The Merit Group Network http://the-meritgroup.com/blog Methamphetamine Lab Questions, Discussion, and Training Comments Fri, 20 Jan 2012 01:43:56 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 MERIT Training in Greenwood, SC http://the-meritgroup.com/blog/2012/01/19/merit-training-in-greenwood-sc/ http://the-meritgroup.com/blog/2012/01/19/merit-training-in-greenwood-sc/#comments Fri, 20 Jan 2012 01:43:56 +0000 TheMeritGroup http://the-meritgroup.com/blog/?p=90 Continue reading →]]> 1/14/2012 12:04:00 AM
Joint training course ends with mock bust
Program teaches Greenwood police, fire to work together to combat meth
Firefighters and officers dress out during a joint training between the Greenwood Fire Department and the Greenwood County Drug Enforcement Unit in preparation for a mock meth lab bust Friday morning. (Matt Walsh | Index-Journal)
Firefighters and officers dress out during a joint training between the Greenwood Fire Department and the Greenwood County Drug Enforcement Unit in preparation for a mock meth lab bust Friday morning. (Matt Walsh | Index-Journal)



A joint training course on meth lab response for Greenwood’s police and fire departments ended in a mock meth lab bust Friday morning.
Outside an empty building on Phoenix Street, members of the Greenwood County Drug Enforcement Unit and the Greenwood Fire Department suited up in airtight hazmat suits and went inside to identify and break down the nonactive labs.
The exercise was the practical application of everything the agents and firefighters learned during the five-day, 40-hour program.

The course was run by Jake Kelton and other instructors from MERIT Training Programs, of Pennsylvania, and it taught the agents and firefighters how to work together and share resources when taking down a meth lab as a combined response team.  Greenwood Police Chief Gerald Brooks called meth labs a unique situation for law enforcement and the fire department. “It’s both a crime scene and a hazmat incident,” he said.
Greenwood Fire Chief Terry Strange said a meth cook results in flammable liquids and dangerous airborne chemicals.


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Published: January 04, 2012

A man was killed Tuesday when he tried to make methamphetamine while driving, and the bottle containing the mixture exploded, Lakeland police said.

http://www2.tbo.com/news/breaking-news/2012/jan/04/1/meth-explodes-in-car-killing-driver-in-lakeland-ar-343600/

 

]]> http://the-meritgroup.com/blog/2012/01/05/lakeland-fl/feed/ 0 Data Collection http://the-meritgroup.com/blog/2012/01/02/77/ http://the-meritgroup.com/blog/2012/01/02/77/#comments Mon, 02 Jan 2012 21:43:45 +0000 TheMeritGroup http://the-meritgroup.com/blog/?p=77 Continue reading →]]> When funding was cut, response monies were not the only thing lost. Reporting agencies stopped collecting data and more officers are in harms way. We’re giving you a way to trade stories, techniques and making other officers a little more safe. We will start collecting stats provided by departments on a secure system. We hope to be a voice for you to acquire funding, training and support!  Thanks…..Jake

 

jkelton@the-meritgroup.com

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FOX Carolina Fri, 30 Dec 2011 14:01 PM PST
Deputies said they received complaints from citizens in Ware Shoals that led to the arrest of a man in connection with a meth lab.

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WSPA Spartanburg Fri, 30 Dec 2011 13:58 PM PST
Four Arrested In Gaffney Meth Lab Bust

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The Daily Telegram Fri, 30 Dec 2011 14:42 PM PST
A guilty plea was entered by a Tecumseh man arrested for running a methamphetamine laboratory that started a fire at Carriage House Apartments in Adrian on Nov. 26.

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The Shelby Star Fri, 30 Dec 2011 14:45 PM PST
Cleveland County sheriffâs deputies and State Bureau of Investigation agents walked with caution into a home at 102 Serro Court west of Shelby. Agents and deputies wore plastic biohazard suits and black gas masks. They lifted the windows inside the…

]]> http://the-meritgroup.com/blog/2011/12/31/shelby-nc/feed/ 0 Webster County, WV http://the-meritgroup.com/blog/2011/12/31/webster-county-wv/ http://the-meritgroup.com/blog/2011/12/31/webster-county-wv/#comments Sat, 31 Dec 2011 18:59:47 +0000 TheMeritGroup http://the-meritgroup.com/blog/?p=55 Continue reading →]]> West Virginia State Police Troopers arrest Braxton County man on meth charges

WOWK-TV West Virginia Fri, 30 Dec 2011 14:56 PM PST
The West Virginia State Police arrested Matthew Friend and charged him with six counts of conspiracy and operating a clandestine lab in Webster County. ]]> http://the-meritgroup.com/blog/2011/12/31/webster-county-wv/feed/ 0 Oakland City, IN http://the-meritgroup.com/blog/2011/12/31/oakland-city-in/ http://the-meritgroup.com/blog/2011/12/31/oakland-city-in/#comments Sat, 31 Dec 2011 18:50:56 +0000 TheMeritGroup http://the-meritgroup.com/blog/?p=48 Continue reading →]]> Angry parents demand answers about meth lab at Wood Memorial

Evansville Courier & Press Fri, 30 Dec 2011 19:19 PM PST
As authorities continued Friday to search for an East Gibson School Corp. employee suspected of manufacturing methamphetamine inside a school, angry parents filled an auditorium and demanded to know how something like that could happen.

]]> http://the-meritgroup.com/blog/2011/12/31/oakland-city-in/feed/ 0 Beaufort, SC Lab http://the-meritgroup.com/blog/2011/12/31/beaufort-sc-lab/ http://the-meritgroup.com/blog/2011/12/31/beaufort-sc-lab/#comments Sat, 31 Dec 2011 17:02:07 +0000 TheMeritGroup http://the-meritgroup.com/blog/?p=43 Continue reading →]]> Two charged after search of Bluffton home turns up meth lab

The Beaufort Gazette Fri, 30 Dec 2011 18:04 PM PST
A man and woman were charged Friday after a Thursday night raid on a Bluffton home revealed a small meth lab, according to a Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office news release.

 

Man, Woman Arrested in Beaufort for Meth Lab

WJCL Savannah Fri, 30 Dec 2011 14:24 PM PST
Members of the Beaufort/Jasper Multi Agency Drug Task Force, with the assistance of the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division arrested two subjects on drug charges.

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Welcome to The Merit Group Network!

The Merit Group is a nationally recognized organization dedicated to providing “on-site programs” focused on the hazards assocaited with Meth Lab and techniques used to investigate them.  We have designed realistic training specifically tailored  for Law Enforcement Officers, Probation and Parole Officers, Emergency Response Personnel, Child Welfare Advocates, Realtors, Prosecutors, and Forensic Scientists.  We can design any program to meet your training needs!

Please use this blog to voice your opinions, problems, or questions as they relate to Meth Labs or Meth Lab Training.  If you wish to correspond by email, please send your email to jkelton@the-meritgroup.com    Thanks!   

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