2012 MINI-CONFERENCES

ILEE will be presenting a series of DUI Training Conferences in coordination with the PA DUI Association and PENNDOT.

There is no registration fee. The conferences are open to law enforcement personnel, probation officers, CRN Evaluators, DUI and UAD Instructors and other interested individuals.

The conferences begin at 8:30 a.m. and end at 3:30 p.m.

Registration is open to the first 50 participants based on a first come, first served basis.

Topics this year are Tactical Communications and Drug Roulette.

TOPICS

Tactical Communications - 8:30 am to 11:30 am - Course Number PA-619

Law enforcement officers, treatment specialists, and many other professionals’ normal assignments demand constant interpersonal contact with a wide variety of citizens and a great deal of communications between themselves and the public. These contacts are both positive and negative in nature. Most hostile action begins with verbal, not physical confrontation. What is said and done during this critical time period often determines whether the situation will evolve into physical violence, civil liability, or positive resolution. By learning to read and properly display basic body language, understand the dynamics of human conflict, and employ various psychological techniques of human behavior management, conflicts can often be diffused and deescalated.

This workshop discusses a variety of verbal skills, non-verbal behaviors and effective intervention alternatives required in today’s society to prevent and/or defuse various conflict situations inherent to the public official, treatment specialist and law enforcement functions, especially during interviews. Discussion centers on alternatives that are both safety oriented and reasonable abilities of the individual professional, while fulfilling the departmental mission within legal and ethical boundries. A variety of techniques are presented which are designed to acquire valuable information from individuals, as well as lessen the threats posed by angry, upset, uncooperative and/or hostile citizens.

Specific topics include elements of effective oral communications, verbal and non-verbal communications skills, management of verbal abuse, conflict management, handling anger in self and others, and prevention of citizen complaints through professional service. Techniques discussed have been found to be effective in promoting personal safety, reducing citizen complaints and keeping the professional out of civil court.

Drug Roulette - 12:30 pm to 3:30 pm - Course Number CR-542

Law enforcement officers, treatment specialists, and many other professionals encounter both legal (prescription) and illegal (contraband) drugs, frequently during routine enforcement and supervisory activities. Knowledge of appearance of the various substances, the basic symptoms of use, the propensity toward agitation, safety issues with retrieval - all demand a constant flow of information and field experience. One of the current trends is to combine drugs in a wide variety of combinations of pharmaceuticals, contraband substances, over-the counter drugs and alcohol. In addition, the route of drug intake, the form of familiar drugs, the timing and dosage of each substance all combine to produce a wide, and sometimes unpredictable, range of effects.

This workshop focuses on new drugs and drug combinations as encountered throughout the nation. Topics include combinations of prescription drugs, prescription drugs combined with illegal drugs, combinations of illegal drugs, and the effects of various drugs when combined with alcohol and/or caffeine. Included are scheduled and non-scheduled drugs, pain medication abuse, depressant and stimulant abuse, the effects of "medical marijuana" as used with other substances, special problems with children and older adults, routes of administration, different effects from the same drug when in combination, and combination drug delivery methods.

The workshop will discuss the various forms and combinations of drugs and drug abuse for the purposes of recognition of substances, detection of abuse, dangers of drug interactions and behavior modifications from expected drug-user syndromes.