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Basic Warrant Execution
Duration: 4 days (32 Hours)
Designed for: Any law enforcement officer conducting high risk entries as a result of patrol, narcotics enforcement or warrant service activities
Course description: This course emphasizes individual officer basic entry and safety techniques. Team training is not provided. Topics covered in this course of instruction include:

• Selection of personnel and equipment needed to enhance officer safety
• Understanding entry breaching techniques and their importance to the success of the operation
• Familiarization with diversionary techniques and devices
• Understanding and executing basic movement techniques and officer safety concerns while entering and moving through unknown locations.
• The techniques necessary to enhance the officers ability to ascend and descend various types of stairways

During the course, each officer is required to execute several practical exercises to demonstrate the abilities learned.

All weapons and some personal protective equipment (i.e. face mask and neck guard) will be provided by NCTC. Students must bring their own gloves if desired. Male students must bring their own groin protection (cup). Chest protectors will be provided by NCTC for female students.

Cannabis Indoor Grow
Duration: 2 days (16 hours)
Designed for: Any law enforcement officer involved in the investigation of cases involving the indoor growing and harvesting of marijuana
Course description: This course is designed to equip investigating officers and support personnel with the tools necessary to detect, search and seize, prosecute and testify in indoor marijuana grow cases. Covered in this class will be an in depth study of cannabis horticulture, the equipment required to grow indoors, indoor growing techniques including sensimilla cultivation and carbon dioxide enrichment. Methods to locate and investigate indoor grows will be discussed in depth. Search warrants, thermal imaging search warrants, scene search and seizure and court testimony are also included. A number of case studies and investigations will be examined and critiqued.
Prerequisites: None

Conducting Complete Traffic Stops
Duration: 2 days (16 hours)
Designed for: Any law enforcement officer
Course Description: This two-day course examines the relationship between motor vehicle law enforcement and the detection of criminal activity. Students will learn techniques and skills to employ during roadside stops and interviews. Officer safety is stressed. Indicators and identification of concealed compartments are emphasized as well as indicators of other criminal activities. Consent to search and other legal considerations are covered.
Prerequisites: None.

Criminal Street Gang Identification
Duration: 3 Days (24 Hours)
Designed for: Demand reduction professionals, educators, law enforcement officers
Course description: This course acquaints the individual with the history and organization of gangs, legal definitions, identifiers, graffiti, hand signs, drug dealing activities, field interview reports, documentation and officer safety. It covers local street gangs, nationally affiliated gangs, gangs within the prison system, the relationship between the Department of Corrections and Law Enforcement and gang investigations using the RICO statutes.
Prerequisites: None.

Desert Snow Phase I-III
Duration: 4 days
Designed for: Highway patrol officers, patrolmen, drug enforcement, homeland security personnel
Course Description: DESERT SNOW is a large scale highway interdiction exercise intended for highway patrol officers, patrolmen, drug enforcement and homeland security personnel.

Phase 1: Passenger Vehicle Terrorist Threat Detection is an 8 hr. course. This class contains approx. 30 different concealment methods commonly used by drug smugglers and terrorists organizations. Officers are taught to be alert for possible criminal activity while conducting everyday patrol responsibilities. Emphasis is placed on officers to conduct high volume, legal, courteous, professional enforcement contacts.

Phase 2: Passenger Vehicle Workshop, 16 hr. course. This class contains approx. 10 different vehicles, each containing different scenarios and concealment. The class contains approx. 250 natural, constructed, and personal concealment methods commonly utilized by drug smugglers and terrorists. The class has over 2000 lbs. of simulated drugs, over 5 million dollars of simulated currency, and numerous explosive displays. Officers are taught to be alert for possible criminal activity while conducting everyday patrol responsibilities. Emphasis is placed on officers to conduct high volume, legal, professional, courteous enforcement contacts. They are taught to conduct safe, detailed, professional searches, and to professionally reconstruct vehicles to their original condition. This was the first and only, and currently the largest most comprehensive, detailed passenger vehicle, hands on training offered to peace officers in the United States.
 
