Clandestine Laboratory Evidence Collection
This course is designed to provide applications of clandestine laboratory evidence collection for those personnel who have completed the certification requirements set by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration as outlined in OSHA 29 CFR 1910.120 Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response (HAZWOPER) and EPA 40 CFR 311.

Mandatory Prerequisite: All students must be Clandestine Laboratory Certified (as outlined in OSHA 1910.120 Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response)

Objectives

• Discuss issues of operational planning for evidence collection within a clandestine laboratory site.
• Describe the evidence collection process to include: scene processing, proper collection of chemical evidence, sampling techniques, identification of potential criminal charges, issues of contamination to evidence and submission of evidence to lab(s).
• Discuss common defense strategies for clan lab cases.

Clandestine Laboratory Overview
This course will provide law enforcement officers with the knowledge to recognize and survive a clandestine lab encounter and new trends in manufacturing methamphetamine.

Objectives

• Define clandestine laboratories.
• Identify the drugs that are manufactured in clandestine laboratories.
• Describe the hazards, prevalent methods and trends in methamphetamine production.
• Identify first responder actions.

Trends in the Meth Trade
This course will explain the trends of methamphetamine labs around the country, to include discussions of the effects, reported seizures, sources of product and precursors, production methods and chemicals, investigative techniques and legislation.

Objectives

• Describe the effects of methamphetamine on the user.
• Be aware of the trends in reported seizures across the nation.
• Describe the trends and sources of imported methamphetamine.
• Describe the sources of precursor chemicals for local manufacture of methamphetamine.
• Describe new production methods and chemicals used.
• Identify new investigative techniques.
• Understand new legislation strategies to deter meth labs.
• Discuss and network with other students about trends in their area.

Advanced Vehicle Contraband Concealment
This course will present an overall perspective of contraband concealment and ethics required when conducting vehicle searches. Specifically, the student will become familiar with current methods being utilized by contraband smuggling organizations to avoid detection from traditional searching techniques.

Objectives

• Discuss post 9/11 smuggling method changes for concealing contraband by smuggling organizations.
• Identify methods smugglers are currently using to defeat K-9 searches.
• Identify methods smuggling organizations are using to defeat high-tech x-ray and density detection equipment.
• Become familiar with pre-search objectives, and officer safety to complete the search task.
• Learn officer pitfalls associated with vehicle searches.

Airport Interdiction
The purpose of this topic is to identify and intercept drug/money and human traffickers who utilize airlines for the purpose of criminal activity.

Objectives

• Understand and know the history of airport interdiction programs.
• Understand the mission of an airport interdiction program.
• Understand how to initiate an airport interdiction program.
• Understand the duties and responsibilities of an officer assigned to the airport interdiction unit.
• Understand conduct and behavior displayed by drug/human couriers (non-criminal in nature).
• Understand police/citizen encounters (consensual encounter).
• Gain knowledge of drug/human smuggling trends and methods.
• Gain knowledge of officer safety methods, in regard to police/citizen encounters.
• Gain knowledge as to the laws, guidelines, and restrictions associated with airport interdiction investigations.
• Understand the use of K-9 drug detection dogs.
• Understand all areas of airport investigations from police-employee (airline) relations to cargo inspection.
• Understand the use of National Guard Counterdrug personnel in airport investigations.
• Understand investigative methods in airport investigations.
• Understand the role of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) in reference to person and luggage screeners.
• Upon completion of the course, the student will be able to have the basic knowledge required to work drug interdiction at an airport.

Mexican Drug Trafficking Organizations
This course will present the most up to date intelligence on Mexican Cartels operating in the United States. It will include the identification of cartel domination of trafficking routes and distribution points, organizational structure, identification of methods of operation, cartel training facilities, enforcers, and the Mexican government’s strategy to deconstruct these organizations.

Objectives

• Understand historical perspective on drug trafficking in Mexico
• Identify leadership of each Mexican Trafficking Organization
• Identify Trafficking Routes
• Identify battles between cartels in Mexico and the United States

Commercial Bus Interdiction
This topic will outline the implementation of consensual encounter techniques aboard commercial buses. The instruction includes legal foundation and case law issues, safety issues, ticketing review and understanding, and the visualization of commercial buses. The course will also explore commercial bus management issues and potential sources of information in this area.

Objectives

• Identify case law and legal foundation relating to commercial bus drug interdiction.
• Describe the commercial bus industry and customer base.
• Recognize the importance of cooperation with commercial bus management and staff.
• Identify areas of concern on commercial buses.
• Recognize the pertinent bus ticket information and coding.
• Identify when to use consensual encounter techniques aboard commercial buses.
• Identify when and how to use K-9 aboard commercial buses.
• Identify strategies for initiating consensual encounters in commercial bus terminals.

