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
	Patron Saints of the Drug Underworld
	Pitfalls of Highway Interdiction
	Probation and Parole: A Narc's Best Friend
	Reality of Undercover
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
	Patron Saints of the Drug Underworld - New
	Pitfalls of Highway Interdiction - 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
	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 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 3/29/2010 13033 VEHICLE INTERDICTION - THE COMPLETE VEHICLE STOP COMMERCIAL VEHICLE DRUG INTERDICTION     MASSAPEQUA PARK, NY DET.SGT. PATRICK RYDER (516)573-5775 4/6/2010 12966 WORKING WITH THE MEDIA FOR NARCOTICS OFFICERS TACTICAL DRUG RAID PLANNING & SUPERVISION     RALEIGH, NC SKIP LATSON (404)815-4496 4/7/2010 12967 ROGUE OFFICER LEADERSHIP IN POLICE NARCOTICS UNITS     RALEIGH, NC SKIP LATSON (404)815-4496 4/13/2010 13036 INTERNET INVESTIGATIONS PRESERVING COMPUTERIZED DRUG EVIDENCE     INDEPENDENCE, OH SARA PACHINGER (216)739-3502 4/26/2010 13173 IDENTIFYING DRUGGED PERSONS TALKING HANDS OVERVIEW     MERRILLVILLE, IN DON DEFRANCE (219)650-2470 4/26/2010 13361 INTERNET INVESTIGATIONS     TAUNTON, MA GAIL WALKER 727-344-8020 4/26/2010 12948 VEHICLE INTERDICTION - THE COMPLETE VEHICLE STOP COMMERCIAL VEHICLE DRUG INTERDICTION     ATLANTA, GA SKIP LATSON (404)815-4496 4/27/2010 12947 VEHICLE SEARCHES AND HIDDEN COMPARTMENTS     ATLANTA, GA SKIP LATSON (404)815-4496 4/27/2010 13035 INTERVIEWS AND BODY LANGUAGE EYE ACCESSING     EAST ELMHURST, NY AL BALCHI (631)379-3898 4/27/2010 12978 INTERVIEWS AND BODY LANGUAGE EYE ACCESSING     RICHFIELD, OH MARY BETH DEPASQUALE (216)739-3502 4/27/2010 13079 HOTEL / MOTEL INTERDICTION STASH HOUSE INTERDICTION     NORMAL, IL MEG BARNOSKY (217)786-6662 5/17/2010 13181 VEHICLE INTERDICTION - THE COMPLETE VEHICLE STOP VEHICLE SEARCHES AND HIDDEN COMPARTMENTS     SCHERERVILLE, IN DON DEFRANCE (219)650-2470 5/18/2010 13354 SURVEILLANCE OPERATIONS OVERVIEW SPECIALIZED ELECTRONICS     NASHVILLE, TN CHRISTY GENTRY (800)238-7985 x528 5/19/2010 13074 MEXICAN DRUG TRAFFICKING FUNDING TERRORISM THROUGH NARCOTICS     NEW YORK, NY AL BALCHI (631)379-3898 5/20/2010 13039 CRIMINAL STREET GANGS INTRODUCTION GANGS: SECRET CODES, SIGNS & SYMBOLS     NEW YORK, NY DET SGT PATRICK RYDER (516)573-8453 5/25/2010 13186 INTERVIEWS AND BODY LANGUAGE EYE ACCESSING     MCALESTER, OK JASON TUCKER (800)722-4436 6/7/2010 13187 PROBATION AND PAROLE: A NARC'S BEST FRIEND OVERVIEW OF THE PRISON CONNECTION     SCHERERVILLE, IN DON DEFRANCE (219)650-2470 6/8/2010 12972 CONSENSUAL ENCOUNTER TECHNIQUES K-9 UTILIZATION FOR PATROL     RALEIGH, NC SKIP LATSON (404)815-4496 6/9/2010 12973 DRUG PARCEL INTERDICTION VEHICLE INTERDICTION - THE COMPLETE VEHICLE STOP     RALEIGH, NC SKIP LATSON (404)815-4496 6/15/2010 13791 IDENTIFYING DRUGGED PERSONS CURRENT DRUG TRENDS OVERVIEW     CARSON CITY, NV TANYA BALES (775)687-1610 ex222 6/21/2010 12979 GANGS: SECRET CODES, SIGNS & SYMBOLS OVERVIEW OF THE PRISON CONNECTION     INDEPENDENCE, OH SARA PACHINGER (216)739-3502 6/21/2010 13040 VEHICLE INTERDICTION - THE COMPLETE VEHICLE STOP COMMERCIAL VEHICLE DRUG INTERDICTION     NEW YORK, NY AL BALCHI (631)379-3898 7/19/2010 13090 UNDERCOVER OPERATIONS OVERVIEW REALITY OF UNDERCOVER     MASSAPEQUA PARK, NY DET SGT PATRICK RYDER (516)573-8453 7/22/2010 13134 CONSENSUAL ENCOUNTER TECHNIQUES COURTROOM TESTIMONY OVERVIEW     ATLANTA, GA SKIP LATSON (404)815-4496 7/23/2010 13139 DRUG STING OPERATIONS CURRENT DRUG TRENDS OVERVIEW     ATLANTA, GA SKIP LATSON (404)815-4496 8/10/2010 13091 UNDERCOVER VIOLENCE "DEALING FOR YOUR LIFE" USE OF DRUG INFORMANTS     MASSAPEQUA PARK, NY DET SGT PATRICK RYDER (516)573-8453 8/10/2010 12976 INTERNET INVESTIGATIONS PRESERVING COMPUTERIZED DRUG EVIDENCE     ATLANTA, GA SKIP LATSON (404)815-4496 8/11/2010 12975 SURVEILLANCE OPERATIONS OVERVIEW SPECIALIZED ELECTRONICS     ATLANTA, GA SKIP LATSON (404)815-4496 9/21/2010 13093 STREET LEVEL INTERDICTION PITFALLS IN UNDERCOVER WORK     MAHWAH, NJ AL BALCHI (631)379-3898

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