 FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 25, 2017
Director
of the El Paso Intelligence Center (EPIC) discusses Ohio’s crucial role in the national fight
against illegal drugs
During the 2017 Drug Interdiction, Disruption
& Reduction Symposium on May 31 in Columbus, the El Paso Intelligence
Center’s (EPIC) Director/Special Agent K. Scott McRory’s keynote presentation
will feature his national perspective of the opiate crisis and overall illegal
drug challenges facing law enforcement and treatment and health care providers.
He plans to highlight the ongoing effort,
results and successes in interdicting the drug supply lines and the critical
ways information sharing is impacting the illegal drug problem across the
nation, and here in Ohio. Furthermore,
he will discuss the Drug Incident Summary Collection Overview (DISCO) system, a
national model for a data collection partnership between Ohio’s 41 drug task
forces and EPIC, which illustrates how states and federal drug enforcement
operations can combine resources.
Launched last month, DISCO was exclusively developed in collaboration among the
Ohio Department of Public Safety, Ohio’s drug task forces, and EPIC to provide
Ohio task force commanders and federal law enforcement leaders with more
accurate and real-time statistics so decision-makers can prioritize
interdiction operations, more readily develop patterns and identify trends to
effectively deploy resources as needed. DISCO is a part of EPIC and is
specifically designed so Ohio drug task force personnel can easily access the
National Seizure System to report case-specific incidences. Director McRory
will also discuss plans for DISCO to be rolled-out nationwide after being fully
utilized by Ohio.
The El Paso Intelligence Center (EPIC) offers
tactical, operational, and strategic intelligence support to federal, state,
local, tribal, and international law enforcement agencies and provides
de-confliction services, leveraging databases from both internal and external
stakeholders. EPIC has relationships with law enforcement agencies in all 50
states and partner organizations in the international law enforcement
community.
Other presenters at the symposium include Director
John Born, Ohio Department of Public Safety, Director Tracy Plouck, Ohio
Department of Mental Health & Addiction Services, Daniel P. Meloy, CLEE,
Colerain Township Administrator & Director of Public Safety, Joseph
Bozenko, Chemist, Drug Enforcement Agency, Lieutenant Colonel Alex Alston, Ohio
National Guard Counterdrug Taskforce and Captain Mike Brem, Montgomery County
Sheriff’s Office, Ohio Task Force Commanders’ Association.
WHAT: 2017 Drug
Interdiction, Disruption & Reduction Symposium
WHERE: The Ohio Department of Transportation Auditorium
1980 West Broad
Street
Columbus,
Ohio 43223
WHEN: Wednesday, May 31,
2017
Opening
remarks: 9:00 a.m.
Director McRory’s presentation is scheduled
from 9:30-11:00 a.m., with media availability immediately following.
DETAILS: More than 200 public safety advocates from across the state
will join the Ohio Department of Public Safety, Ohio Department of Mental
Health & Addiction Services, Ohio National Guard, and the Ohio Task Force
Commanders’ Association for 2017 Drug Interdiction, Disruption & Reduction
Symposium aimed at collaborating with fellow law enforcement, public safety
advocates, prevention and treatment providers to enhance Ohio's frontline
response to the drug epidemic in Ohio.
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For additional information, contact:
ODPS Communications
(614) 466-4344
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