Fatal heroin overdoses are leaving Ohio families and communities shattered. Law enforcement’s ability to effectively investigate overdose crime scenes and collect evidence is essential to hold traffickers accountable.
Because no community is immune to the effects of the opioid epidemic, this training is recommended for law enforcement from every community. By sharing experiences from a variety of law enforcement arenas and community types, attendees will have a wide-ranging conversation and learning opportunity.
OPOTA’s latest course will equip law enforcement professionals in their overall response to the growing heroin and fentanyl issues in our state. This one-day training session, provided by the Ohio Attorney General’s Office, will address issues in death investigations and prosecutions stemming from opiate overdose deaths. The session will particularly address best practices in the investigation of overdose deaths from initial crime scene response, evidence preservation, and cellphone analysis to determine the identity and culpability of the heroin or fentanyl provider. Attendees can expect to participate in dialogue about treating overdose death scenes as homicide scenes, quickly contacting possible witnesses, searching the area for drugs and paraphernalia, and checking digital media.
The training will also emphasize the role of the medical examiner and prosecutor in the consideration and successful use of involuntary manslaughter charges, and public health data and criminal intelligence sharing. Also included is a panel discussion on the interaction of law enforcement with public health providers.
The speakers and panel members include experts from the following:
- Hamilton and Warren County prosecutors’ offices
- Hamilton and Butler County coroners’ offices
- Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation
- Hamilton County Heroin Task Force
- Norwood Police Department
- Delhi Township Police Department
- Hamilton County Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Board
- Hamilton County Department of Health
- Ohio High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Intelligence Center
Jan. 12, 2017 ǀ 9 a.m.– 4 p.m.
Mayerson Jewish Community Center
8485 Ridge Rd.
Cincinnati, OH
Cost: Free
http://www.ohioattorneygeneral.gov/Law-Enforcement/Ohio-Peace-Officer-Training-Academy/Course-Catalog/Course-Search?searchtext=opiate&searchmode=anyword