: TBA, 2015

Fee: No Fee

This is not an "overview" or "crash course" on SFSTs. This is the actual 24-hour NHTSA DWI/SFST student course. This course will be utilizing the new 2013 NHTSA training curriculum.

Participants will receive the exact training law enforcement officers receive throughout the nation in the most up to date NHTSA "DWI/SFST Practitioners" course. All 16 modules will be covered in order for participants to become a SFST practitioner under NHTSA guidelines.

In addition to the NHTSA blocks of instruction, a block of instruction on common errors made by officers during the administration of SFSTs will be covered.

Learn exactly how officers are trained to administer and interpret the Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus, Walk and Turn, and One Leg Stand.

Two live alcohol workshops will be conducted so the participants will be able to administer the SFSTs, as well as observe true physical manifestations (bloodshot eyes, slurred speech, etc.) on volunteers with BACs from 0.00 to 0.15. Students will also be shown how nystagmus can be induced on a person with a low BAC during the HGN test when administered incorrectly and not to NHTSA guidelines.

Course Instructor: Anthony D. Palacios, IDS Consulting

Location: Deerfield Commons Training Facility, Alpharetta, GA (North Atlanta)

Dates: March 13 - 15, 2015

Fee: $750 per participant

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Due to the live alcohol workshops and the proficiency exam, this course is limited to the first 20 registered participants. 

Areas to be Covered: Detection & General Deterrence, Overview of Detection, Note-Taking and Testimony, Three phases of DUI Detection, Concepts & Principles of the Standardized Field Sobriety Tests, The Legal Environment, Report Writing & Moot Court.

Participants will Receive: 2013 NHTSA "DUI/SFST" student manual, CD-ROM containing the student manual and various studies, and a certificate of course completion.

NHTSA has released the new 2013 DWI/SFST training curriculum. Do not be caught in court without the newest manual and updates!

This training course will provide the participant with all the newest changes, revisions, and updates that have been released in the new 2013 NHTSA DWI/SFST Student Training Curriculum that is currently being disseminated to Law Enforcement throughout the country. Each chapter/session will be covered and reviewed in detail so the participant will be familiar with all the changes that have been made since the last 2006 curriculum.

Participants will be given the new 2013 NHTSA DWI/SFST student manual in hard copy and electronic format.

Course Instructor: Anthony D. Palacios, IDS Consulting

Date: April 17, 2015

Fee: $350/participant

Location: Deerfield Commons Training Facility, Alpharetta, GA

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NHTSA's Newest DWI Drug Course for Law Enforcement. This course will be using the new 2013 curriculum.

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Although this NHTSA training course is relatively new to the law enforcement community and has only been available to officers and prosecutors since 2008, there are already more officers “ARIDE trained” across the country then DRE trained. ARIDE is now the course NHTSA is recommending to all the states to train officers in for DWI Drug investigations. Do not be caught in court without knowing what the officer knows.

This ARIDE overview course being offered to attorneys is the exact training law enforcement officers receive. This course teaches the participant how officers are trained to administer, interpret, and testify to the Romberg Balance test, the Lack of Convergence test, and how officers are trained to estimate pupils sizes using a pupilometer card. This course also teaches the participant how the officers are trained in what signs and symptoms to look for when encountering someone under the influence of specific drug categories and what drug categories induce nystagmus, and dilated and constricted pupils.

This course is not the DRE training and is now a pre-requisite for officers to attend DRE school. ARIDE teaches officers how to detect a driver under the influence of a drug during a traffic stop.

Course Instructor: Anthony D. Palacios, IDS Consulting

Dates: May 1 & 2, 2015

Fee: $500/participant

Location: Deerfield Commons Training Facility, Alpharetta, GA 

Pre-requisite: Student must have successfully attended an NHTSA "DUI/SFST Practitioners" course.

Participants will Receive: NHTSA's "ARIDE" student manual (newest version at time of the course), CD-ROM containing student manual and various drug studies, laminated pupilometer card, certificate of course completion.

This is the exact training law enforcement officers receive throughout the nation in the most up to date NHTSA "DWI/SFST Instructor" course. All nine modules will be covered in order for participants to become a DWI/SFST Instructor under NHTSA guidelines. 

This course will be using the new 2013 NHTSA Instructor curriculum

Pre-requisite: Student must have successfully attended an NHTSA "DUI/SFST Practitioners" course.

Due to the student-teaching proficiency, this course is limited to the first 15 registered participants. 

Course Instructor: Anthony D. Palacios, IDS Consulting

Date: June 11 - 14, 2015

Fee: $1000/Participant

Location: Deerfield Commons Training Facility, Alpharetta, GA (North Atlanta)

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Topics Covered: Adult Learning Concepts, SFST Curriculum Package, Preparing for Teaching the SFST Curriculum, Techniques for Effective Classroom Presentations, Guidelines for Planning and Managing an Alcohol Workshop, Guidelines for Using the IACP/NHTSA Approved Video-taped Workshop 

Participants will Receive: NHTSA Student-Trainer manual (course manual), 2013 NHTSA SFST Instructor manual, 2013 NHTSA SFST student manual, 2013 NHTSA SFST power point, 2013 NHTSA/IACP alcohol workshop DVDs, SFST Instructor certificate, CD-ROM containing all course materials.

This highly anticipated DUI Training Super Symposium brings together some of the most preeminent DUI Trial Attorneys and Experts at your disposal, lecturing on the most current DUI topics.

Speaker & topics coming soon.

To register and pay on-line and instantly reserve a seat at the Symposium, click on the pay now button below. If you are wanting to attend only 1 or 2 days and pay by credit card, please email Anthony Palacios at ap@impaireddrivingspecialists.com

- Learn What Goes On Behind The Closed Doors -

This course is taught by a former certified DRE Instructor who has actually trained officers in the NHTSA DRE student course and DRE instructor course.

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Participants will receive a thorough overview in the NHTSA DRE Pre-School & DRE 7-Day school that officers attend nationwide. Emphasis will be made on analyzing a DRE case file, to include, the DRE Face Sheet & DRE Narrative report, how to compare the two with one another and with the Drug Symptomology Chart, as well as emphasis on each specific step involved in a 12-step DRE evaluation.

DRE Course Instructor: Anthony D. Palacios, IDS Consulting

Trial Techniques Instructor: Attorney Steve Oberman, Oberman & Rice Law Firm, Knoxville, TN

Pharmacology / Toxicology Instructor: Dr. Jimmy Valentine

Training Location: Deerfield Commons Training Facility, Alpharetta, GA (North Atlanta)

Date: TBA, 2015

Fee: $750.00./Participant

Areas to be covered: Per Se Drug Laws From the Forensic Chemist's Viewpoint, Blood Issues in the Forensic Arena, Effectively Cross Examining a DRE, Interpreting a Crime Lab Report, The 12 Step Process in a DRE evaluation, Interpreting a DRE Face Sheet and Narrative, The 7 DRE Drug Categories, Drug Combinations & Their Effects, The Drug Symptomology Chart, Examination of Vital Signs, The 4 Psychophysical Tests during a DRE Evaluation, The 4 Eye Exams during a DRE Evaluation, The Development and Validation of the DRE Program.

Participants will receive: 2013 DRE Pre-School & 7-day School Student Manual, DRE Trial Techniques Handout, DRE Checklists, DRE Face Sheets, and DRE Narratives, Certificate of Completion.