2025 Intoxicated Driver Program Assessor Conference
Friday, June 6, 2025 | 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
A Virtual Event via Zoom
CEU, Health and Human Services, Health and Wellness

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Friday, June 6, 2025​ | 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
A Virtual Event via Zoom

​Details​


The Intoxicated Driver Program (IDP) is designed to provide education or treatment to people convicted of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated, with the intent of reducing re-offending. The IDP Assessor Conference is typically held in spring each year. It is an opportunity for IDP assessors to get updates from DHS on policy and legislative changes and increase knowledge and skills as it relates to IDP. Per Wis. Admin. Code ch. DHS 62, each assessor shall successfully complete a minimum of 6 hours of continuing education each year. The conference provides the required CEUs for assessors to satisfy this requirement each year. The Annual IDP Assessor Conference is sponsored by the Wisconsin Department of Health Services.

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To read 2025 session descriptions, please click on the drop-down menus below. 

Morning Plena​ry Sessions

8:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. | Welcome

Welcoming remarks and an overview of the conference.

Presenter: Katie Behl, Intoxicated Driver Program Coordinator, WI DHS

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Katie Behl is the Intoxicated Driver Program Coordinator within the Division of Care and Treatment Services at the Wisconsin Department of Health Services since September of 2020. Prior to that, she was the Treatment Court Coordinator for the OWI, Drug, and Family Treatment Court programs in Walworth County, WI for nearly a decade.  Katie has been a board member of Wisconsin Association of Treatment Court Professionals and is the former Chair and Vice Chair of the Walworth County Criminal Justice Coordinating Committee. Since 2019, she serves as faculty for the National Association of Drug Court Professionals working with treatment courts all over the country as well as contractual work with the Bureau of Justice Assistance.  In July of 2017, she co-founded and currently chairs, the Walworth County Drug and Alcohol Coalition focusing on raising awareness and transparency of substance use in her community.  She graduated from the University of Wisconsin, Whitewater with a degree in Sociology, Emphasis in Criminal Justice in 2012 and a Master's Degree in Sociology from the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee in 2018.​​​​

8:30 11:30 a.m. | High in Plain Sight * There will be a break from 9:45-10:00 a.m.

Presenter: Jermaine Galloway,​ Tall Cop Says Stop
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Officer Galloway, a Texan, known nationally as the Tall Cop, has worked in substance abuse prevention and education for over 20 years. After playing Division I basketball and receiving his BA in Sociology from the University of San Francisco, he worked as a law enforcement officer for 18 years. His various assignments included: alcohol compliance and enforcement, CSI, DUI 
task force, officer mentoring, and a field training officer.
In 2007, Jermaine started the company known as “Tall Cop Says Stop™”. The Tall Cop has conducted trainings in every US state and Canada, and currently devotes thousands of hours each year to training professionals and communities on drug and alcohol prevention, education, and enforcement. The Tall Cop is unique in that he spends hundreds of hours with “boots on the ground” highlighting drug culture in various communities. To date, the Tall Cop has trained more than 800,000 
professional and community members. He has trained across the U.S and in other countries such as Canada and the Bermuda Islands. The Tall Cop has conducted more than 8,400 community scans, identifying the drug culture and climate. His program, “High in Plain Sight”, is a nationally recognized program, that provides training, education, and enforcement strategies for community substance abuse issues. Additionally, Jermaine Galloway has published articles, been referenced in books, and has been highlighted in many media interviews. The Tall Cop’s fast-paced and high-energy class provides attendees with an unparalleled learning experience! At the end of 2023, Galloway Started a podcast to provide education to everyone. The Tall Cop Says Stop Podcast can be found on both Spotify and Apple platforms. Most recently, at the beginning of 2024, Jermaine has been certified as an International Instructor by the International Association of Directors of Law Enforcement Standards and Training.​​

*The Tall Cop presentation will not be recorded so you will not be able to view that presentation at a later date and therefore not receive the CEUs. ​

