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:
	Criminal Apprehension Tactics
	Effective Patrol Utilization of K-9
	Identifying Characteristics of Armed Criminals (4 hour)
	Looking Beyond the Arrest
	Risk Avoidance for Drug Enforcement Officers
	Tactics for the Street
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
	Airport Interdiction
	Commercial Bus Interdiction
	Commercial Vehicle Interdiction
	Criminal Interdiction: Putting It To Work
	Drug Parcel Interdiction
	Hotel/Motel Interdiction
	Mexican Drug Trafficking
	Pitfalls of Highway Interdiction
	Religion and The Drug Trafficker
	Rental Vehicle Interdiction
	Stash House Interdiction
	Storage Unit Interdiction
	Street-Level Interdiction
	Train Interdiction
	Truck Stop 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
	Pitfalls in Undercover Work
	Reality of Undercover
	Undercover Operations Overview
	Undercover Operations And Tactical Responses
	Undercover Operations And Tactical Responses for Supervisors
	Undercover Techniques for Male/Female Teams
	Undercover Violence
	Use of Drug Informants
Other Topics
	Asset Forfeiture Overview
	Canine Interdiction
	Career Survival Strategies Overview
	Consensual Encounter Techniques
	Courtroom Testimony Overview
	Criminal Apprehension Tactics
	Current Drug Crisis: Bath Salts & Opiates
	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
	Elements of Conspiracy
	Evolution of Drug Abuse
	Financial Investigations Overview
	Heroin: America's New Youth Menace
	Heroin: Awareness for the LE Officer
	Identifying Characteristics of Armed Criminals (4 hour)
	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
	Risk Avoidance for Drug Enforcement Officers
	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
	Tactics for the Street
	Talking Hands Overview
	Use of PowerPoint for Successful Prosecution of Drug Cases
	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 6/4/2013 18450 Pawnshop Drug Investigations Sources Of Information     Nashville, TN Christy Miller (800) 238-7985 ext. 528 7/15/2013 18534 Street Level Interdiction Trends In The Meth Trade     MERRILLVILLE, IN Don DeFrance (219) 650-2470 8/1/2013 18532 Vehicle Interdiction - The Complete Vehicle Stop Pitfalls In Highway Interdiction     MERRILLVILLE, IN Don DeFrance (219) 650-2470 8/8/2013 18545 Tactics for the Street Criminal Apprehension Tactics     Nashville, TN Christy Miller (800) 238-7985 ext. 528 8/12/2013 18446 Asset Forfeiture Overview Financial Investigative Techniques Overview     Nashville, TN Christy Miller (800) 238-7985 ext. 528 8/20/2013 18543 Hotel/Motel Interdiction Storage Unit Interdiction     MERRILLVILLE, IN Don DeFrance (219) 650-2470 8/21/2013 18504 Identifying Hidden Weapons Surviving Hidden Weapons     Frankfort, KY Todd Dalton 859-293-4240 9/4/2013 18538 Pawnshop Drug Investigations     MERRILLVILLE, IN Don DeFrance (219) 650-2470 9/16/2013 18483 Current Drug Crisis: Bath Salts Criminal Interdiction - Putting It All To Work     Miramar, FL Madelyn Willis 954-430-4784 9/25/2013 18531 Interviews & Body Language Eye Accessing     MERRILLVILLE, IN Don DeFrance (219) 650-2470

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