Pennsylvania State Police

Thursday, Nov 18, 2021 at 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM EST

175 Hersheypark Drive, Hershey, PA, 17033, United States

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Thursday, Nov 18, 2021 at 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM EST

State Police Academy, 175 Hersheypark Drive, Hershey, PA, 17033, 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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Registrants may cancel at any time prior to the session.

Saint Joseph's University

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

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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
Learn more aboutDrew Skelton Drew Skelton
Drew Skelton
Licensed Private Detective

Drew Skelton began his first responder career as a teenager when he joined the Hereford Volunteer Fire Company in Berks County, Pennsylvania. At 17, he became an EMT and served with Bally Community Ambulance, Topton Ambulance and Eastern Berks Advanced Life Support (ALS). He also was a firefighter with the Red Hill Fire Company. In 1989, Skelton received an Honorable Discharge from the Army after serving as a Military Police Officer. In 1990, he joined the ranks of the Pennsylvania State Police. While in the state police, Skelton was assigned to Troops J-Lancaster, K-Philadelphia, M-Bethlehem, N-Hazelton and the Bureau of Professional Responsibility, Systems and Process Review Division. He spent the majority of his PSP career in Criminal Investigations and retired from the state police at the rank of sergeant in 2013. In 2017, Skelton was hired as a consultant by the Borough of East Greenville in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania in order to assist the borough with forming its own police department. He was later selected to be the Chief of Police. Currently a licensed private detective in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, he is also a member of the National Ski Patrol and is certified by the Pennsylvania Department of Health as an Emergency Medical Responder (EMR).

About Drew Skelton

Licensed Private Detective

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