The MCTFT program is active on a national level by conducting training programs for Law Enforcement Drug Conferences and Narcotic Officers Association Conferences. Hosts may pick and choose among the available topics listed below to build the training series that meets their specific needs. Please note that each topic is 4 hours of training, so for a complete day of training (8 hours) you will need to select two different topics.

To schedule customized agency training classes for you agency, please contact Gail Walker (727) 344-8020.

CAT schedule and contacts

New Conference / CAT Topics:
	Advanced Vehicle Contraband Concealment
	Effective Patrol Utilization of K-9
	Female Undercover Operations
	Mexican Drug Trafficking
	Pitfalls of Highway Interdiction
	Probation and Parole: A Narc's Best Friend
	Reality of Undercover
	Religion and The Drug Trafficker
	Risk Avoidance for Drug Enforcement Officers
	Undercover Violence
Available Conference / CAT Topics:
Clandestine Laboratory Topics
	Clandestine Laboratory Evidence Collection
	Clandestine Laboratory Overview
	Trends in the Meth Trade
	Rolling Clan Labs and Precursor Identification
Drug Interdiction Topics
	Advanced Vehicle Contraband Concealment
	Airport Interdiction
	Commercial Bus Interdiction
	Commercial Vehicle Interdiction
	Drug Parcel Interdiction
	Hotel/Motel Interdiction
	Mexican Drug Trafficking - New
	Pitfalls of Highway Interdiction - New
	Religion and The Drug Trafficker - New
	Rental Vehicle Interdiction
	Stash House Interdiction
	Storage Unit Interdiction
	Street-Level Interdiction
	Train Interdiction
	Vehicle Interdiction: The Complete Vehicle Stop
Gang Topics
	Asian Gangs Overview
	Criminal Street Gangs Introduction
	Criminal Street Gangs MS-13
	Drugs and Outlaw Bikers
	Gang Prosecution Techniques Overview formerly titled Investigative Theory for RICO & CCE
	Gangs: Secret Codes, Signs, Symbols - Revised
	Outlaw Gang Motorcycle Incidents
	Street Gangs: Overview of the Prison Connection
Interview Topics
	Eye Accessing
	Interviews & Body Language
Undercover Topics
	Female Undercover Operations - New
	Pitfalls in Undercover Work
	Reality of Undercover - New
	Undercover Operations Overview
	Undercover Operations And Tactical Responses
	Undercover Operations And Tactical Responses for Supervisors
	Undercover Techniques for Male/Female Teams
	Undercover Violence - New
	Use of Drug Informants
Other Topics
	Asset Forfeiture Overview
	Canine Interdiction
	Career Survival Strategies Overview
	Consensual Encounter Techniques
	Courtroom Testimony Overview
	Current Drug Trends Overview
	Drug Enforcement Techniques for the Patrol Officer
	Drug-Facilitated Sexual Assault Overview
	Drug Sting Operations
	Drugs, Violence and Music
	Effective Patrol Utilization of K-9 - New
	Elements of Conspiracy
	Evolution of Drug Abuse
	Financial Investigations Overview
	Funding Terrorism Through Narcotics
	Heroin: America’s New Youth Menace
	Heroin: Awareness for the LE Officer
	Identifying Drugged Persons
	Identity Theft and the Drug Connection Overview
	Internet Investigations (for the Narcotics Enforcement Detective)
	Knock and Talk
	Leadership in Police Narcotics Units
	Marijuana Indoor Grow Investigations
	Marijuana Outdoor Grow Investigations
	Money Laundering Introduction
	Money Laundering - Proving Illegal Funds
	N.A.R.C. - Making the Transition into Narcotics
	Overdose America Overview
	Pawnshop Drug Investigations
	Pharmaceutical Drug Investigations Overview
	Preserving Computerized Drug Evidence
	Probation and Parole: A Narc's Best Friend - New
	Risk Avoidance for Drug Enforcement Officers - New
	Risk Management in Undercover Operations
	Rogue Officer
	Sources of Information
	Specialized Electronics
	Stages of Any Covert Operation
	Supervising Counterdrug Operations Overview
	Surveillance Operations Overview
	Tactical Drug Raid Planning and Supervision
	Talking Hands Overview
	Vehicle Searches and Hidden Compartments
	Violence and Money in the Drug Trade
	Workable Approach To Search and Seizure
	Working with the Media for the Narcotics Officer

