Green Lab: Cannabis Impairment Detection Training

About

Cannabis is legal and more openly used around the nation: Can you detect and articulate its impairment?

Today’s forms (including edibles, flower, and concentrates) have a much higher level of THC than in the past. With more cannabis of a stronger variety available, officers greatly benefit from green lab training to help recognize its presence in motor vehicle operators.

Training Objectives include:

  • In-depth discussion about Cannabis and its different forms, legal status, and legislative history.
  • A suggested “enhanced” SFST Protocol for detecting cannabis impairment roadside as well as cannabis-impaired driving investigation techniques including:
    • Field Sobriety Techniques and exercises
    • Behaviors commonly observed in people impaired by cannabis
    • Investigation and documentation suggestions for best practices
  • Chemical testing issues in drug-impaired driving investigations
  • Building a cannabis-impaired driving court case.
  • Case Law updates
  • Hands-on Green Lab with Volunteers Cannabis Consumers
    • In compliance with state marijuana possession laws, we present a “green” lab designed for officers to practice impairment detection skills on volunteers dosed with known amounts of cannabis and alcohol. This will provide the attendees with a gauge of the reliability of their detection skills. The lab is run by civilian instructors.

Attendees are not exposed to marijuana (or any drug) during training.

*There are limited seats available for each class* 

** This class is a controlled environment for officers to evaluate actual cannabis dosed impaired volunteers**

A limited number of OBSERVER-ONLY seats are also available. This will include the training session in the morning, watching the others perform the SFSTs, and hearing their conclusions. This fee is $300. (NOT covered by OCP)

 

Instructors

Upcoming Class Dates

Nov 7: 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
York Police Department
9 Hannaford Dr.
York, Maine, 03909
Price: FREE FOR MAINE LEO AND PROSECUTORS --- Sponsored by the Office of Cannabis Policy
Non-Maine LEO is $600

*THIS SESSION IS FULL! Contact us to be added to the waitlist*

Dec 5: 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Dirigo Safety LLC
95 Main Street 3rd Floor
Auburn, ME, 04210
Price: FREE FOR MAINE LEO AND PROSECUTORS --- Sponsored by the Office of Cannabis Policy
Non-Maine LEO is $600 *Limited seats available*