HEROIN: COMBATING, INVESTIGATING, PREVENTING THE PLAGUE OF HEROIN IN YOUR COMMUNITY-Ottawa

1-31-17-heroin-combating-investigating-preventing-the-plague-Ottawa(download pdf flyer) DATE: January 31, 2017 Registration Ends: January 20, 2017 TIME: 8:30 AM5:00 PM LOCATION: LaSalle County Sheriffs Office, 707 E. Etna Rd, Ottawa, IL INSTRUCTOR: Detective Kurt Barbour, DuPage County (Illinois) Sherriffs Department COURSE content_

Heroin is affecting so many communities, youth and adults alike, across the US with no indicators of slowing down. Law Enforcement is having a difficult time balancing their enforcement and investigative responsibilities while being tasked to administer medical life-saving treatments in the street. A lack of resources, knowledge and innovation has left law enforcement, communities and their medical personnel desperately attempting to combat the scourge of heroin as it affects many members of their communities. This training class provides answers to the Heroin problem and provides strategies for combating, investigating and preventing the scourge of heroin and the devastation it is causing across the US.

Course Outline:

• Why is there a Heroin resurgence across the US?
• Why is Heroin so addictive?
• How has Heroin permeated so many communities across the US?
• Heroin Drug Recognition, Understanding, Manufacture (DRUM)-Signs, Symptoms, etc.
• Combating heroin importation into your jurisdiction Heroin Analysis Template: Trends, Hospitals, Pharmacies, Arrests, Reporting
• Patrol Response to the Heroin problem
• Targeting drug dealers: Yours, Adjoining Jurisdictions and Transients
• Hotel/Motel Interdiction, Bar/Nightclub Enforcement, Rap Concerts/Gang members, etc.
• Combating heroin sales in the streets, schools and elsewhere Investigating Heroin Trafficking: A Local to National Approach
• Preventing heroin use and addiction
• Community Strategies to Combat Heroin
• Preventing Heroin Deaths: Recognizing the signs of addiction, the signs of overdose
• Naloxone: Dilemma and Treatment
• Analysis of drug trends to determine the Heroin/Drug problem and developing a strategy.

THIS IS NOT A PUBLIC MEETING

Partial funding provided by Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board and MTU#1s request for certification of this course has been approved by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board

REGISTRATION: On-line registration for law enforcement is found here on the MTU#1 website (www.mtu1.com)   Instructor:

Detective Kurt Barbour has been with the DuPage County (Illinois) Sherriffs Department for over twelve years. He has been a Detective with the department since 2011. When Kurt first started with the Sherriffs Department he was assigned to work in the jail. From there he transferred to patrol. After working patrol, Kurt was assigned as an Investigator to the Special Response Gang Suppression Unit, also known as SR-22. In 2011, Kurt was assigned as a Detective working in an undercover capacity to the Departments Tactical Narcotics Team (TNT), a multi-jurisdictional task force. Kurt served with TNT for over three years before being re-assigned to SR-22 as a Detective where he is currently assigned.

Kurt attended the University of Maryland, Baltimore County and earned his Bachelor of Arts Degree from the University of Illinois. Prior to working for the DuPage County Sherriffs Department, Kurt served as an Officer with the Baltimore County (Maryland) Police Department. Before that, Kurt served in the United States Army.

Kurt has extensive training in gangs, drugs, tactics, and physical surveillance, all of which he has had the opportunity to put to use while working numerous gang and drug related investigations. Kurt has gained expertise in the practice and use of physical surveillance in his investigations, many of which involve undercover scenarios.

Kurt has enjoyed the privilege of working on several large multi-agency cases. He has worked inter-agency cases with Federal agencies, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Department of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the United States Postal Inspection Service. The unit (TNT) to which Kurt is assigned is responsible for large scale narcotics investigations, undercover operations, vice crimes and organized crime.

Kurt has been a member of the following organizations: Midwest Gang Investigators Association (MGIA), Illinois Drug Enforcement Officer Association (IDEOA), Illinois Crisis Negotiation Association (ICNA), International Association of Undercover Officers (IAUC), and National Tactical Officers Association (NTOA). Kurt also performs duties as a Crisis Negotiator for the DuPage County Sheriffs Office Special Operations Team.

Kurt is an instructor for Homefront Protective Group, Law Enforcement Training, the nations leading provider in reality-based training and the creators of The 99 Signs of Danger Course.

This class has been submitted to ILETSB for approval in meeting mandatory training for: Civil Rights Constitutional and proper use of law enforcement authority Cultural competency Procedural Justice Human Rights Law Updates Lead Homicide Investigator Use of Force (must include scenario based or similar approved training) Trauma Informed Response & Investigation of Sexual Assault & Abuse