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(,1$/ 6-*2+$2+!$/ Page 40 Volume 12, Number 4 Winter 2013 Steve Beshear Governor J. Michael Brown Justice and Public Safety Cabinet Secretary John W. Bizzack CONTENTS Commissioner COLUMN Kentucky Law Enforcement is published by the 4 Justice and Public Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet Secretary PREPARING STRENGTH Safety Cabinet, and is J. Michael Brown FOR THE IN THE distributed free to the WORST RANKS Kentucky law enforcement 5 Dept. of Criminal Justice and criminal justice Training Commissioner community. John W. Bizzack STAFF: S R Dave Wilkinson, Editor E Diane Patton, Coordinator E-WWARRANTS Trang Baseheart MB Abbie Darst U Kelly Foreman Jim Robertson E N G CONTRIBUTOR: A BRIEFS Edliniae Sweat P Shannon Sanders Cover Illustration by Trang Baseheart 4266 9 10 16 20 24 FIND US AT https://www.facebook.com/KyDOCJT KLEC PRESENTS NEW CLLASSES CDP CERTIFICAATES FOR 2014 TURNING UP THE HEAAT FEATURE The philosophy behind Chief Tracy This publication is produced quarterly as a training Schiller’s success that led to his 2013 and marketing tool for the Kentucky law enforcement KACP Chief of the Year award community as well as public officials and others involved with law enforcement or the oversight of law enforcement. It includes best practices, professional Address all correspondence to: KLE Staff, Funderburk Building profiles, technology and law updates of practical application and news-to-use for professionals in 521 Lancaster Avenue, Richmond, KY 40475 | [email protected] the performance of their daily duties. PRINTED WITH STATE FUNDS STRANGE STORIES FROM THE BEAAT PREA FEATURE FACING THE FOUR- LETTER WORD FLIGHT AS EVIDENCE 53 Breathing Tactically OF GUILT LESSONS 54 Book Review: The Gift of Fear LEARNED FROM A SUCCESSFUL DOES OSHA INVESTIGAATION AITT: COVERT AND PROSECUTION APPLY TO LAAW INVESTIGAATIONS ENFORCEMENT 30 3638 4056 62 64 66 72 76 79 EVERYDAY IN THE SPOTLIGHT HEROES: SGT. JOHN 64 Sheriff Dwayne Price LANCASTER 65 Chief Darren Harvey ‘GREAAT LIFE INSURANCE’ TRAFFIC CONTROL FEATURE Cross trained law enforcement offficer/paramedics can FEATURE Staying visible is the key to staying safe be vital to saving lives in your community. while managing trafffic on Kentucky’s roadways. The Kentucky Law Enforcement staff welcomes submissions of law enforcement-related photos and articles for possible submission in the magazine and to the monthly KLE Dispatches electronic newsletter. We can use black and white or color prints, or digital images. KLE news staff can also publish upcoming events and meetings. Please include the event title, name of sponsoring agency, date and location of the event and contact information. Winter 2013 | KENTUCKY LAW ENFORCEMENT 3 $"/$1 /570 -*2+, A New Approach to Combatting Heroin Addiction in Kentucky J. MICHAEL BROWN | SECRETARY, JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY CABINET ver the past six years, Kentucky has launched A recent study of the heroin epidemic in northern a full-fledged assault on substance abuse, Kentucky estimates it will cost at least $16 million over prescription drug abuse in particular, which four years to stabilize and reduce usage of the drug. has devastated parts of our state. Thousands We have been able to address the pill-mill problem of our families are impacted each year by the through legislation, since the supply chain utilizes phar- Ocrush of addiction, enduring dramatic personal, economic, macies and physicians who are state regulated. But get- health and safety losses. ting control of a drug supply that’s acquired through illicit To combat that threat, we’ve worked across all branches means is obviously more difficult. of government and political parties to expand treatment In order to dry up the supply and hold traffickers ac- options and vigorously educate prescribers and the public countable, we’re working with stakeholders from all areas on the dangers of misusing prescriptions. Many jurisdic- to develop a three-pronged approach. tions have made it possible for individuals to drop off un- r %FUFS By setting prison time for certain trafficking needed and unused medications so those drugs don’t end amounts or increasing the percentage of a sentence up being diverted and abused. an offender must serve before seeing the parole Most significantly, the legislature last year passed, and board, we believe we can impact the attractiveness of Gov. Steve Beshear signed into law, House Bill 1, which dealing in these drugs. For example, in discussions, included multiple elements to prevent the abuse and diver- Sen. Katie Stine of Southgate has proposed mandat- sion of prescription drugs and enhance law enforcement’s ing that an individual convicted of possessing 4 grams tools to investigate illegal prescribing practices. Just over a or more of heroin or meth would have to serve 50 per- year after the landmark legislation took effect, the law has cent of his or her sentence before becoming eligible been credited with closing non-compliant pain manage- for parole. ment clinics and reducing