When:

Thursday, September 7, 2023 from 8:30 AM to 11:30 AM EDT
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Where:

Butler County Educational Service Center
400 N. Erie Blvd. Ste. A
Hamilton, OH 45011


 
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Contact:

Lauren Perry
FCFC Training Coordinator
Butler County Family & Children First Council
(513) 785-6770 (office)
perryl@bcesc.org

Your Trainer:

Jermaine Galloway- Now a Texan by choice, Officer Galloway worked in Idaho law enforcement for over 18 years. His various assignments included: alcohol compliance and enforcement, crime scene investigation, DUI task force, officer mentoring, and a field training officer. After playing Division I basketball, and receiving his BA from the University of San Francisco, Jermaine devotes most of his time educating professionals and communities on drug & alcohol prevention and enforcement. Through his company, Tall Cop Says Stop™, he has trained more than 655,000 people nationwide and internationally. Officer Galloway has created several other community-based drug/alcohol prevention programs as well.  His program, “High in Plain Sight”, a nationally recognized program, provides training and enforcement strategies for community alcohol & drug problems. Jermaine Galloway has published articles in American Police Beat Magazine and various newspapers across the nation.  

 

High in Plain Sight: Drug Trends

Join us as we welcome back national speaker Jermaine Galloway, better known as Tall Cop Says Stop. Featuring over 70 visual aides, this interactive workshop provides participants with the ability, knowledge and confidence to help prevent and identify individuals who are using or abusing drugs and/or alcohol. The alcohol and drug scene changes every day. Learn current trends, strategies, terms, identifiers, logos, and drug concealment for school, home and work.

Other topics include: alcohol and drug clothing, alcoholic energy drinks, alcopops, alcohol and drug concealment methods and containers, drug paraphernalia, drug related music and groups, logos, stickers, new technology, youth party tendencies, party games, non-traditional alcoholic beverages, social networking sites, synthetic drugs, OTC drugs, inhalants, marijuana concentrates, E-cigarettes, and popular party drugs, including: opioids, Adderall, and ecstasy. 

For each person to help prevent youth substance abuse, you MUST know what is going on in your community.

 Attendees will: 

  • Quickly identify alcohol and drug use and abuse indicators of possible at-risk individuals, through products, stash compartments, clothing brands, other concealment methods, etc.
  • Recognize the current drug culture of marijuana, including effects of legalization, Delta 8 and 9
  • Identify vaping methods of drugs in the classroom or workplace
  • Recognize improved policy and procedures about current alcohol and drug abuse prevention and intervention
  • Recognize area specific alcohol and drug abuse information and content in relations to trends, culture and identifiers

Target Audience: Educators, prevention providers, coalition members, law enforcement, probation officers, school administration, treatment, counselors, and parents.

Cost: Free! (Priority will be given to partner agencies in Butler County).  

CEUs: APPROVED BY THE SOH, CSWMFTB FOR 2.75 CEU's FOR SOCIAL WORKERS PROVIDER #RSX050901. (not approved for counseling)

 

  

 
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