	CAT Schedule and Contacts
Date Class ID Title(s) / Location Contact Name Contact Phone 9/9/2010 13843 STASH HOUSE INTERDICTION VEHICLE INTERDICTION - THE COMPLETE VEHICLE STOP     BROWNSVILLE, TX RAMON ORTIZ (956)548-7036 9/17/2010 13806 CRIMINAL STREET GANGS INTRODUCTION GANGS: SECRET CODES, SIGNS & SYMBOLS     OCALA, FL MIKE COLACONE (352)873-5838 EX1431 9/20/2010 13818 UNDERCOVER OPERATIONS OVERVIEW USE OF DRUG INFORMANTS     SAINT PETERSBURG, FL SGT JOSHUA STONE (727)893-1030 9/21/2010 13093 STREET LEVEL INTERDICTION PITFALLS IN UNDERCOVER WORK     WARETOWN, NJ AL BALCHI (631)379-3898 9/21/2010 13186 INTERVIEWS AND BODY LANGUAGE EYE ACCESSING     MCALESTER, OK TIM TURNER (918)423-1324 9/27/2010 13898 PRESERVING COMPUTERIZED DRUG EVIDENCE INTERNET INVESTIGATIONS     SANFORD, FL CHELSEA HOHREIN (407)585-2687 10/6/2010 13922 ADVANCED VEHICLE CONTRABAND CONCEALMENT ROADSIDE INTERVIEWS     MERRILLVILLE, IN DON DE FRANCE (219)650-2480 10/13/2010 13907 MEXICAN DRUG TRAFFICKING RELIGION AND THE DRUG TRAFFICKER     MERRILLVILLE, IN DON DEFRANCE (219)650-2480 10/13/2010 13900 CRIMINAL STREET GANGS INTRODUCTION CURRENT DRUG TRENDS OVERVIEW     BALTIMORE, MD SGT MICHAEL BURTON (443) 840-3878 10/14/2010 13901 STREET LEVEL INTERDICTION CONSENSUAL ENCOUNTER TECHNIQUES     BALTIMORE, MD SGT. MICHAEL BURTON (443)840-3878 10/15/2010 13902 VEHICLE INTERDICTION - THE COMPLETE VEHICLE STOP VEHICLE SEARCHES AND HIDDEN COMPARTMENTS     BALTIMORE, MD SGT. MICHAEL BURTON (443)840-3878 10/18/2010 13985 PITFALLS IN HIGHWAY INTERDICTION RELIGION AND THE DRUG TRAFFICKER     LITTLE ROCK, AR OFFICER TONY SMITH (501)888-3294 10/18/2010 13988 TRENDS IN THE METH TRADE STREET LEVEL INTERDICTION     WAYNESBORO, TN CHIEF KEITH REEVES (931)722-5458 10/19/2010 13989 CURRENT DRUG TRENDS OVERVIEW VEHICLE INTERDICTION - THE COMPLETE VEHICLE STOP     WAYNESBORO, TN CHIEF KEITH REEVES (931)722-5458 10/20/2010 13990 USE OF DRUG INFORMANTS SURVEILLANCE OPERATIONS OVERVIEW     WAYNESBORO, TN CHIEF KEITH REEVES (931)722-5458 10/20/2010 13908 SURVEILLANCE OPERATIONS OVERVIEW SPECIALIZED ELECTRONICS     MERRILLVILLE, IN DON DEFRANCE (219) 650-2480 10/27/2010 13923 INTERNET INVESTIGATIONS PRESERVING COMPUTERIZED DRUG EVIDENCE     MERRILLVILLE, IN DON DE FRANCE (219)650-2480 3/16/2011 13978 INTERVIEWS AND BODY LANGUAGE EYE ACCESSING     ATLANTA, GA SKIP LATSON (404)815-4496 4/20/2011 13905 CURRENT DRUG TRENDS OVERVIEW USE OF DRUG INFORMANTS     MERIDEN, CT GEORGE MILLER (203)427-2626

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