Commercial Vehicle Interdiction
This course will provide instruction to law enforcement officers in techniques of roadside interviews and hidden compartment detection to be used in traffic stops of suspected drug couriers and users operating commercial vehicles. It is the goal of this course to provide these techniques to lead to the safe discovery of illegal contraband, and, ultimately, a successful prosecution.

Objectives

• Discuss the legal aspects of roadside traffic stops as they pertain to commercial vehicles.
• Utilize documented traffic stop information in such a way that it can be used in court to justify related investigations.
• Identify indicators of suspicious behavior, deceptive statements, and suspicious nonverbal indicators.
• Identify signs of drug concealment in various locations of both the tractor and trailer of commercial vehicles.
• Identify signs of drug concealment in rental trucks.

Drug Parcel Interdiction
This topic will outline the characteristics and indicators common to parcels containing illegal contraband. The course outlines methods to assist the narcotic officer in developing partnerships with the mail parcel companies to identify violators who use private carriers and/or the U.S. Mail to facilitate narcotic and currency trafficking. The instruction includes legal foundation and case law issues, management and staff concerns, investigative techniques and safety issues to be concerned with when working parcel interdiction. The course will also detail methods for conducting controlled deliveries of parcels.

Objectives

• Understand the mission of a Parcel Narcotics Interdiction Program.
• Understand how to initiate a Parcel Narcotics Interdiction Program.
• Identify case law and legal foundation relating to working drug parcel interdiction.
• Understand the importance of cooperation with parcel company management and staff.
• Identify indicators and characteristics of persons using parcels to traffic in drugs and currency.
• Identify strategies to initiate police/citizen encounters.
• Identify when and how to use narcotic detection canines in the parcel interdiction program.
• Describe officer safety methods for conducting controlled deliveries.

Hotel/Motel Interdiction
This topic will outline the implementation of consensual encounter and Knock & Talk techniques in a hotel/motel setting. The course outlines methods to assist narcotics or uniformed officers in developing partnerships with the hotel/motel industry and to identify violators who use hotels/motels to facilitate narcotic trafficking and other criminal activity. The instruction includes legal foundation and case law issues, management and staff concerns, investigative techniques and safety issues in the hotel/motel setting. The course will also explore the use of Hotel/Motel personnel as sources of information.

Objectives

• Identify scope of narcotic trafficking and other criminal activity in the hotel/motel setting.
• Identify case law and legal foundation relating to working hotel/motel settings.
• Understand the hotel/motel industry and its goals.
• Understand the importance of cooperation and liaison with hotel/motel management and staff.
• Understand how Hotel/Motel records (i.e., registration cards, telephone toll information) can be tools in identifying persons involved in narcotic trafficking or criminal activity.
• Identify conduct and behavior of suspicious hotel/motel guests.
• Identify when consensual encounter techniques are to be implemented in the hotel/motel setting.
• Identify when and how to use K-9 in and around hotels/motels.

Rental Vehicle Interdiction
This topic will present drug interdiction for the rental vehicle industry. The course outlines methods to assist the narcotic officer or uniformed officer in developing partnerships with the rental vehicle industry to identify violators who use rental cars to facilitate narcotic trafficking and other criminal activity. The instruction includes legal foundation and case law issues, management and staff concerns, investigative techniques and safety issues in the rental car industry setting. The course will also explore the use of rental car personnel as sources of information.

Objectives

• Describe the rental car industry, its goals and customer base.
• Identify case law and legal foundation relating to rental vehicle drug interdiction.
• Understand the importance of cooperation and liaison with rental vehicle management and staff.
• Understand how rental vehicle contracts can be tools in identifying persons involved in narcotic trafficking or criminal activity.
• Identify conduct and behavior of suspicious rental vehicle customers.
• Identify when consensual encounter techniques are to be implemented in the rental vehicle setting.
• Identify when and how to use K-9 in and around rental vehicles.

Stash House Interdiction
Drug stash houses and their occupants will exhibit certain traits indicative of a stash house. This topic will provide training to law enforcement who in turn may train many different community sources in recognizing indicators of a drug stash house. This training topic also includes the presentation and discussion of unique investigative techniques once a stash house investigation is initiated.

Objectives

• Identify traits indicative of a drug stash house.
• Identify community sources available for recognition and reporting of possible drug stash houses.
• Identify drug stash house investigative techniques.
• Describe the media issues involved in drug stash house interdiction.

Storage Unit Interdiction
This topic will outline investigations in the Storage Unit setting. The course outlines methods to assist the narcotics or uniformed officer in developing partnerships with the storage unit industry, to identify violators who use storage units to facilitate narcotic trafficking, asset concealment, meth lab operations and other criminal activity. The instruction includes legal foundation and case law issues, management and staff concerns, investigative techniques and safety issues in the storage unit setting. The course will also explore the use of storage unit personnel as sources of information.

