Approved for 16 CLE hours by the State Bar of Georgia / Out of State CLE pending approval

- See April 2017 dates for next availabilty -

- Learn What Goes On Behind Closed Doors -

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

Participants will receive a thorough overview in the 2015 NHTSA/IACP DRE Pre-School & DRE 7-Day training curriculum 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. Time will also be spent covering the IACP's rules and regulations that officers are required to follow in order to become certified and to recertify as a DRE.

Course Instructor: Anthony D. Palacios, IDS Consulting

Trial Techniques Instructor: TBA

Pharmacology / Toxicology Instructor: Dr. Jimmie Valentine & Dr. Carrie Valentine

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

Date: November 11 - 13, 2016

Fee: $750.00./Participant

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Areas to be covered: Per Se Drug Laws From the Forensic Chemist's Viewpoint, Blood Issues in the Forensic Arena, Trial Techniques in DRE Case, 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: Laminated DRE Pupilometer Cards, 2015, 2013, & 2010 DRE Pre-School & 7-day School Student Manual, DRE Trial Techniques Handout, DRE Checklist, DRE Face Sheets, DRE Narratives, and a Certificate of Completion.

This highly anticipated annual 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. For the first time ever, the Symposium will be conducting a live alcohol workshop so attendees can perform and observe the 3 standardized field sobriety tests on volunteers that have been consuming alcohol.

Register for 1 day, 2 days, or all 3 days. The choice is yours! This Symposium has been submitted for 12 GA CLE credits; to include 10 trial credits, 1 ethics credit, and 1 professionalism credit. CLEs are pending approval.

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2016 Symposium Location: The Mansour Conference Center - Marrietta, GA

2016 Symposium Topics:

• Intoxilyer 9000
• 10 Trial Tips to Increase Success by 10%
• Implied Consent Warning & Williams vs. State
• Jury Selection in a DUI Trial
• Resolving your Client's Case at Motions
• SFST Refresher & Curriculum Update / Live Alcohol Workshop
• Marketing your DUI Firm
• Trial Techniques in a DUI Trial / NHTSA's 3 Phases of DUI Detection
• Ethics & Professionalism
• Toxicology Issues - Blood & Urine
• Vehicular Homicides

 2016 Symposium Faculty:

• Anthony Palacios, DRE/SFST Expert
• Ron Lloyd, DRE/SFST Expert
• Scott Short, Accident Reconstruction Expert
  
• Judge Marsha S. Lake - Cobb County State Court
• Erin Gerstenzang, Esq.
• Cory Yager, Esq.
• Greg Willis, Esq.
• George McCranie, Esq.
• Tiffini Duncan, Esq.
• Mike Hawkins, Esq.
• Rick Ryczek, Esq.
• Scott Smith, Esq.

2016 Symposium Tuition:

• 1 Day Attendance = $350.
• 2 Days Attendance = $550.
• 3 Days Attendance = $750.

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To register for all 3 days, please click on the "pay now" botton below. To register for 1 or 2 days, please email Anthony Palacios at ap@impaireddrivingspecialists.com and an electronic invoice will be emailed directly to you for the correct number of days attending.

Approved for 18 CLE hours by the State Bar of Georgia / Out of State CLE pending approval

- See February 2017 dates for next availabilty - 

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

This course is taught by an experienced SFST Instructor who has trained 1000's of law enforcement officers in the standardized field sobriety tests.

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 brand new 2015 NHTSA training curriculum that has just replaced the 2013 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.

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 BrACs from 0.00 to 0.15.

Course Instructor: Anthony D. Palacios, IDS Consulting

Trial Technique Instructor: TBA

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

Dates: December 2 - 4, 2016

Fee: $750 per participant

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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: 2015 NHTSA "DUI/SFST" student manual, previous NHTSA student manuals, all course handouts, various studies, and a certificate of course completion.

NHTSA has recently released a new 2015 DWI Detection & SFST training curriculum to replace the 2013 training curriculum. Do not be caught in court without the newest NHTSA manual and updates.

This training course will cover the revisions and updates made in the new 2015 NHTSA SFST student manual that is currently being disseminated to Law Enforcement throughout the country. Ample time will be spent covering the differences in the 2015, 2013 and 2006 training curriculums.

This course also meets the NHTSA requirements as a SFST refresher training course. This training will include a refresher on the proper administration, interpretation, and scoring of the Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus test, Walk and Turn test, and One Leg Stand test.

A live alcohol workshop will be conducted during this training course so participants can administer and interpret the SFSTs on volunteers with BrACs from 0.00 to 0.15. 

