Sheboygan County, in cooperation with the Wisconsin Department of Justice, will coordinate a Prescription Drug Take Back initiative on Saturday, May 9, 2015 at three locations:

St. Nicholas Hospital
3100 Superior Ave
Sheboygan, WI
10 am – 2:00 pm

Random Lake Fire Department
718 Spring Street
Random Lake, WI
10:00 am – Noon

Generations
1500 Douglas Drive
Plymouth, WI
10:00 am – 2:00 pm

This effort will continue to bring focus to the issue of prescription opiate abuse. The goal of the Take Back Day is to provide a safe, convenient and responsible means of disposal, while also educating the community about the potential for abuse of these medications.

Unused or expired medicine should never be flushed or poured down the drain. Water reclamation facilities are not designed to remove all of them and trace amount of pharmaceuticals are showing up in rivers and lakes around the world.

“With the opiate epidemic devastating families and communities across our state, we must work together to remove unused prescription opioids from circulation. They need to be collected and destroyed”, Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel said. “This program will also reduce the environmental hazards associated with the improper disposal of unused prescription drugs.”
Guidelines:

All waste pharmaceuticals must be generalized by a household – no businesses are allowed.

Bring: Prescription (controlled and non-controlled) and over-the-counter medications, ointments, patches, non-aerosol sprays, creams, vial and pet medications.

Do not Bring: Illegal drugs, needles/sharps, inhalers, aerosol cans, bio-hazardous materials (anything containing a bodily fluid or blood), personal care products (shampoo, soaps, lotions, sunscreens), household hazardous waste (paint, pesticides, oil, gas), mercury thermometers.

Participants may dispose of solid, non-liquid medication(s) by removing the medication from its container and disposing it directly into the disposal box or into a clear seal-able bag. Plastic Pill containers should not be collected. Blister packages are acceptable without the medications being removed.

Liquids will be accepted during this initiative. However, the liquids, creams, and sprays must be in their original packaging and evenly distributed within the boxes of collected solid prescription medications. Liquids without the original packaging will not be accepted.

Illicit substances such as marijuana or methamphetamine are not a part of this initiative and should not be placed in collection containers.

The Sheboygan Police Department will be hosting its 2015 Citizen Academy starting on March 12, 2015 and concluding May 21, 2015. The Citizen Academy is a very intentional and interactive course. It is designed to educate the public on the many facets of the role of a police officer. This includes learning about the process of the selection, hiring and training of police officers. The participants of the Citizen Academy will learn of police procedures and the criminal justice system. They will gain an insight into their community’s police officer. Participants will learn how the police department is part of and partners with the community to help make Sheboygan the safest community of its size.

The Citizen Academy will cover approximately 18 police related subjects including our Neighborhood Policing, environment and crime prevention, criminal investigations, disturbance investigations, traffic enforcement; high and low risk traffic stops, OWI enforcement, drug enforcement, the court system, defense and arrest tactics, and firearm instruction. There will be a number of dedicated instructors. There is not a cost to be part of the Citizen Academy. Classes will be held Thursday evenings from 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM. Applications are available on the Sheboygan Police Department’s website for down loading or applying directly on-line. You may also stop in at the Sheboygan Police Department. Applications will be accepted until February 27, 2015.

The Sheboygan Police Department will be hosting its 2015 Citizen Academy starting on March 12, 2015 and concluding May 21, 2015. The Citizen Academy is a very intentional and interactive course. It is designed to educate the public on the many facets of the role of a police officer. This includes learning about the process of the selection, hiring and training of police officers. The participants of the Citizen Academy will learn of police procedures and the criminal justice system. They will gain an insight into their community’s police officer. Participants will learn how the police department is part of and partners with the community to help make Sheboygan the safest community of its size.

The Citizen Academy will cover approximately 18 police related subjects including our Neighborhood Policing, environment and crime prevention, criminal investigations, disturbance investigations, traffic enforcement; high and low risk traffic stops, OWI enforcement, drug enforcement, the court system, defense and arrest tactics, and firearm instruction. There will be a number of dedicated instructors. There is not a cost to be part of the Citizen Academy. Classes will be held Thursday evenings from 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM. Applications are available on the Sheboygan Police Department’s website for down loading or applying directly on-line. You may also stop in at the Sheboygan Police Department. Applications will be accepted until February 27, 2015.