Amount Requested: $750,000
Fayetteville, NC
Through the Department of Justice COPS Meth Account. The Methodist University Methamphetamine Education Training Program will train students; future forensic scientists; law enforcement, emergency medicine, fire/rescue, HAZMAT; and other professionals in the safe and proper identification, collection, and preservation of evidence from methamphetamine laboratories of all types, sizes, and complexities. The program will educate personnel in the holistic understanding of clandestine methamphetamine laboratories, including the chemical production, the adverse physiological and psychological effects on humans, the deterioration and contamination of the environment, and other adverse short- and long-term effects of methamphetamine laboratories. The goal of this program is to provide a new capability to meet a current and ongoing national need in the identification, control, crime scene management, and remediation of clandestine labs and all of the associated socioeconomic issues.