Club Meeting – January 23rd

Rebecca Nugent, Chemistry Manager of the Louisiana State Police Crime Lab.

Rebecca has a BS (Nicholls State University) and a MS (University of Louisiana at Lafayette). With over 16 years of crime lab experience, she has performed drug chemistry and crime scene analyses and testified over 20 times. As chemistry manager, she oversees the toxicology and drug units which identify new dangerous substances, assist in banning new synthetic drugs, and provide impaired driving data to the Highway Safety Commission. She has been appointed to the State Epidemiology Workgroup, the Prevention Systems Committee, the Governor’s DWI-Vehicular Homicide taskforce, the Governor’s Drug Policy Board and co-chairs the Capital Region Impaired Drivers Emphasis Team.