This training is mandated by California Penal Code, which recognizes the need for law enforcement to work together with Child Welfare Services to provide a better way of dealing with drug endangered children. The purpose of the mandate is to encourage agencies to establish a local Drug Endangered Children (DEC) program. Exposing children to the manufacturing, trafficking, and use of narcotics is criminal conduct and a coordinated response is essential to children’s health and welfare. These endangered children are best served when peace officers and child welfare workers tackle this problem as a team.

The DVD program offers three viewing options:

1. Play Telecourse in its entirety (117 min.)

2. Select among seven Telecourse segments:

• Introduction (4 min.)
• DEC Protocol (21 min.)
• Impact on Children and the Community (21 min.)
• Relationship Between Law Enforcement and Child Welfare
Services (8 min.)
• Protective Custody of Children (20 min.)
• Parallel Investigations and Evidence Collection (24 min.)
• The DEC Mandate and Conclusions (14 min.)

3. Select among seven Telecourse interactions (scenarios only):

• Drug-Involved Vehicle Stop (2 min.)
• Arrest When Children Are Present (4 min.)
• Working with Child Welfare Services (3 min.)
• Briefing with Child Welfare Service (3 min.)
• Warrant Arrest When Children Are Present (7 min.)
• Parallel Investigation With Child Welfare Services (2 min.)
• DV Call with Drug-Endangered Children (2 min.)