First Canadian DRE School, 1995, Students

In my estimation, this landmark school would not have happened were it not for the relentless perseverance of Wayne Jeffery.  Wayne, an eminent Royal Canadian Mounted Police toxicologist based in British Columbia, laid the groundwork for this class by working directly with the LAPD DRE Unit.  Wayne attended the full DRE class in Los Angeles in 1991. 

I served as the lead instructor for this school.  The instructors were chosen not only for their knowledge, but for their ability to adapt the curricula to the Canadian legal environment.  For example, we converted the measurements used in the DRE process to the metric system.  Constitutional and Charter Rights issues also required some curricula adaptation.

This class picture, including instructors Rob Bustrum, Clark John, and me, was taken inside the RCMP training facility.  Canadian DRE coordinator Evan Graham is to Clark John's right.  Evan later became the chair of the DRE Section of the International Association of Chiefs of Police, the regulating body for the DRE program.  Some of the other students pictured are toxicologists Heather Dinn, Jeff Coughlin, Mike Anselin and Rick Ulrich, constables Beth Blackburn, Doug Ferguson, Jim Paquette and Paul Milne.