COLLISION INVESTIGATIONS PUTTING THE PIECES TOGETHER PAGE 12 CRIME SCENE TECH | HAZARD P.D. PROFILE | DUTIES OF A SHERIFF Not all NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2019 | VOL. 18, NO. 6 WE NEED THE BEST MATTHEW G. BEVIN trAUma Governor 12 JOHN C. TILLEY Justice and Public Safety TO TRAIN THE BEST Cabinet Secretary PUT YOUR EXPERIENCE TO WORK AS A happens in WM. ALEX PAYNE CERTIFIED LAW ENFORCEMENT INSTRUCTOR DOCJT Commissioner STAFF: the field Art Director | KEVIN BRUMFIELD Public Information Officer | KELLY FOREMAN Public Information Officer | CRITLEY KING-SMITH Public Information Officer | MICHAEL A. MOORE Photographer | JIM ROBERTSON CONTRIBUTORS: RACHEL LINGENFELTER PATRICK MILLER DOUG BARNETT Kentucky Law Enforcement is published by the Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet, and is distributed free to the Kentucky law enforcement and criminal justice community. Current and past articles are available online at: www.klemagazine.com 6 10 FEATURES PROFILE 12 Crash Course 18 Hazard Police Department FOR MORE INFORMATION GO TO WWW.KYPCIS.COM Documentation crucial in Adapting to a new-ish normal OR collision investigations CALL 1-844-559-7247 ADDRESS ALL CORRESPONDENCE TO: LEGAL KLE Staff, Funderburk Building TRAINING 521 Lancaster Avenue • Richmond, KY 40475 22 All in a Day’s Work KENTUCKY POST-CRITICAL INCIDENT SEMINAR 6 Wise Eyes EMAIL: [email protected] Sheriffs wear many hats ARIDE/DRE courses help officers become intoxication-spotting experts ON THE COVER: Vehicle collisions are a daily part of COLUMN law enforcement work. There are a 16 Bridging the Gap lot of details, though, beyond vehicle New DOCJT course will focus 4 Justice and Public Safety Cabinet ARE YOU ON OUR MAILING LISTS? A striking vehicle B. Documentation, Secretary JOHN C. TILLEY technology and up-to-date training on collision investigations can all aid in successfully investigat- State justice departments ing and, if applicable, adjudicating innovating on multiple fronts To be notified as soon as a collisions. Read more about these new story is published, go to; issues and a new DOCJT course EQUIPMENT launching next year on this topic. klemagazine.com/kle-magazine-email-list 10 Mapping the Scene Total Station vs. 3D scanner LIKE US AT FOLLOW US AT facebook.com/klemagazine twitter.com/klemagazine To receive our monthly newletter, go to; FOLLOW US AT 2 KENTUCKY LAW ENFORCEMENT | NOVEMBER/DECEMBER | 2019 klemagazine.com/kle-dispatches-newsletter instagram.com/klemagazine KLEMAGAZINE.COM 3 SEARCH FOR OPENINGS AT PERSONNEL.KY.GOV STATE JUSTICE KENTUCKY POST-CRITICAL INCIDENT SEMINAR DEPARTMENTS INNOVATING ON You Are MULTIPLE FRONTS ver the past three months, we’ve seen It also demonstrates DOCJT’s unwavering commit- Not Alone a wealth of innovation and new initia- ment to the welfare and advancement of officers. tives throughout the Kentucky Justice Likewise, Kentucky State Police announced a and Public Safety Cabinet, which law groundbreaking initiative in September that will What is PCIS? enforcement professionals should be provide trained advocates at every KSP post to assist Oexcited about. victims of crime. The effort, called Victim Advocacy The Post-Critical Incident Seminar is a three-day seminar Our departments are moving toward the next and Support Services, is among the first statewide modeled after highly successful programs developed by the decade more committed than ever to securing programs of its kind in the country. FBI and South Carolina. These seminars are led by mental- resources for law enforcement KSP advocates will offer support to victims almost health professionals trained to work with peace officers while also tackling some of immediately, helping them navigate the labyrinth of and driven by a team of law enforcement peers who have the biggest challenges for our information, resources and procedures. However, the boots on the ground. advocates provide an added benefit to KSP; their efforts experienced their own critical incident and received training The goal is to improve will free up detectives to focus more specifically on solv- in Critical Incident Stress Management. public safety and transform ing crimes, improving efficiency in police work. The lives, but we also have an eye program is funded through federal grants from the U.S. What is a Critical Incident? on the bottom line. Almost Department of Justice. all of our recent efforts are I will also note the cutting-edge work at the A critical incident is any event that results in an over- designed to either improve effi- Kentucky Department of Corrections (DOC) to lower whelming sense of vulnerability and/or loss of control. This ciency or trim costs, freeing up recidivism among drug offenders with a new program can result from a single incident or a culmination of events, much-needed funds to rein- called SOAR (Supporting Others in Active Recovery) to include exposure to horrific crime scenes, on-duty vest into our criminal justice at Northpoint Training Center in Mercer County. injuries, line-of-duty