Improving Outcomes in a DWI/Drug Court Through Testing

Every probation and parole officer has to be proficient with the basics of alcohol and other drug testing in order to do a competent job. This presentation by Judges Peggy Hora (Ret.) and Brian MacKenzie (Ret.) will give you the fundamentals of alcohol testing in DWI/Drug Courts as well as prepare you for new trends in interlock usage. Good testing procedures ensure that results will be admissible in a probation violation/ termination hearing. The seminar will provide ten practical tips for supervision professionals.

As a result of this seminar, you will be able to:

1. Explain new in-home alcohol testing technologies;
2. Testify in a PV/termination hearing; and,
3. Apply practical tips about breath alcohol testing.