Narcotics
Operations and Investigations
Winter Conference to be announced!
The course is a five day (36 hour) training program designed for law enforcement investigators, narcotics investigators and patrol officers who participate in narcotics investigations. The course curriculum will detail the various methods of Methamphetamine manufacturing that are prominent among today's meth traffickers. The various components of the different cooks will be examined and detailed, preparing investigators and patrol officers how to locate and to investigate clandestine meth labs.
Students will learn the
physical attributes of the "tweaker" lifestyle
and how to identify tweakers and their roles in manufacturing
Methamphetamine. Investigators will be able to
identify the
various chemicals used in the production of
Methamphetamine and the safe guards that
should be
taken when conducting Methamphetamine investigations.
Instructors will also cover how to safely
conduct chemical reverses,
Methamphetamine
conspiracy cases andprecursor chemicalinvestigations.
Club Drugs are still sweeping through night clubs and college campuses across
the nation. Ecstasy, GHB and Ketamine are the three main threats in the Rave and Club culture. Officers will
learn the physical and psychological effects
that club drugs are having on
today's society and how to identify paraphernalia associated with club drugs and Raves.
The curriculum will cover the Rave subculture and the
history of the underground Rave movement. Instructors will detail how
to safely conduct undercover club/Rave investigations,
club drug reverses and buy/busts.
The curriculum will cover the booming indoor hydroponic Marijuana grow
house industry. Subjects have discovered the
lucrative
indoor grow business and they are spreading across the U.S to
compete with Canadian marijuana
manufacturers. Marijuana is the largest money making crop
in the U.S. Investigators will learn
investigative techniques used to locate and
how to obtain probable cause to secure search warrants on grow
house locations. Investigators will be shown the equipment
that is
commonly used to cultivate marijuana
in
clandestine operations and how to conduct
surveillances on
subjects and
businesses that
cater to indoor grow
subjects.
Instructors will cover tactical raid operations on bars and
strip clubs and will illustrate how to conduct undercover
operations on clubs.
The
course will also illustrate the use of undercover
storefronts to conduct undercover sting operations and
will show how simple and cost effective it is for departments to set up undercover locations.
The use and distribution of pharmaceutical drugs has become a huge
problem as a result of fraudulant pain relief centers and
corrupt
physicians. The
conference will detail the rise of the illicit pill trade and
scams associated with pain relief centers.
Investigative techniques will
reveal how to properly investigate the businesses and subjects
involved in this trade which affects millions of people each
year.
The use and establishment of
Undercover Storefront Operations will be
covered during
the conference. Investigators will be shown how easy and
cost effective it is to utilize undercover storefronts
during undercover
narcotics and vice
investigations. Using undercoverstorefronts provide
security to law enforcement officers and to
the general public by taking narcotics
and vice
related investigations off the streets.
Case studies on long term
street level undercover crack cocaine
investigations will be covered during the conference.
Investigators will be shown various methods used to
initiate and combat street level narcotics
dealers.
Highway Interdiction
Investigations and Hidden Vehicle Compartments will be covered
during the conference. Officers will learn how to identify the
criminal characteristics of vehicle and subjects
involved in highway narcotics transportation. Detectives will be
taught how to safely conduct roadside interviews as
well as how to identify the physical attributes of a subject
involved in the transportation of narcotics.
Instructors for this seminar have many years of investigative experience and have a wealth
of
information to share with fellow officers.
LETA
instructors have taught specialized training to thousands of law
enforcement personnel across the globe.
Class Program
Manufacturing Methamphetamine
Undercover
Chemical Reverses
Meth Conspiracy Investigations
Undercover Storefront
Operations
Club Drugs Identification
Ecstasy Investigations
Buy/Bust
Operations
Reverse Narcotics Operations
Indoor Marijuana Grow
Houses
Street Level Crack Cocaine Investigations
Money Laundering
Investigations
Highway Narcotics Interdiction Investigations
Interview and
Interrogation tactics
Club and bar raid tactics
Gangs and Fraud Investigations
Consent Searches
Tactical Narcotics Techniques
Pharmaceutical Investigations
Narcotics Operations and
Investigations
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The tuition for the training is $460.00 per
student. Please remit payment by check or money order with this
registration form or register on line at www.uctraining.net. Class space
is limited and students will be accepted on a first come, first served
basis.
Registrations
can be faxed to (770) 486-2092.
Please remit payment to:
Law
Enforcement Training Associates, Inc.
Post
Office Box 2745
Peachtree City, Ga 30269
Registration fee for the program includes the cost of instruction,
handout materials, certificate of completion. Classroom dress is
casual.
Training will be held from 8:30 a.m to 4:00 p.m Monday
through Thursday and from 8:30 a.m-12:30 p.m on
Friday. If you have
any questions please contact Mike DeMarcus at
(305)986-5476.
Conference Instructors
Mike DeMarcus:
Detective (Ret), North Miami Beach Police
Department with over 21 years of law
enforcement experience. Mike worked in the Vice, Intelligence and Narcotics
unit for over 14 years and worked on a DEA task force as well as a state task
force specializing in money laundering and narcotics investigations. Mike has
extensive experience in narcotics reverses, indoor marijuana grow houses and
long term crack cocaine investigations. Mike participated in numerous long
term investigations targeting and prosecuting both money laundering and
narcotics trafficking subjects.
Pat Fielding:
Detective, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. Pat has over 24
years of law enforcement experience and has worked on a DEA
Methamphetamine task force and on a DEA Club Drug task force. Pat is
currently assigned to a money laundering task force and has
worked undercover for over 20 years and has dealt with numerous meth
and crack cocaine dealers. Pat infiltrated a Hells Angels farm club
during a six month undercover investigation and has a wealth of
knowledge in undercover operations.
Jason Henrick:
Jason is a detective with the Broward County Sheriff's Office. He has
over 13 years of experience with over 10 years in the narcotics unit.
Jason has been assigned to work organized crime and gang
investigations as well as major narcotics investigations. Jason has
performed numerous undercover investigations targeting subjects dealing
in illegal pharmaceutical investigations.
Joe Morris: Joe is a retired Trooper with the Florida Highway Patrol and has over 25 years of law enforcement experience. Joe spent the last 14 years of his career working Highway Interdiction Investigations. Joe worked numerous investigations with both federal and state law enforcement agencies during his career and has taught interdiction investigations courses to thousands of law enforcement officers throughout the U.S.
Craig Catlin: Craig is a detective with the North Miami Beach Police Department and has over 15 years of law enforcement experience. Craig is currently on the Street Crimes Unit that targets gang members. He has developed an investigative technique that targets gang members involved in fraud and identity theft. These subjects are making millions of dollars each year in what has become the new crime trend in Florida as well as throughout the U.S. Craig's class teaches officers how to identify gang members involved in Fraud and how to prosecute them on both state and federal levels.
Additional Instructors to be announced soon!
