Pennsylvania Puts Additional Drug Recognition Experts On the Road
U.S. Newswire › April 07, 2011
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HARRISBURG, Pa., April 7, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In Pennsylvania's latest effort to bolster highway safety, 11 state troopers and five municipal police officers have been certified by the International Association of Chiefs of Police as drug recognition experts, or DREs, Pennsylvania State Police acting Commissioner Frank Noonan announced today.
"The Drug Evaluation and Classification Program is a national effort to train police officers to determine when an individual has been driving under the influence of drugs and to identify the type of drug causing the impairment," Noonan said.See the full content of this document
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Pennsylvania Puts Additional Drug Recognition Experts On the Road
The program also trains officers to recognize whether an individual is suffering from a medical condition rather than drug impairment, he said.
"Alcohol is the intoxicant most often r...See the full content of this document
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