DRINKING 101 SCHOOL COPS SIP TO SPOT TIPSY TEENS.Byline: Greg Botonis Staff Writer LANCASTER - High school security officers got realistic training in recognizing drunk students - by watching other officers who had been drinking. Safely enclosed en·close also in·close tr.v. en·closed, en·clos·ing, en·clos·es 1. To surround on all sides; close in. 2. To fence in so as to prevent common use: enclosed the pasture. in a briefing room at the Lancaster sheriff's station, six campus officers swallowed a glass or two of beer or whiskey whiskey [from the Gaelic for "water of life"], spirituous liquor distilled from a fermented mash of grains, usually rye, barley, oats, wheat, or corn. Inferior whiskeys are made from potatoes, beets, and other roots. or some other drink, then tried to walk a straight line, balance on one leg or touch their noses. ``You can stand in front of a class and talk about this a hundred times but you don't get this type of experience from talking,'' said reserve Deputy Mike Rice, who offers the same training to sheriff's deputies. ``This is designed to teach (security) to recognize the signs and symptoms of alcohol and-or drug impairment Impairment 1. A reduction in a company's stated capital. 2. The total capital that is less than the par value of the company's capital stock. Notes: 1. This is usually reduced because of poorly estimated losses or gains. 2. .'' The workshop for Antelope Valley Union High School District The Antelope Valley Union High School District (A.V.U.H.S.D.) is located in the Antelope Valley area of California, in northern Los Angeles County. The district includes eight public high schools, one trade school, and two continuation high schools in the cities of Palmdale security began with a classroom session on the basics of recognizing alcohol or drug impairment. The class also included how to conduct and record the results of a field sobriety test. Six of the 32 security personnel at the class were given drinks to increase their blood-alcohol level to between .05 and .13 percent - .08 is considered drunk for California California (kăl'ĭfôr`nyə), most populous state in the United States, located in the Far West; bordered by Oregon (N), Nevada and, across the Colorado River, Arizona (E), Mexico (S), and the Pacific Ocean (W). motorists. None of the others in the group was told who was drinking. Each officer took turns checking classmates' sobriety: waving a pen back and forth while asking the person to follow it with his or her eyes, asking the person to walk a straight line and raise one leg while counting, or asking the person to touch his or her nose with a fingertip fin·ger·tip n. The extreme end or tip of a finger. . The other officers then tried try to determine whether the test subject had been drinking and, if so, what the approximate blood-alcohol level was. Sheriff's Department personnel get the same training annually. The workshop was designed to help security deal better with students who may be under the influence of drugs or alcohol - a problem that officials say happens occasionally at local campuses. ``We need this type of training more often,'' said Robert Fields, director of security at Highland High School Highland High School or Highlands High School may refer to: In the United States:
The six that were dosed with alcohol were driven home by deputies following the training. Deputies hope to repeat the training at least once a year. CAPTION(S): 3 photos Photo: (1 -- color) Lancaster High truancy officer Jolyn Shreves, right, gets a sobriety test from Deputy Richard Engel Richard Engel is NBC News' Middle East correspondent and Beirut Bureau chief. Prior to joining NBC News in May 2003, he covered the start of the 2003 war in Iraq from Baghdad for ABC News as a freelance journalist. and Quartz quartz, one of the commonest of all rock-forming minerals and one of the most important constituents of the earth's crust. Chemically, it is silicon dioxide, SiO2. Hill security official Sugar Santex, center, at a training workshop Tuesday for the Antelope Valley Union High School District. (2 -- color) Deputy Patrick Griffin touches the tip of his nose in a standard field sobriety test during a school security training exercise. (3) Highland High security officers Miguel Rios and Esther Garcia watch Lancaster High counselor Barbara Frazier walk the line. Jeff Goldwater/Staff Photographer |
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