Advanced Undercover Vice Operations for Women
Summer conference location and dates to be announced soon!

A five-day (36 hours) training program designed for women law enforcement officers who participate in or supervise undercover vice operations. The course is designed to provide women students with techniques and methods they can use to make their vice operations more efficient and safe.  The curriculum will be presented by highly experienced instructors who have over a hundred years of experience in undercover vice investigations. They bring together a wealth of knowledge and have designed a training program which goes to the very heart of teaching vice officers how to better manage their undercover operations. The training will be a blend of classroom presentations followed by intense practical exercises with role-players that will be video-taped. Each student will then review their video performance and be critiqued one-on-one with an experienced undercover vice officer.

Topics to Be Presented

Selecting and Managing Vice Personnel – Informants – Strip Clubs
Design and Operation of Escort Operations – Bachelor Party Ops
Street Level “John” Operations – Hotel Consent Searches
Sneak and Peek Warrants – Audio/Video Surveillance Equipment
Ethics and Misconduct in Undercover Ops – Practical Exercises
Vice Issues Unique to Women – Psychological Affects of Vice Ops

Registration Information

Registration fee for the five-day training program is $495.00 per person if paid in advance or prior to the conclusion of the program, via cash, check or Amex/Visa/MasterCard. If the registration fee is paid after the conclusion of the training program the cost is $550.00. Registration fee includes the cost of the instruction, handout materials, and certificate of completion. Group discounts are also available. Call for information. All checks or purchase orders must be made payable to International Association of Undercover Officers (IAUO). For further information, call Charlie Fuller at 800-876-5943, or Mike DeMarcus at 305-986-5476 or e-mail Charlie@Undercover.org.  

Instructors

CHARLIE FULLER – Retired, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms Special Agent. Charlie has 27 years of law enforcement experience with expertise in undercover, electronic surveillance and training. He was a Program Manager at the ATF National Academy for six years. Charlie was responsible for the Undercover and Field Operations Training Programs. He currently presents undercover, electronic surveillance, physical surveillance and high-risk entry tactics training programs world-wide. Charlie is also the author of The Art of Undercover: Techniques and Survival, the complete book on "how to" work undercover.

MIKE DEMARCUS – Detective (Retired), North Miami Beach Police Department with over 21 years of law enforcement experience. Mike has been in the Vice, Intelligence and Narcotics unit for over 14 years and has worked on a DEA Task Force as well as a State Task Force specializing in money laundering and narcotics investigations. Mike has also served as the case agent on several long term Strip Club investigations and has developed a comprehensive class on Strip Clubs.

HEATHER WEYKER – Officer with the St. Paul Police Department in St. Paul, MN, with over 16 years of experience. Heather is currently assigned to a Vice/Human Trafficking Unit. She has an extensive background working in narcotics, vice and undercover operations/investigations. Heather has worked with the DEA Task Force and various other Task Forces. She recently assisted in writing a Minnesota State Bill to change and improve the prostitution, sex and labor trafficking laws. She serves on many committee’s to assist in the education of human trafficking and its awareness.

BOB VOLGUARDSON – Detective, Boca Raton, FL Police Department. Bob is assigned to the Vice and Narcotics Unit and has performed numerous in-depth investigations on both Escort services and illicit massage parlors in Palm Beach County. Bob will present different theories and methods that should be utilized to properly investigate and prosecute individuals and businesses involved in the prostitution trade.

DAVE REDEMANN - Detective, Seattle Police Department. Dave is assigned to a special undercover unit. Dave has worked two long-term deep cover undercover operations for federal agencies, one of which was four years in duration. Dave has been involved in undercover operations most of his 28 years of law enforcement experience. He designed and presents an 80 hour Basic and Advanced Undercover School for the State of Washington and Seattle Police Department, where he developed his reputation as a skilled instructor.

                             Other Instructors to be Announced

                Questions ? Call Charlie at 912-399-8996 or Mike at 305-986-5476.