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Wednesday, Sep 7, 2022 at 9:00 AM to 3:30 PM EDT

123 Wyoming Avenue, Scranton, PA, 18503, United States

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Wednesday, Sep 7, 2022 at 9:00 AM to 3:30 PM EDT

Lackawanna County Juvenile Probation, 123 Wyoming Avenue, Scranton, PA, 18503, United States.

The Center for Addiction and Recovery Education at Saint Joseph’s University (CARE@SJU), under a grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Health, will deliver first responder, opioid response, educational training, and refresher training across the Commonwealth. Current and former first responders will train law enforcement, firefighters, and EMS on the topics of substance use disorder and the use of Naloxone (NARCAN) as well as stigma and implicit bias when engaging persons with addiction or substance use disorder issues.

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https://www.sju.edu/centers/center-addiction-and-recovery-education

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Learn more aboutSteve Forzato Steve Forzato
Steve Forzato
Director, Center for Addiction and Recovery Education (CARE)

Forzato began his law enforcement career at the Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office in 1986. In 1992, Forzato transferred to the Narcotic Enforcement Team and for the next 27 years, worked in undercover roles and investigated drug traffickers, pursuing them locally, nationally and internationally. As a Lieutenant, Forzato supervised undercover detectives and 480 local police officers who served in a drug task force. Forzato led more than 100 wiretaps where his team seized thousands of pounds of drugs including kilograms of heroin and fentanyl. Forzato was sworn-in as a federal agent in the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force. In 2017, Forzato joined Pennsylvania’s Attorney General as Deputy Chief of Statewide Drug Initiatives where he led new initiatives addressing the drug overdose crisis in Pennsylvania. Forzato testified as an expert in drug abuse, trafficking, and wiretapping in local, state and federal courts. Forzato has interviewed hundreds of drug dealers, suppliers and users. Forzato remains up to date on the current drug-trafficking trends statewide, nationally, and internationally. Forzato trained thousands of local, state and federal law enforcement officers, prosecutors, and public health officials. Forzato now directs the Center for Addiction and Recovery Education at Saint Joseph’s University and leads its Phoenix Training for first responders.

About Steve Forzato

Director, Center for Addiction and Recovery Education (CARE)
Learn more aboutBill Burdette Bill Burdette
Bill Burdette
Retired K9 Section Supervisor, Pennsylvania State Police

William J Burdette is currently a consultant with Saint Joseph's University, Center for Addiction and Recovery Education Center. Burdette Served 25 years with the Pennsylvania State Police. He started in patrol, transitioning to Troop Vice and PSP Drug Strike Force, criminal Investigation and State Fire Marshal. He spent 11 years as Supervisor of the Eastern K-9 Section. He was sworn in as a Federal Task Force Officer assigned to a DEA HIDTA interdiction team. After retiring, Burdette remained active in law enforcement serving a local university, and as a sworn police officer with local school districts.

About Bill Burdette

Retired K9 Section Supervisor, Pennsylvania State Police

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