Objectives

• Understand the mission of Storage Unit Interdiction.
• Understand the storage unit industry and its goals.
• Identify case law and legal foundation relating to working storage units.
• Understand the importance of cooperation and liaison with storage unit management and staff.
• Understand how Storage Unit records (i.e., contracts) can be tools in identifying persons involved in narcotic trafficking or criminal activity.
• Identify conduct and behavior of suspicious storage unit customers.
• Identify when consensual encounter techniques are to be implemented in the storage unit setting.
• Identify when and how to use K-9 in and around storage unit areas.

Street-Level Interdiction
This session will address techniques to watch and establish probable cause to search or arrest a drug dealer.

Objectives

• Identify the common drugs sold by drug dealers.
• Identify the actions to look for to establish a pattern of drug dealing on the streets.
• Describe the set-up and methods of a single drug dealer.
• Describe the set-up and methods of a multi-drug dealer organization.
• Describe methods for surveillance of a street-level drug dealer.
• Describe various methods of arrest for street-level drug dealers.

Passenger Train Interdiction
This topic will outline the implementation of consensual encounter techniques aboard commercial passenger trains. The instruction includes legal foundation and case law issues, safety issues, Passenger Name Record (PNR) review and analysis, ticketing review and understanding, and the visualization of the different types of passenger train cars. The course will also explore passenger train management issues and potential sources of information.

Objectives

• Describe the passenger train industry and customer base.
• Understand the importance of cooperation and liaison with passenger train law enforcement.
• Understand the importance of cooperation with passenger train management and staff.
• Recognize the pertinent passenger train ticket information and coding.
• Recognize the pertinent information on the Passenger Name Record (PNR).
• Identify when consensual encounter techniques are to be implemented aboard passenger trains.
• Identify when and how to use K-9 aboard passenger trains.
• Identify case law and legal foundation relating to passenger train drug interdiction.

Truck Stop Interdiction
An outline for the effective implementation of tried and proven investigative techniques and ideas for instituting a truck stop interdiction program will be presented in this course. Investigative methods utilized to assist narcotics or uniformed officers in developing partnerships with the truck stop industry will be discussed. An understanding of the value of this type of partnership will assist law enforcement agencies in identifying drug trafficking organization (DTO’s) who utilize tractor trailers, rental trucks, and passenger vehicles to facilitate narcotic trafficking and other criminal activity. The course includes modules on legal foundations and case law issues, management/staff concerns, investigative techniques, and safety issues of concern at truck stops. The value of utilizing staff and personnel at truck stops as the eyes and ears of law enforcement will also be discussed.

Vehicle Interdiction: The Complete Vehicle Stop
The purpose of this topic is to increase law enforcement officer awareness of possible criminal activity during routine vehicle stops and to train the officers in the proper techniques for a safe, proper and productive vehicle interdiction stop.

Objectives

• Identify the importance of traffic enforcement and its relationship to criminal activity.
• Identify the indicators of motor vehicle drug couriers.
• State the do’s and don’ts of profiling.
• Conduct a productive traffic stop while maintaining officer safety.

Criminal Street Gangs Introduction
This course will provide an introduction to the origins, criminality and drug activity of the most commonly encountered criminal street gangs throughout the country. This understanding will then facilitate the identification of criminal street gang members.

Objectives

• Identify and classify criminal street gang members and associates.
• Describe the history of criminal street gangs.
• Describe safety issues in dealing with criminal street gangs.

Gang Prosecution Techniques Overview
The course presents an overview of investigative techniques and concepts that have been used to successfully dismantle criminal organizations previously considered unstoppable by traditional law enforcement techniques. Emphasis is placed upon charging all criminal activities committed by members of the organization in one Racketeer Influence and Corrupt Organization Act (RICO) indictment. In conjunction with this, Continuing Criminal Enterprise (CCE) and Hobbs Act elements are discussed as a means to a RICO indictment.

Objectives

• Utilize successful investigative techniques for criminal enterprise investigations.
• State the requirements for completing a RICO, CCE, Conspiracy, or Money Laundering investigation.
• Understand the basic structure of RICO, CCE, Conspiracy, Money Laundering and Hobbs Act laws.

Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs
This topic is designed to enhance the Law Enforcement Officer’s training and expertise in recognizing the Outlaw Motorcycle Gangster. This topic is a chronological presentation of major criminal activities by Outlaw Motorcycle Gangsters in the United States from February, 2001 to the present.  Includes narcotic violations, assaults, extortions, bombings, arsons, murders and more.