Participants attending this training that have successfully completed a NHTSA approved SFST Instructor training course will receive the entire 2015 NHTSA training curriculum (instructor manual, student manual, power point presentation). All participants will receive the new 2015 NHTSA DWI/SFST student manual in hard copy and electronic format, as well as the 2013 NHTSA student manual in electronic format.

Pre-requisite: Student must have successfully attended a NHTSA approved "DWI/SFST Practitioners" training course.

Course Instructor: Anthony D. Palacios, IDS Consulting

Date: January 13, 2017 / 9:00am - 5:00pm

Fee: $275 per participant

Location: Deerfield Commons Training Facility, Alpharetta, GA, 30004

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Pending Approval for 12 CLE hours by the State Bar of Georgia

NHTSA's newest DWI Drug training for Law Enforcement. This course will be covering the recently released 2015 ARIDE training curriculum.

Although this NHTSA training course is relatively new to the law enforcement community and has only been available to officers and prosecutors since 2009, there are already more “ARIDE trained” officers across the country then DRE officers. Do not be caught in court without knowing what the officer knows.

This is the exact training law enforcement officers receive. This course teaches the participant how officers are trained to administer, interpret, and testify to the Modified Romberg Balance test, the Lack of Convergence test, and how officers are trained to estimate pupils sizes. This course also teaches the participant how officers are trained to recognize certain signs and symptoms of drug impairment and what drug categories induce nystagmus, and dilate and constrict pupils.

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

Course Instructor: Anthony D. Palacios, IDS Consulting

Dates: January 27 & 28, 2017

Fee: $500/participant

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Location: Deerfield Commons Training Facility, Alpharetta, GA 

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

Participants will Receive: Laminated ARIDE Pupilometer Card, 2015, 2013, & 2007 NHTSA "ARIDE" student manual, course handouts and a certificate of course completion.

Pending Approval for 18 CLE hours by the State Bar of Georgia 

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

This course is taught by an experienced SFST Instructor who has trained 1000's of law enforcement officers in the standardized field sobriety tests.

This is not an "overview" or "crash course" on SFSTs. This is the actual 24-hour NHTSA DWI/SFST student training course. This course will be utilizing the brand new 2015 NHTSA training curriculum that has just replaced the 2013 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.

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 BrACs from 0.00 to 0.15.

Course Instructor: Anthony D. Palacios, IDS Consulting

Trial Techniques Instructor: TBA

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

Dates: February 17 - 19, 2017

Fee: $750 per participant

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

Participants will Receive: 2015 NHTSA "DWI/SFST" student manual, previous NHTSA student manuals, all course handouts, various studies, and a certificate of course completion.

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

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

This course will be using the new 2015 NHTSA Instructor curriculum

Pre-requisite: Student must have successfully attended a NHTSA approved "DWI/SFST Practitioners" training course.

Course Instructor: Anthony D. Palacios, IDS Consulting

Date: March 23 - 26, 2017

Fee: $850/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), 2015 NHTSA SFST Instructor manual, 2015 NHTSA SFST student manual, 2015 NHTSA SFST power point, 2015 NHTSA/IACP alcohol workshop DVDs, 2015 NHTSA/IACP Training Videos, and SFST Instructor certificate. 

Pending Approval for 16 CLE hours by the State Bar of Georgia

- Learn What Goes On Behind Closed Doors -

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

Participants will receive a thorough overview in the 2015 NHTSA/IACP DRE Pre-School & DRE 7-Day training curriculum 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. Time will also be spent covering the IACP's rules and regulations that officers are required to follow in order to become certified and to recertify as a DRE.

Course Instructor: Anthony D. Palacios, IDS Consulting

Trial Techniques Instructor: TBA

Pharmacology / Toxicology Instructor: TBA

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

Date: April 27 - 29, 2017

Fee: $750.00./Participant

Registration Form (Coming Soon)

Areas to be covered: Per Se Drug Laws From the Forensic Chemist's Viewpoint, Blood Issues in the Forensic Arena, Trial Techniques in DRE Case, 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.

2 seats left for this course / See March 2017 dates for next availabilty  

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

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

This course will be using the new 2015 NHTSA Instructor curriculum

Pre-requisite: Student must have successfully attended a NHTSA approved "DWI/SFST Practitioners" training course.

Course Instructor: Anthony D. Palacios, IDS Consulting

Date: September 15 - 18, 2016

Fee: $850/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), 2015 NHTSA SFST Instructor manual, 2015 NHTSA SFST student manual, 2015 NHTSA SFST power point, 2015 NHTSA/IACP alcohol workshop DVDs, 2015 NHTSA/IACP Training Videos, and SFST Instructor certificate.

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 preparing for and delivering 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 & articulating 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.
• Delivering 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, 2016

Fee: No Fee