Interdiction

The PDMP TTAC team regularly coordinates conference calls for PDMP Administrators to connect and discuss issues such as system enhancements, technical assistance, and promising practices. During the reporting period, TTAC staff held three compliance conference calls that brought together interested PDMP Administrators to discuss concerns or issues and seek a solution through a consensus of ideas.

The PDMP TTAC team hosts and facilitates monthly conference calls with the RxCheck Working Group; PMIX Working Group; PMIX Operations, Technical, and Standards Compliance Subcommittees; and ad hoc committees as needed to support the groups in accomplishing their goals. During this reporting period, the TTAC team hosted and facilitated 40 monthly conference calls with the various PMIX groups and 19 calls with the various RxCheck groups.

This 24 hour course was designed for law enforcement officers who are patrolling major highways, city streets in all parts of their communities, including all rural areas. This course has been designed to address the issues, in which they are commonly encountered by the officer during a criminal interdiction encounter.

This webinar wasfor the FY2015 Second Chance Act grantees focused on adult offenders with co-occurring substance use and mental disorders. During the webinar, BJA staff provided an overview of the Second Chance Act, requirements of the co-occurring disorders grant, and grant management. NRRC staff provided an overview of the training, technical assistance, research, tools, and Planning & Implementation (P&I) Guide related to the grant.

This 24 hour course was designed for law enforcement officers who are patrolling major highways, city streets in all parts of their communities, including all rural areas. This course has been designed to address the issues, in which they are commonly encountered by the officer during a criminal interdiction encounter.

Two Center staff members presented "Responses to Underage Drinking" with Dr. Ken Winters, Director of the Center for Adolescent Substance Abuse Research. The presentation was addressed to judges, court staff, administrators, law enforcement, probation, prosecutors, defense attorneys, social services, tribal HTWC Staff

Technical assistance with the implementation of The Drug Market Intervention evidence-based model. This engagement consisted of one day of training, and one day of individual follow-up meetings with stakeholder agencies. Training participants consisted of mainly Camden County Police Department officers (and other ranks), other Camden County personnel, as well as members from the Newark (NJ) VRN site, Wilmington (DE) VRN site, and West Memphis (AR) VRN site.

This course provides a review of the most commonly abused prescription drugs. Street names, methods of abuse and current street prices will be discussed. Each attendee will receive an abused pharmaceutical card as a reference.

Learning Objectives:

Understand the problems surrounding misuse, abuse, and diversion of controlled substances
Recognize state law and medical board regulations may be more restrictive than federal law and regulations
Recognize current trends of prescription drug diversion

Provide a wide range of office based assistance, including response to inquires, networking referrals, preparation of brief background memos, extended assistance, etc. This is an ongoing project.

Initial Conference Calls with: Preston Co., WV; Carbon Co., UT; San Juan Co., UT; Mississippi Co., AR; Wasatch Co., UT; and Contra Costa Co., CA.