Drug Training for Investigators - Spanish

Offered only in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands

This all-encompassing counterdrug course allows participants to obtain the skills necessary to work within a multijurisdictional counterdrug task force, and through its resources, bring a drug trafficking case to prosecution. The Drug Training for Investigators program introduces the skills required to initiate and bring to prosecution a drug trafficking case while assigned to a narcotics unit. The program begins with classroom lectures which provide the knowledge necessary to develop an investigation. As the course proceeds, a simulated scenario provides investigative leads for the participants. Scenario events will include surveillance situations, raid and arrest practical, and a courtroom trial where the verdict is dependent upon the success of the students comprising the task force. The course also identifies the various military and civil support capabilities available to law enforcement. Students will leave the course with an understanding of proper procedures for counterdrug operations. The student will also develop an expectation of the prosecutor's needs for a successful prosecution and what the officers will confront at the time of trial. Finally, the courtroom scenario accomplishes a real-life review of the teaching points for the entire course. Drug Training for Investigators is an introductory course intended for law enforcement new to narcotics investigations. Since Drug Training for Investigators is an introductory course the topics presented only cover basic concepts. For the purpose of this school, it is assumed that the students comprise a HIDTA task force working out of Fajardo. The task force will conduct an investigation into the activities of a cocaine smuggling organization operating in the eastern portion of Puerto Rico. As a HIDTA task force, Federal policies and procedures will apply in the areas of electronic surveillance, probable cause for arrest and search and seizure matters in the exercise.

Course Objectives

• Identify various types of controlled and non-controlled substances, their methods of cultivations/production, and their psychological and physiological effects
• Utilize techniques to conduct surveillance operations
• Manage informants and safely conduct undercover operations
• Utilize techniques to analyze and summarize case data in a clear, concise manner using graphic aids such as flow charts and link analyses
• Utilize traffic stop information for use in court and to justify related investigations
• Recognize the signs of a drug smuggling via air and marine routes
• Manage and properly preserve, extract, document, and transfer crime scene related evidence
• Obtain search warrants and execute them correctly
• Utilize techniques to conduct raids and/or arrests
• Utilize techniques to professionally articulate facts during a courtroom testimony

Overview of topics

• Drug Identification
• Surveillance Techniques
• Informant Management and Undercover Operations
• Analytical Investigative Techniques
• Highway Drug Investigations
• Air and Marine Smuggling
• Crime Scene Management
• Search Warrants
• Raid and Arrest Techniques
• Trial Preparation and Courtroom Testimony

To register for a class, call the contact listed with that class below:

	Course Schedule and Contacts
Date Class ID Location Contact Name Contact Phone 9/13/2010 13882 GURABO, PR NOEL COLON GONZALEZ (787)737-4210

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