shootings, events that bring prolonged system, particularly police. SOAR offers aftercare, mentoring, and peer and critical media attention, personal tragedies and the like. The Kentucky Department accountability for inmates in recovery from a of Criminal Justice Training substance use disorder. Studies show that this type (DOCJT) announced one of program improves an inmate’s chances of remain- Program Goals obvious example of this work ing drug-free after prison, reducing recidivism Post-traumatic stress is a body’s normal reaction to an in August. DOCJT partnered and problems with addiction on the streets – and abnormal event. Normalization of the attendee’s experience with Bluegrass Community addressing one the biggest drains on law enforce- and Technical College ment resources. is a critical goal of the PCIS program. In addition, PCIS (BCTC) to launch Educating These few examples say a lot: We are not afraid of strives to send officers and their attending spouses back Heroes, a program that will new ideas. We want to focus our resources on the most home re-energized, healthier and with a fervor for sharing allow basic training recruits to effective strategies to protect public safety. And, we their new skills. earn an associate’s degree while deeply are committed to the welfare and work environ- completing their peace officer ment of our law enforcement professionals. certification. My commitment to all those who wear the badge Incredibly, DOCJT and is that we will continue innovating – and we welcome FOR MORE INFORMATION GO TO WWW.KYPCIS.COM BCTC are offering this your input. OR opportunity at no charge to CALL 1-844-559-7247 the recruits or their agen- cies. That promises to not only improve recruitment at BY JOHN C. TILLEY a tough time for law enforcement but also strengthen SECRETARY, JUSTICE AND retention and help agencies avoid the high cost of PUBLIC SAFETY CABINET constant turnover. 4 KENTUCKY LAW ENFORCEMENT | NOVEMBER/DECEMBER | 2019 KLEMAGAZINE.COM 5 ll officers see them, the car swerving a little over the yellow line, the stumbling pedestrian or the individual with pupils just a little too wide. Each graduate from Kentucky’s law enforcement basic Atraining academies is taught Standard Field Sobriety Tests (SFST) and have cuffed their fair share of town drunks shortly after hitting the streets. However, as America’s dalliance with illegal drugs only intensifies, so does the need for increased training to detect the difference between alcohol and drugs. Kentucky officers have the opportunity to receive additional instruction through Advanced Roadside Impaired Driving Enforcement (ARIDE) and Drug Recognition Expert (DRE) courses, developed by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) with input from the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), Technical Advisory Panel (TAP) and the Virginia Association of Chiefs of Police. The program is provided to the commonwealth through grant funds from the Kentucky Office of Highway Safety (KOHS) and sponsored through the Kentucky State Police Training Academy. MORE THAN SFST Going beyond the horizontal gaze nystagmus (HGN), the walk and turn and the one-leg stand, ARIDE is designed for officers experienced with utilizing SFST skills but looking to increase their drug-driving detection. “We have been trying to catch officers after they have been on the road for about a year or two,” said Rob Richardson, KSP Law Enforcement Liaison and Drug Evaluation Classification Program Coordinator with KOHS. “(The course) is geared toward drug driving and gives (officers) some more tools for their tool belt to recognize people under the influence of drugs.” The class gives officers three more tests that can be conducted roadside to help determine the cause of impairment, whether it is alcohol, drugs or a combina- tion thereof. Tests will include the modified Romberg where the subject is asked to tilt their head back and estimate the passage of time, for example, 30 seconds. Certain drugs can speed a person up, so if a person estimates the time has passed in 60 seconds, it may indicate some- thing in their system slowing down their perception of time, explained Richardson. The same can be said for WISE EYES someone only estimating a fraction of the time, possibly ARIDE/DRE COURSES HELP OFFICERS BECOME INTOXICATION-SPOTTING EXPERTS indicating a stimulant. (LEFT) Paducah Police Officer Jeremy Teague conducts a Written By Photography By sobriety test on a fellow classmate under the observation of CRITLEY KING-SMITH JIM ROBERTSON Drug Recognition Expert (DRE) instructor Allan Stokes during an Advanced Roadside Impaired Driving Enforcement (ARIDE) course. 6 KENTUCKY LAW ENFORCEMENT | NOVEMBER/DECEMBER | 2019 KLEMAGAZINE.COM 7 In the finger-to-nose test, officers are taught to pressure and vital signs, and reviews for psychophysi- instruct subjects to tilt his or her head once again and cal testing and the physical characteristics present for touch the tip of their nose several times. intoxication from various drug categories.