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198 East Street
Easthampton, MA 01027
413-527-6072 Office
413-527-3351 Fax
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All DRE training must go through the State Coordinator in each respective state. For Massachusetts, that is Sgt. Donald Decker of the Marblehead Police Department. He can be reached at his work number which is 781-631-1212.
You can train out of state if you like. Rhode Island is starting their DRE course on September 25, 2003, and it will be at Salve Regina University in Newport, RI. Their state coordinator is Sgt. Rick Lombardi from Brown University.
198 East Street
Easthampton, MA 01027
413-527-6072 Office
413-527-3351 Fax
[email protected]
All DRE training must go through the State Coordinator in each respective state. For Massachusetts, that is Sgt. Donald Decker of the Marblehead Police Department. He can be reached at his work number which is 781-631-1212.
You can train out of state if you like. Rhode Island is starting their DRE course on September 25, 2003, and it will be at Salve Regina University in Newport, RI. Their state coordinator is Sgt. Rick Lombardi from Brown University.
Sgt. Decker taught my SFST/PBT class as well as a basic drug recognition course (and his brother was my teacher/coach in middle school 
). He is AWESOME. If you have the chance to take any class with him, do it. You will definitely learn stuff and have fun in the process. He knows his stuff. I WISH I could take the DRE class with him.
-Eric
). He is AWESOME. If you have the chance to take any class with him, do it. You will definitely learn stuff and have fun in the process. He knows his stuff. I WISH I could take the DRE class with him.-Eric
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I went to the last DRE school in May of this year at Hanscom AFB. It was two weeks long and we're not certified yet because we need twelve evaluations and pass the national final exam. It's a very tough and demanding course and allot of us thought we were done, I mean it's very intense academically and you have to study quite a bit. Great school and got two OUI arrests and both times found other drugs too, which was from the training. Next DRE class will be next year sometime(in MASS anyway). Sgt.Decker is the man, he is great. You have to apply, give a resume and have full department cooperation and sponsorship to attend. Not everyone gets in, my clas had about 25 people and some were out of state and five were military PD. Good luck
I was replying to an old thread. Just curious about the DRE program and who to contact. I was refering to the Drug Recognition Expert certification course, so it probably isn't the DEA course you're refering to. Glad to hear it was good training, though.
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I saw that class listed on the academy's course schedule some time ago. The price must have been listed there, I cant remember. I see that some of the courses listed on the MSP academy website are hosted by the MSP but run by a private company, which charge a fee.
OK, The state run by Sgt Decker, is free...but need references sponsers, suppose to be BT/FST certified instructor and all that but he seems willing and able as long as you are sponsered by an instructor... and your department is willing to give you up for the time.
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·I took the FST class with Decker last month, he wants to do a DRE class this spring. I think the MSP $600 class you speak of is the probably the DEA class where they teach you how to be an undercover and all the good stuff that goes with drug work.
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DRE school is administered by the GHSB and NHTSA. They DO NOT charge for this course and as the lpersn stated the DEA Basic Narcotics School that is 2 weeks long is not the DRE School. DRE school is FREE but it is not that easy to get into it. God luck
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