Seneca County Deputy Glen Addicott recently completed Drug Recognition Expert School, a program combining classroom instruction with supervised evaluations of people impaired by drugs.
The Seneca County Sheriff’s Office announced his completion Friday and outlined the two phases required for certification.
The academic phase begins with a two-day preschool designed to determine whether students are prepared for the seven-day Drug Recognition Expert course.
Students must pass both a Standardized Field Sobriety Testing proficiency exam and a written exam to continue, with failure on either resulting in dismissal from the course.
The seven-day academic program covers physiology, vital signs, seven drug categories, drugs of abuse and their general indicators.
Students must score at least 80% on written quizzes to advance to field certification.
During that phase, students work under Drug Recognition Instructors and complete at least 12 evaluations of drug-impaired individuals.
They must correctly identify subjects under the influence of four of the seven drug categories, maintain a progress log and rolling log, and submit a comprehensive resume.
Certification also requires a score of at least 80% on the Comprehensive Final Knowledge Examination.
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