An example of material covered in this class:
• Smuggling tactics / How smugglers think
• Smuggling indicators? / What is suspicious…and why?
• Indicators of terrorist activity and explosive concealment
• Profiles and why they do not work
• Officer safety tactics
• Drug paraphernalia identification
• Vehicle concealment
• How to legally ask for permission to search
• Passenger car concealment
• Pick-up truck concealment
• Van concealment
• SUV concealment
• Vehicle reconstruction
• Arrest / Release
• Currency seizures
• Evidence gathering
• Post arrest investigation and responsibilities
• Report writing
• Court testimony

Phase 3: Commercial Vehicle Criminal Interdiction is an 8 hr course. This class contains approx. 20 different displays and concealment methods commonly used by drug smugglers and terrorist organizations that use commercial vehicles for conveyances. Officers are taught to be alert for possible smuggling activity while conducting everyday assigned responsibilities. Emphasis is placed on officers to conduct high volume, legal, professional, courteous enforcement contacts.

Phase 4: The Phase 4 Commercial Vehicle Workshop involves the identification and detection of terrorist cells, explosives devices, weapons of mass destruction, military ordnance, major bombs and other major smugglers. This class contains approximately 10 different commercial Trucks and Trailers each set up containing different scenarios and concealment methods, just as the officers would encounter them in the field. The class contains over 150 natural, constructed, and personal concealment methods commonly utilized by terrorist originations and major smugglers. It has over 36,000 pounds of simulated Weapons of Mass Destruction, military ordnance, Improvised Explosive Devices, explosives and other contraband, all packaged and concealed in various methods. Officers are taught to be alert for possible terrorist and criminal activity while conducting everyday patrol responsibilities. Emphasis is placed on officers to conduct high volume, legal, professional, courteous enforcement contacts. They are taught to conduct safe, detailed, professional searches, and to professionally reconstruct vehicles to their original condition. This is the first, the largest, and most comprehensive, commercial vehicle terrorist and criminal interdiction training class in the world! Miss it, and you'd better stay on the porch!

• Homeland defense and the important role the police officer can play
• Instructor Student ratio is 4-1
• Public safety concerns
• Industry knowledge / How the commercial industry works
• How and why smugglers use commercial vehicles to transport Weapons of Mass Destruction, military ordnance, Improvised Explosive Devices, explosives, explosives precursors, explosive paraphernalia, and other illegal contraband
• What terrorists know about commercial vehicles
• Profiles? Why they don't work
• Officer safety tactics
• Commercial Tractor concealment / Concealment methods used by criminals
• Commercial Trailer concealment / Concealment methods used by criminals
• The largest, fully functional Methamphetamine lab on site / Contains over 200 display items
• How to identify fictitious cover loads and concealment, over 15 fictitious loads of concealments on display
• How to identify fictitious loads and concealment in rental vehicles
• Specialized concealment / How to identify contraband concealed within tires and fuel tanks
• Documentation / How to identify suspicious documentation
• Vehicle reconstruction / Arrest / Release / FBI notification of terrorist activity
• Currency seizures used to facilitate terrorist activity
• Post arrest investigation and responsibilities
• Evidence Gathering / Report Writing / Courtroom Testimony

Prerequisites: None.

Domestic Terrorism
Duration: 2 days (16 hours)
Designed for: Any law enforcement officer
Course Description: Participants in this course learn about domestic terrorist groups, how to recognize indicators relating to domestic terrorism and funding through narco-terrorism.  Students explore law enforcement’s roles and responsibilities in combating domestic terrorism.  Officer safety issues relating to domestic terrorism are also covered.
Prerequisites: None.

Drug Identification
Duration : 3 days (24 hours)
Designed for: Any law enforcement officer
Course Description: The course will educate and supply information regarding the preliminary field identification of illegal and diverted legal drugs, as well as associated paraphernalia to law enforcement personnel. The course should serve as a tool and aid in the identification drugs, aimed at the reduction of usage an illicit sales. The course provides for definitions of basic drug terminology and the scheduling of drugs based on Controlled Substance ACT (CSA). Information will be provided on the chemical make up controlled substances as well as the manner in which they are produced for human consumption. This course of instruction will describe the manner that the controlled substances are introduced into the human body and physical reactions caused by the use of controlled dangerous substances.
Prerequisites: None