the number of prescriptions for r 5SFBU Currently, the only recurring, dedicated state heavily-abused controlled substances. dollars for substance abuse treatment comes through But for all its successes, an unintended side effect of the the Department of Corrections. We want to continue new law has been the increase in heroin use. looking at options to ensure treatment is available to As HB 1 has taken effect, opiates available through illicit anyone who needs and/or wants it. Expanded Med- means — doctor shopping and street sales — have become icaid will allow for some additional opportunities. less available, requiring drug users to seek out cheaper and Substance abuse treatment will be an essential health more available alternatives. Unfortunately, that default is benefit for Medicaid members. heroin. r &EVDBUF This is not just a law enforcement issue. We The increase in heroin use was not completely unex- need to promote public awareness of the dangers of pected. According to our Office of Drug Control Policy, heroin use, starting with school-age children. Our ex- Kentucky first started seeing an increase in heroin use and perience with educating the public about the dangers deaths when the formulation for Oxycontin was changed in of substance abuse has shown that education works. 2010 and for Opana in 2011 to make those drugs more diff- Recent surveys indicate significant declines in the ficult to break down for intravenous drug use. percentage of young people who use drugs for pur- Still, the impact is startling: through the first three quar- poses other than their prescribed purposes, for ters of 2013, the number of overdose deaths involving hero- example. in had already surpassed last year’s total. According to data from medical examiners and coroners, 170 overdose victims have had heroin in their toxicology report as of September 30, 2013. In all of 2012, according to information from the state Medical Examiner’s Office, that number was 143. 4 KENTUCKY LAW ENFORCEMENT | Winter 2013 -++(00(-,$/70 -*2+, The Importance of Accreditation JOHN W. BIZZACK | COMMISSIONER, DEPARTMENT OFF CRIMINALL JUSTICE TRAINING ccreditation serves as the fundamental foundation for the legitimacy of an DOCJTCJT is nownow the only law enforcement organization, demonstrating that specific standards which are applied to all similar training program in the nation organizations are attained, adhered to accredited for both law enforcement andA improved upon. If you want to be the best, you must be measured in comparison to the best. In the race to be training and continuinging education.educat exceptional, DOCJT is no exception. That is the underlying reason why we at DOCJT pursued and recently won accreditation from the International As- sociation of Continuing Education and Training, known as IACET. In 1998, DOCJT attained law enforcement accreditation through Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforce- With that in mind, DOCJT staff focused on attaining ment Agencies. By 2003, CALEA had developed a specific accreditation from an international group focused on con- accreditation program for law enforcement training acad- tinuing education. IACET provides the national standard emies, and DOCJT was the first academy in the nation to “for best practices in adult continuing education and com- attain those standards. Three years later, DOCJT was proud mitment to excellence in educational rigor and integrity.” to be named a CALEA flagship agency, representing the Their personnel reviewed the DOCJT curriculum you took absolute best in law enforcement and the DOCJT instructors who trained you from the per- training. spective of higher education authorities. That accreditation underscores “DOCJT joins nearly 650 organizations around the globe DOCJT’s commitment to providing that have had their programs vetted by third-party experts quality law enforcement training that in continuing education to ensure the highest possible stan- benefits our two core Kentucky con- dards are met,” said Kristropher J. Newbauer, president of stituencies: Kentucky law enforce- IACET. ment officers and Kentucky citizens. As a result, DOCJT is now the only law enforcement We are proud of the lofty goals at- training program in the nation accredited for both law en- tained by DOCJT through CALEA. We are extremely proud forcement training and continuing education. of our instructors and faculty who share their knowledge National validation for DOCJT programs and courses is while providing hands-on training for more than 10,000 nice, you say, but what does that mean to me? Simply this: Kentucky law enforcement officers and public safety dis- As a Kentucky law enforcement officer, you are recognized patchers annually. Similarly, we are proud of DOCJT gradu- as being a graduate of the most intensive, effective and effi- ates who display the utmost professionalism while protect- cient police training possible as defined by both elements of ing our streets and our communities. that equation — law enforcement via CALEA and education But we are not content to rest on our laurels.