The Los Angeles Police Department's Drug Recognition Expert Unit is the California Peace Officer's Standards of Training (POST) certified presenters of the NHTSA/IACP DRE curriculum. As such, the LAPD DRE Unit is the course presenter. In order to provide the POST certified DRE training to as many police agencies as possible, the LAPD DRE Unit presents this course at several locations, when hosted by the local agencies.
For additional information about these scheduled classes and training, please contact the LAPD DRE Unit office staff, (213) 485-8565.
We will be presenting two DRE Schools at our training facility, 227 North Lake Street, and six DRE Schools hosted by outside agencies. In 1999 we will be coordinating/supervising twenty-six days of DRE Certification Task Forces. The task forces will be two or three days in length and run on week days during mid-day watch hours (1000 - 1900 hours). In addition to these schools and certification task forces, there will be four DRE recertification training days, a separate DRE Instructor training day, and two DRE Instructor Schools.
New for 1999 will be a six day course combining the two day DRE Pre School, the three day Standardized Field Sobriety Testing (SFST) School and approximately eight hours of instruction and training on case preparation and court room testimony. Upon completion of the five days of classroom training, a one day DUI training task force will follow. This six day course, five days classroom and one day training task force, will be called the Impaired Driver Apprehension Program (IDAP). We will be presenting this new course for the first time in 1998, November 30 through December 5, 1998. Initially it will be offered to all new motor officers, but it is expected that most Collision Investigation (CI) officers and selected patrol officers will be eventually trained. This course will prepare the officers for the seven day DRE School. We will be presenting three IDAP Schools in 1999.
1999 DRE Schools
Los Angeles PD, January 25 through February 5, 1999
227 North Lake Street #210, Los Angeles (LA Cadre)
Coordinator: Officer John Mott, Los Angeles Police Department
Orange County SD, February 22 through March 5, 1999
11800 Woodbury Road, Garden Grove (Orange County Transit Authority Annex)
Coordinator: Deputy Jimmy Rubio, Orange County Sheriff's Department
San Bernardino County SD, March 22 through April 2, 1999
18000 Institution Road, San Bernardino (Glen Helen Training Center)
Coordinator: Sergeant Felix D'Amico, San Bernardino Sheriff's Department
Placer County SD, May 10 through May 21, 1999
1875 Auburn Ravine Road, Auburn, CA 95603 (Auburn Inn)
Coordinator: Sergeant Rob Hessee, Placer County Sheriff's Department
Riverside County SD, June 7 through June 18, 1999
3423 Davis Avenue, Riverside (Ben Clark Training Center)
Coordinator: Sergeant Charles Wilhite, Riverside Sheriff's Office
San Diego County SD, August 16 through August 27, 1999
2560 Orion Way, Carlsbad (Carlsbad Police Department)
Coordinator: Deputy Carlos Medina, San Diego County Sheriff's Office
Long Beach PD, September 13 through September 24, 1999
400 West Broadway, Long Beach (Long Beach Police Facility)
Coordinator: Sergeant Rick Colbert, Long Beach Police Department
Los Angeles PD, October 11 through October 22, 1999
227 North Lake Street #210, Los Angeles (LA Cadre)
Coordinator: Officer John Mott, Los Angeles Police Department
1999 IDAP Schools
Los Angeles PD, April 19 through April 24, 1999
227 North Lake Street #210, Los Angeles (LA Cadre)
Coordinator: Officer John Mott, Los Angeles Police Department
Los Angeles PD, July 12 through July 17, 1999
227 North Lake Street #210, Los Angeles (LA Cadre)
Coordinator: Officer John Mott, Los Angeles Police Department
Los Angeles PD, November 8 through November 13, 1999
227 North Lake Street #210, Los Angeles (LA Cadre)
Coordinator: Officer John Mott, Los Angeles Police Department
1998 IDAP Schools
Los Angeles PD, November 30 through December 5, 1998
227 North Lake Street #210, Los Angeles (LA Cadre)
Coordinator: Officer John Mott, Los Angeles Police Department
DRE Task Forces
In an attempt to facilitate the certification or student DREs, the LAPD DRE Unit will be coordinating several two day and three day DRE certification task forces in 1999.
The two day DRE certification task forces will be hosted at various LAPD geographic areas. The roll call, arrest, evaluation, and booking will all be conducted in the hosting area.
The three day DRE certification task forces will be held in the Rampart and Central Division Areas. Roll call and a short instruction period will be held at the LAPD DRE Facility, 227 North Lake Street. The DRE evaluation and booking will be conducted at Jail division, Parker Administrative Building, 150 North Los Angeles Street. These task forces will immediately follow any DRE School held at the LAPD DRE Unit Training Facility. Typically these certification task forces will be conducted for three days, Wednesday through Friday, from 1000 to 1900 hours.
LA Cadre task force, three days, 227 North Lake Street, (Rampart and Central Areas):
IDAP DUI training task force, one day,
227 North Lake Street, (Rampart and Central Areas):
DRE Task Forces
Two day geographic area task forces
The two day DRE certification training task forces will be held at various locations in the city. At this time it is anticipated that we will conduct one or two task forces in each of the below listed divisions:
The dates for the certification task forces are:
DRE Recertification
The DRE recertification class is a one day DRE update course. It is our intention that each LAPD DRE attend one class annually. The IACP guidelines require it bi-annually. If you are nearing the expiration on your DRE certification you need to select a class date prior to your expiration date. Please select one date for recertification training. We may have to adjust some of the requests to accommodate scheduling. We need a minimum number of seven instructors each day. As DRE Instructors, you will be teaching and supervising portions of the recertification training.
Recertification dates:
DRE Instructor Update and Training
This training is exclusively for DRE Instructors and will include teacher training and updated DRE information (additional to that received during the recertification class). It is a one day class and probably will be held at the Gene Autry Museum of Western Heritage, 4700 Zoo Drive, Los Angeles on August 10, 1999.
Additional Dates
These dates are provided for your information.
IACP DRE annual Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota June 27 - 29, 1999
Annual Baker-to-Vegas Relay Run April 10 - 11, 1999
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