Expert Testimony
Duration: 3 days (24 Hours)
Designed for: Any law enforcement officer
Course description: This course will provide a resource base, strategies and step-by-step guidelines for the law enforcement person who wants to expand into the area of expert work or for one already testifying as an expert. Topics to be covered will include qualities of the effective expert, evaluating the case, the action/assessment plan, dos and don'ts, becoming less vulnerable, ethics and integrity. Attorneys familiar with the use of experts and recognized experts from the field of law enforcement will present the material. This course will strengthen the student's credentials when attempting to qualify as an "expert". Objectives will be met by the use of classroom lecture, discussion of actual cases involving the use of experts, class participation and shared experiences, demonstrations by the instructors and by practical exercises involving class members.
Prerequisites: None.

Grant Writing
Duration: 5 days (40 Hours)
Designed for: Law Enforcement Agents and individuals from Community Based Organizations involved in the identification and preparation or execution of grant funding
Course description: This practical grant writing course will provide the participants with the fundamental skills needed to research, develop, write and submit grant proposals. This course will cover the concepts of grant development, how to create the components of a grant, funding source research and identification, how to develop goals and objectives and an evaluation plan. To gain the maximum benefit from this course, all participants must come to the course with a project idea and a Request for Proposal from a funding source or funding announcement.
Prerequisites: Participants must have a working knowledge of their organization, an understanding of how to use the internet and a working knowledge of Microsoft Windows 95/98.

Hotel/Motel and Parcel Interdiction
Duration: 2 days (16 Hours)
Designed for: Any Law Enforcement Agent
Course description: This two-day class focuses on hotel/motel, airport, and parcel interdiction. In addition, the training provides an update on legal and constitutional issues related to each interdiction technique. Topics to be discussed are: legal and constitutional law review; criminal activity indicators; contacts with hotel/motel members; commercial airlines passenger name records; computer tips and airport concealment methods; hand-written and computer generated parcel airbills; overview of the El Paso Intelligence Center and the International Narcotic Interdiction Association; and different computer and Internet based systems that can be used as intelligence gathering tools.
Prerequisites: none.

Identifying Deceptive Behavior
Duration: 3 days (24 Hours)
Designed for: Any law enforcement officer
Course description: This interactive class is superbly suited for the new investigator or patrol officer. By learning to professionally identify deceptive words, phrases, and non-verbal behaviors, the student gains confidence and skill in redirecting a person's words to obtain a confession. Confidence is further gained when students practice their new-gained skills during actual interrogations in a class setting. The experienced law enforcement instructor uses actual case investigations and scenarios to reinforce the skills necessary to prepare for a successful criminal prosecution. Through this unique interactive class, the officer and investigator learns that being deceptive isn't easy at all.
Prerequisites: None.

Interview and Interrogation
Duration: 3 days (24 Hours)
Designed for: Any law enforcement officer
Course description: This course is constructed specifically for law enforcement officers. The focus of this course is to prepare for and conduct interviews and interrogations incorporating non-verbal kinetics (body language) techniques, grammatical clues to lies and truth, analysis of verbal behavior, and evasive verbal response during interview and interrogation.
Prerequisites: None.

Introduction to Law Enforcement Intelligence
Duration: 3 days (24 Hours)
Designed for: Law Enforcement / Code Enforcement, Probation & Parole, Corrections, Military (Intel, SF, MP only), Law Enforcement Support Personnel (Intel only)
Course description: This course provides attendees with a more broad-based view of the multiple, inter-related skills and techniques used for transforming data into useful “work products.”  The course utilizes a functional template, called the “Intelligence Cycle,” for systematically and uniformly processing data from raw, disparate information into “actionable” end products that provide a more “refined” understanding of the problems faced by police agencies, today. In other words…students learn how to effectively connect the dots!
 
“Introduction to Law Enforcement Intelligence” generally appeals to all, from the patrol officer to the seasoned intelligence practitioner, because it offers a blend of “old school” tips, techniques and methodology combined with some of most advanced, comprehensive tools and resources available to the police industry. Uniform officers can immediately put aspects of the course to work as effectively as detectives or criminal analysts. In essence, working smarter, not harder!

Some of the major topic items offered in the course includes target recognition & development, data collection, data organizational skills, graphic management techniques and an introduction to analytical concepts. It concludes with an up-to-date “strategic briefing” on topics of interest to all police professionals, to include Trends in the Drug Market, Extremist & Hate Groups and Ethnic Organized Crime in Your Own Backyard.

