This course is designed to enhance the overall safety, tactics, and operational effectiveness of patrol officers interested in conducting street and mid-level drug enforcement investigations. Instructors will demonstrate how to initiate drug investigations using proactive traffic stops, street contacts, surveillance, and informant information. Investigative techniques will be taught that will assist uniformed officers in taking the initial drug arrest to the “next level” and furthering their case.

Course Objectives

Introduce the concepts behind initiating drug investigations using proactive traffic stops, street contacts, surveillance, and informant information.

Discuss roadside interview techniques that uncover criminal activity and indicators of deception.

Identify legal issues relating to interdiction patrol stops.

Identify and discuss common contraband smuggling techniques and the seizure of vehicles/currency.