Objectives

• Increase the Law Enforcement Officer’s awareness of the criminal activities engaged in by the Motorcycle Gangster.
• Assist the Law Enforcement Officer in developing the probable cause necessary to search or arrest the Motorcycle Gangster.

Street Gangs: Overview of The Prison Connection
The influence of criminal street gang members on our prison system and back into our communities is introduced in this course to include methods which can be used to identify, monitor and manage these gang members as a security threat group. This class is recommended for both Law Enforcement and Department of Corrections personnel.

Objectives

• Define the term Security Threat Group(s) and the relationship to criminal street gangs.
• Develop an understanding of the common identifiers, symbols, tattoos, graffiti, behavior, and physical evidence of gangs both in prison and on the streets.
• Develop an understanding of the threat and propensity towards violence that these groups and their members pose to correctional staff, inmates/offenders, law enforcement and members of the community.

Street Gangs: Overview of The Prison Connection – Secret Codes, Signs, Symbols
This course is designed to provide law officers with knowledge of the covert methods of communication used by gang members in correctional facilities and in other situations where covert communications are required. The emphasis is on deciphering and code-cracking of confiscated documents. Participants will learn how to look for patterns that help to decode documents and develop an appreciation for the ingenuity of criminals to hide their messages. Symbols, colors, hand signs, and tattoos will also be discussed.

Objectives

• Become aware of common methods that gangs use codes to communicate with.
• Learn specific gang identifiers.
• Become familiar with real-life examples of deciphered gang documents.
• Develop an awareness of common methods of clandestine communication.

Interviews & Body Language
This topic will address successful techniques for assessing suspects through knowledge of interview techniques, body language and eye patterns. Interview steps, building rapport, questioning techniques, and observation/listening skills will be included in this presentation.

Objectives

• Identify interview techniques to maximize officer safety.
• Identify elements of nonverbal communication that may indicate deception or impending violence during the interview.

Roadside Interview Techniques
Interviewing skills necessary to assess unknown criminal activity upon the onset of a traffic stop will be presented in this course. Effective communication skills to assist the LEO in establishing a positive rapport will also be presented. Topics include non-verbal body language, key words and phrases that can be used to detect deception, and things to be observed during the stop.

Risk Management in Undercover Operations
Law enforcement professionals inherently take risks. This course is designed to study the risks in all types of operations and develop a strategy to accomplish the mission but minimize danger. The most successful operations are guided by experienced agents who have learned from previous mistakes. Within each operation, there are many functions that must coordinate with each other to assure a successful operation. Things may go wrong during an operation, but how wrong depends on a number of factors, including planning, preparation and execution. During this course, students are provided with the tools to plan, prepare and execute operations while minimizing risk to the undercover officer, the investigative team, and the support personnel who may need to react.

Objectives

• Identify the common risks that are inherent to undercover officers.
• Discuss the need for planning to reduce agent risk.
• Identify the risks within each operational phase and function.
• Identify the risks associated with informants, buy-bust operations, street purchases and surveillance operations.
• Identify the risk potential of different deal locations.
• Identify the risks that are associated with stress and undercover operations.

Undercover Operations Overview
This program provides multijurisdictional standards and techniques used by investigators in undercover counterdrug operations.

Objectives

• Understand the need for and purpose of undercover operations.
• Gain an understanding of the needs and methods of selecting undercover officers/agents.
• Heightened awareness as to the need for good planning and training.

Undercover Operations And Tactical Responses
This course is geared to planning, conducting and surviving undercover operations.

Objectives

• Identify points to address when planning undercover operations.
• Define the roles of the supervisor, case agent and undercover officer in each stage of the operation.
• Discuss successful operational strategies.
• Describe the importance of officer safety and strategies to maintain safety for the entire operational team.

Undercover Operations And Tactical Responses for Supervisors
This course is geared to planning, conducting and surviving undercover operations from a supervisory perspective.

Objectives

• Identify points to address when planning undercover operations.
• Define the roles of the supervisor, case agent and undercover officer in each stage of the operation.
• Discuss successful operational strategies.
• Describe the importance of officer safety and strategies to maintain safety for the entire operational team.

Undercover Violence
This course will discuss what’s behind the increase in violence during undercover operations, scenarios surrounding actual undercover shootings, as well as the seven critical factors identified by the DEA during a case-by-case review of undercover shootings.

Objectives

• Define undercover violence
• Identify seven contributing critical factors

Female Undercover Operations
This course will explain the use of undercover techniques in the detection, prevention, and prosecution of offenses involving controlled substances, as well as other priority areas of investigation.  This topic explores women involved in undercover drug operations including qualities needed for success; challenges; prejudices; special considerations; and risk management.

Objectives

• Define the purpose and types of undercover operations
• Identify the qualities necessary for success in undercover operations
• Describe the challenges for women in drug related undercover operations