On September 25, 1989 the New York Times published an article about the growing problem of drugged-driving. The article included a discussion about the merits of the Drug Recognition Expert program. The graphic for the article showed LAPD Motor Officer and DRE Instructor Ray Messerly as he conducted a pupil size examination on me. Officer Steve Davey of the Glendale, CA, PD is to my right. Ray Messerly, who was my LAPD academy classmate, was killed in an on-duty traffic crash on October 22, 1992. Ray's picture is included in the "Roll Call" which takes place at the annual DRE conference.
Scary picture (too much coffee?), but I do love the blog! We can't make much progress unless we understand where we've been. Great idea Tom. Thanks for taking the time to share this history.
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