Training Dates and Locations – Advanced Investigation Procedures

The Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) will conduct eight training sessions for County Agricultural Commissioner staff on Investigation Procedures, Volume 5 of the Pesticide Use Enforcement Program Standards Compendium.

This is an advanced training session, designed to be more interactive and builds on the Investigative Procedures training DPR conducted in the past. Participants should have performed or been involved in an investigation and have a basic understanding of the procedures involved in conducting investigations, from formulating an investigative plan to finalizing the investigation.

An agenda is being finalized and will be posted at: www.cdpr.ca.gov/docs/county/training/trngmenu.htm.

The focus of the training will be:

1. The Investigator Mindset,
2. Evidence,
3. Sampling Issues,
4. Confidentiality Issues,
5. Case File Development,
6. Others

The training session will run from approximately 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and will be held in the following locations:

Central California – October 5, 2010
Tulare County Agricultural Commissioner’s Office
Conference Room
4437 S. Laspina
Tulare, California 93274

Coastal California – October 6, 2010
9:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Richard West Nutter Agricultural Conference Center
U.C. Cooperative Extension
1432 Abbott Street
Salinas, California 93901

Southern California – October 13, 2010
Ventura County Agricultural Commissioner’s Office
669 County Square Drive
Ventura, California 93003

Southern California – October 14, 2010
DTSC Cypress Office
5796 Corporate Avenue
Cypress, California 90630-4732

Southern California – October 21, 2010
Coachella Valley Water Forbes Auditorium
85-995 Avenue 52 and Hwy 111
Coachella, California 92236

Northern California – October 26, 2010
San Joaquin County Agricultural Center
San Joaquin County Agricultural Commissioner’s Office
Conference Room
2101 E. Earhart Avenue, Suite 100
Stockton, California 95206

Northern California – November 9, 2010
Solano County Cooperative Extension
501 Texas Street, First Floor
Fairfield, California 94533-4498

Northern California – November, 16, 2010
Colusa County Cooperative Extension
100 Sunrise Boulevard
Colusa, CA 95932-3246

Please review the Investigation Procedures Manual prior to the training. Bring the manual to the training. If you do not have a copy, it is available on-line at www.cdpr.ca.gov/docs/enforce/compend/vol_5/invstprc.htm.

To attend a training session, contact Mr. Mostafa Chrichi by e-mail at mchrichi@cdpr.ca.gov no later than two weeks prior to the training. A confirmation e-mail will be sent to you.

In the event that there is no state budget by October 2010, we will only conduct the Stockton, Colusa, and Fairfield sessions. The other locations will be rescheduled and conducted after the state budget passes.

Sincerely,