Afternoon Plenary Sessions

12:30 - 1:30 p.m. | Making Sense of it all: An Overview of the OWI Laws

​Presenters: Emily Thompson and Tara Jenswold, Assistant Attorney General, Wisconsin Department of Justice​​

Emily Thompson is an Assistant Attorney General and Traffic Safety Resource Prosecutor (TSRP) in the Criminal Litigation Unit at the Wisconsin Department of Justice. She joined the DOJ in April of 2016. As TSRP, Emily assists prosecutors and police with traffic-law-related issues and questions. She also prosecutes vehicular crimes throughout the State of Wisconsin. The two TSRPs travel the state providing trainings for police and prosecutors. Emily is a graduate of Northwestern University, Boston University, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison Law School.  

Tara Jenswold has served as the Traffic Safety Resource Prosecutor for the State of Wisconsin since 2003 and an Assistant Attorney General in the Criminal Litigation Unit at the Wisconsin Department of Justice since 2009. In this role, she provides training and technical assistance to prosecutors and law enforcement. In addition to her training and outreach responsibilities, Ms. Jenswold prosecutes complex vehicular homicide cases throughout the state. She is a graduate of UW-La Crosse and the University of Wisconsin Law School.  

1:30-2:30 p.m. | Drug and Alcohol Trends in Wisconsin

Presenter: Kayla Neuman, Toxicology Section Supervisor, WI State Laboratory of Hygiene
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Kayla Neuman is the Director of Forensic Toxicology at the Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene in Madison, WI. She received her Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry (emphasis in Forensic Science) and Criminal Justice from Carroll University in 2010 and her Master of Science degree in Forensic Science from the University of Florida in 2014. She is certified as a Diplomate in Forensic Toxicology by the American Board of Forensic Toxicology and is a member of the Society of Forensic Toxicologists (SOFT). As a SOFT member she is involved in the Drugs and Driving Committee and is the 2025 Scientific Program Co-Chair. 
As Director, Kayla oversees the operation of Forensic Toxicology section. She reviews and validates analytical findings of other chemists and issues official laboratory reports for operating while intoxicated (OWI) cases as well as medical examiner cases. She provides interpretation of results to law enforcement, attorneys, subjects, and others. Kayla appears in court to testify to analytical findings and provide expert witness testimony on alcohol and drug pharmacology and human performance. To date she has testified in over 260 cases. She continuously gives presentations and provides training regarding drugs and alcohol to various audiences nationwide. 

2:45-3:45 p.m. | IDP as a Certified Service

Presenters: Elizabeth Secrest and Nicole Heiser, DHS Division of Quality Assurance. 


3:45-4:30 pm | IDP Best Practices/Wrap-Up

Closing remarks. 

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Zoom Video Conferencing


You do not need any special software or equipment to attend other than computer speakers or headphones. You will connect to the Zoom session via a web link that will be provided a few days prior to the class. Within Zoom, we have the ability to pair you into small discussion groups for round table discussions. Therefore, a webcam and microphone (or telephone) will be helpful but is not required. Zoom is very easy to use. 


Need help with using Zoom? ​Visit our Zoom Tutorial Help page​

Registrants are responsible for ensuring they have the minimum computer standards for participating in the virtual Continuing Education program via Zoom. Sign up for a free Zoom account​. Zoom works best with Chrome or Firefox. UW-Stevens Point and the Wisconsin Department of Health Services are not responsible for registrant technological issues, including but not limited to, inadequate bandwidth and/or registrant equipment malfunction.

​Contact Information


If you have questions about the schedule, please contact Katie Behl, IDP Coordinator at Katie.Behl@dhs.wisconsin.gov.​  ​​

If you have registration questions, please contact UW-Stevens Point Continuing Education at uwspce-conf@uwsp.edu.

​Cancellation Policy

​Cancellations & Substitutions: Full refunds granted upon receipt of written request to uwspce-conf@uwsp.edu can be requested up to Thursday, May 29, 2025. No refunds will be offered on or after May 29, 2025. Substitutions can be made at any time, but no-shows will be responsible for the full fee.​

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