Ronald E. Henson, PhD
Ronald E. Henson, PhD is the Founder and Principal Consultant with Beron Consulting, with offices in Illinois and Florida. Dr. Henson is an independent drug and alcohol testing consultant, providing drug and alcohol testing evaluations, research, and expert testimony. He has been qualified as an expert in field sobriety testing, drug and alcohol testing, physiology, and pharmacology in criminal, civil, military and employment law cases across the United States. Dr. Henson has served as a police officer, police administrator, a police academy instructor supervising the alcohol testing program at the University of Illinois, a college professor at multiple institutions, and as a Dean of Criminal Justice and Forensic Sciences. He has served on several advisory and research committees related to law enforcement and drug and alcohol testing using breath, blood, urine, saliva, hair, and field sobriety testing (for both drugs and alcohol). Clients have included fortune 500 companies, professional athletes (NBA & MLB), dignitaries, employee unions, and government entities.
William Pelarenos
William Pelarenos is a nationally recognized DUI Expert Witness, a retired police officer and police academy training instructor in Illinois, a State Certified Standardized Field Sobriety Testing instructor and State Certified Breathalyzer Operator. He has testified in twenty DUI cases an expert witness in Illinois, West Virginia and even a case in Saipan (Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands). He made over 900 DUI arrests during his police career; he taught over 400 police officers NHTSA standards and has been a presenter in four other attorney CLEs focusing on NHTSA standards, standardized field sobriety tests and breathalyzer machines. He analyzes DUI cases sent to him from lawyers all over the Country. He is also the author of the book “DUis Decoded” available on amazon.com and his website is williampelarenos.com and twitter is @policeproject1
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Accreditation Policy
myLawCLE seeks accreditation for all programs in all states except, ME, VA, and WV. (Accreditation for paralegals sought thru NALA and NFPA paralegal associations.) Each attending attorney/paralegal will receive a certificate of completion following the close of the CLE program as proof of attendance. In required states, myLawCLE records attorney/paralegals attendance, in all other states attorney/paralegal is provided with the approved CLE certificate to submit to their state bar or governing association.
All myLawCLE CLE programs are accredited automatically either directly or via reciprocity in the following states: AK, AR, CA, CT, FL, HI, ME, MO, MT, ND, NH, NM, NJ, NY. (AZ does not approve CLE programs, but accepts our certificates for CLE credit.)
Live video broadcasts are new live CLE programs being streamed and recorded for the first time. All of these programs qualify for “Live” CLE credit in all states except NV, OH, MS, IN, UT, PA, GA, and LA —these states require in-person attendance to qualify for “Live” CLE credit.
“Live” Re-broadcasts are replays of previously recorded CLE programs, set on a specific date and time and where the original presenting speakers calls in live at the end of the event to answer questions. This “live” element allows for “live” Re-broadcast CLEs to qualify for “Live” CLE credits in most states. [The following states DO NOT allow for “live” CLE credits on re-broadcast CLEs: NV, OH, MS, IN, UT, PA, GA, and LA]
Reciprocity
Many states allow for credit to be granted on a 1:1 reciprocal basis for courses approved in another mandatory CLE jurisdiction state. This is known as a reciprocity provision and includes the following states: AK, AR, HI, CT, FL, ME, MO, MT, ND, NH, NM, NJ, and NY. myLawCLE does not seek direct accreditation of live webinars or teleconferences in these states.
I. 2:00-2:10 Expert Witness Qualifications
II. 2: 10-2:20 Use of PBTs in pre-arrest screening
III. 2:20-2:35 Use of RBTs and EC/IR2 in evidentiary breath tests
IV. 2:35-2:45 Proper protocol by the Breath Alcohol Operator (BAO)
V. 2:45-3:00 Errors and Omissions by BAO and Breathalyzer machine malfunctions
VI. 3:00-3:10 Break
VII. 3:10 -3:30 Manufacturers
VIII. 3:30- 3:45 Technology Used
IX. 3:45 – 3:55 Common errors
X. 3:55 – 4:10 Technical issues
