NHTSA's Newest DWI Drug Course for Law Enforcement

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: April 3 & 4, 2014

Fee: $500/participant

Location: Deerfield Commons Training Facility, Alpharetta, GA

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The host hotel is the Courtyard by Marriott located next to the Training Facility.

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, certificate of course completion.

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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: April 24 - 26, 2014

Fee: $750.00./Participant

The host hotel is the Courtyard by Marriott located next to the Training Facility.

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: Newest DRE Pre-School & 7-day School Student Manual, DRE Trial Techniques Handout, DRE Course Handouts, CD-ROM containing DRE Checklists, DRE Face Sheets, and DRE Narratives, Certificate of Completion.

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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: June 20-22, 2014

Fee: $750 per participant

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

The host hotel is the Courtyard by Marriott located next to the training facility.

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: NHTSA "DUI/SFST" student manual (most current version available at that time), 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!

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This training course will provide the participant with all the newest changes, revisions, and updates that have been released in the 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 curriculum, the August 2006 version.

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: TBA - Spring 2014

Fee: $250/participant

Location: Deerfield Commons Training Facility, Alpharetta, GA

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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.

Due to the live alcohol workshop, the proficiency exam, and the student-teaching practical, this course is limited to the first 15 registered participants. 

Course Instructor: Anthony D. Palacios, IDS Consulting

Date: TBA - Summer 2014

Fee: $1000/Participant

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

The host hotel is the Courtyard by Marriott located next to the training facility.

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

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), NHTSA SFST Instructor manual, NHTSA SFST student manual, NHTSA SFST power point, NHTSA/IACP alcohol workshop DVDs, SFST Instructor certificate, CD-ROM containing all course materials.

20 Different Training Sessions

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