REGIONAL COUNTERDRUG TRAINING ACADEMY

Undercover Investigations

Length: 10 days

Designed For: This course is designed for law enforcement personnel performing undercover operations

Prerequisites: None

Certification : This course is POST certified in the states of Mississippi and Georgia and accepted for certification in other states.

Description: This intensive two-week program blends classroom instruction with daytime and nighttime practical exercises to provide law enforcement officers with the knowledge and skills needed to perform professionally and safely in undercover operations. Safety and professionalism is stressed with an emphasis on defensive and offensive tactics that can be used to provide optimum safety for the undercover officer.

Topics covered in this ten (10) day course:

•  Undercover techniques

•  Undercover objectives

•  Types of Undercover assignments

•  Undercover approaches to the violator

•  Qualifications and selection of the Undercover Officer

•  Informants to include types; motivators; documentation; contact and control

•  Electronic surveillance

•  Narcotics

•  Long term Undercover assignments

•  Psychological factors in Undercover

•  Survival factors in Undercover

•  Sting Operations and Reverses

•  Gangs