ILLINOIS STATE POLICE

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ILLINOIS STATE POLICE
Methamphetamine Response
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Methamphetamine Response Teams (MRT)

• 6 Teams / 56 Officers
• Proactive / Reactive Investigations
• Relieve Drug Task Forces of Meth Burden

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DRUG ENDANGERED CHILDREN

• Developed Statewide Response Protocol
• Developed Training Program to Support Protocol
• Train-the-Trainer (24 Hrs)
• Field Training (8 Hrs)

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DRUG ENDANGERED CHILDREN (Continued)

• Curriculum
• Statement of Problem
• Meth Lab Safety Awareness
• Response / Investigations
• Police Role
• Child Protective Services Role
• Law

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CONTAINER PROGRAM

• Hazardous Waste Containers Placed at Various
  Districts Throughout the State
• MRTs Will Package Lab Waste Transport to
  Containers
• Containers Emptied Weekly by Hazardous Waste
  Contractor
• Cost Reduction of Container Program Vs. Hazardous
  Waste Response to Labsite 75

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LAB SEIZURE NOTIFICATION PROCESS

• Various Notifications Required
• State EPA
• State Public Health
• Local Health Dept.
• Property Owner
• Child Protective Services, if necessary

• Addressing by Notifying Illinois Emergency
  Management Agency (IEMA) by Phone
• - IEMA Command Center is Operational 24/7
• - They Record Lab Seizure Incident Notify All
  Agencies
• - Eliminate Need For ISP to Send Registered
  Letters
• - Eliminate Duplication

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PSEUDOEPHEDRINE / SCHEDULE V DATABASE

• Schedule V Restrictions Effective in Illinois
  01-15-06
• Pharmacies Required to Maintain a Log of
  Purchases
• Developing Electronic Database Methods of
  Retrieval for Law Enforcement

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QUESTIONS ?
M/Sgt. Bruce Liebe Illinois State Police (217)
558-0198 Liebebr_at_isp.state.il.us