Upcoming Training
November
RURAL PATROL DRUG INTERDICTION
NOVEMBER 4-6, 2026
Course Description
This course is designed to provide rural law enforcement officers with the nuanced legal aspects of arrest, search and seizure for narcotics offenses. This course covers the hazards associated with conducting drug interdiction operations in rural areas, the indications of narcotics activity during traffic stops, and the proper techniques for conducting vehicle searches for the detection and identification of drug traffickers. This class will prepare the rural officer to disrupt drug trafficking, identify precursor chemicals and trafficking methods, and process the organized criminal threat to the security of communities. A strong emphasis is placed on intergovernmental cooperation and information sharing among agencies to better address narcotics threats, money laundering and ties to terrorism. This course recognizes that many rural law enforcement officers have limited resources available. These limited resources include a lack of financial availability, equipment, personnel and back-up officers. This course will introduce low-cost or no-cost equipment for accomplishing interdiction missions and provide options when back-up officers are not available.Topics Included
- Discussion of the common drugs of abuse and how to recognize them.
- Basic legal aspects concerning the laws of arrest, search and seizure in conjunction with the United States Supreme Court rulings
- Traffic stop and observational techniques for identification of possible criminal narcotics activity
- Keys to identifying and disrupting narco-terrorism activities
- Roadside interviewing techniques including listening skill techniques and answer analysis
- Clandestine and rolling laboratory identification
- Identification of the signs of drug impairment in the human body
- Vehicle search techniques
- Multi-jurisdictional and intergovernmental operations
ADVANCED ROADSIDE INTERVIEW TECHNIQUES FOR PATROL (RE-SCHEDULED FROM SEPTEMBER 2026)
NOVEMBER 19-20, 2026
How to Turn an Infraction into a Seizure This course is specifically formulated for the uniformed patrol officer. The goal of the course is for officers to conduct roadside interviews with traffic violators by effectively communicating with those persons throughout a traffic stop and to be able to detect deception and/or indication of concealed criminal activity. The students will have the opportunity to view, analyze, and discuss actual video segments relative to the discussion topics.
January
DRUG UNIT SUPERVISOR TRAINING COURSE (40-Hours)
JANUARY 18-22, 2027
This course is designed to emphasize the fundamental policy, leadership skills, and legal principles necessary to acquire proficiency in directing the efforts of a proactive drug enforcement unit. This course will present fundamental and advanced supervisory concepts, strategies, and techniques in policy, leadership, and legal principles. This course provides an ethics based approach to leadership and management principles in drug law enforcement and includes leadership skills development as well as the day-to-day management of a drug unit or task force. Practical scenarios will be used to help aid the learning process. This course will provide an update on all recent counter-narcotics related U.S. Supreme Court decisions and other pertinent decisions handed down by U.S. Circuit Courts. Topics include: -Management of a Drug Unit -Drug Recognition -Current Local and National Drug Trends -The Role of Transnational Criminal Organizations in the Domestic Drug Trade -Critical Tasks for Drug Unit Supervisors -Development of Agency Standard Operating Procedures -Drug Unit Field Operations -Violence and Risk Management in Undercover Operations -Buy Money Management -Memorandum of Understanding Creation -Documentation of Unit Progress and Setbacks -Leadership Skills Development -Legal Aspects of Conducting Drug Investigations