The “Intelligence Cycle” is introduced early in the course and is used throughout the course to transport attendees through a “virtual” case-development project that requires them to apply their newfound knowledge.

The Goal: Students will learn how to transform otherwise disparate information into meaningful, corroborated data that seeks: 1) the identification of criminals, 2) their relation to crime, 3) while seeking a more complete understanding of latent police problems.

Course Objectives:

Upon successful completion of the course, the student will be able to:

• Will be able to provide a clear and concise definition of “intelligence” and discuss its “value” within the framework of policing.
• Will be able to differentiate between “military” intelligence and “criminal” intelligence and list a number of “objective” differences.
• Describe the components of “Intelligence Cycle” and explain that their cooperative interactions produce what is referred to as “intelligence”.
• Describe the function of each of the four applications of intelligence, listing what each is designed to accomplish or produce.
• Discuss the fundamental benefits of developing a collection “hypothesis” and “plan” and draft hypothetical examples.
• List a number of the more common sources of information and collection techniques.
• Describe and demonstrate the five graphic management techniques and integrate them into the ongoing practical exercises.
• Discuss the varied terminology inherent in telephone communication records and the benefits of the collated data.
• Identify analytic products, discuss their function and list a number of “variables” to be examined.
• Demonstrate, in writing, an ability to identify the “relationships and commonalities” of data within the analytical case scenario.
• Discuss the relevant issues regarding public records request and list a few of the legally mandated exceptions to their release, in addition to the records management security and retention guidelines.
• Will be able to intelligently discuss the latest drug trends, prices and market shifts, the background and ideology of many of the more active extremist groups and identify the characteristics, criminal proclivities and idiosyncrasies of the most prevalent evolving and/or emerging ethnic criminal organization in their region.
• List some of the inherent obstacles and benefits of this form of specialized collection: Refuse.
• List three fundamental steps for preserving collected data.
• Demonstrate familiarity with and proper applications of the demonstrated equipment and additionally be able to list five “tips” for enhancing the quality of body-worn transmission and three techniques for mounting a successful stationary video surveillance.
• Discuss some of the benefits of Internet research and describe a number of available on-line resources which may be used in support of an investigation or intelligence project.
• Describe four collation techniques and describe the value/benefit of the process with respect to case management.
• Demonstrate an ability to integrate the collation techniques into the ongoing practical exercise.

Prerequisites: None.

Introduction to Narco-Terrorism
Duration: 3 days (22 hours)
Designed for: Law Enforcement Officers
Course description: This course is specifically designed for law enforcement officers. Emphasis of this course will be on understanding terrorism, terrorists and the narcotics trade, identifying terrorist organizations, current intelligence, first responders, interdiction and investigation, weapons of mass destruction, contemporary narco-terrorism and resources for law enforcement. The P.R.O.A.C.T. method of anti-terrorism is taught to student officers as a comprehensive program for their respective agencies.
Prerequisites: None

Lead and Seed Adult Course (Formally Leadership Development & Problem Solving in Anti-Drug Efforts)
Duration: 2 Day (12.5 hours)
Designed for: Any law enforcement, program practitioners, community leaders, teachers, guidance counselors, nurses, parents, civic organization leaders, elected and non elected officials, etc.
Course Description: This 2-day, interactive training is designed for adult facilitators working with youth groups, or, coalitions.  The course is structured to enhance leadership capacities, knowledge of drug and alcohol facts, best environmental practices for schools and communities, the 5-step planning process, (SAMHSA “SPF” Strategic Planning Framework), risk and protective factors, consumption and consequence data, capacity building techniques, process and outcome evaluation and the creation of logic models and action plans  This course helps adults to create strong youth advocates and mobilizers in the local community. 

This training helps adults put drug prevention terminology into a framework that teens and tweens can understand. Adult leaders, (teachers, coalition leaders, civic organizational leaders, school resource officers, etc.) taking this course, also receive on a CD, the Youth Lead and Seed Program Power Point and Handouts and more than 100 projects and activities to mobilize and motivate communities. 
Prerequisites: None.

Leadership and Mastering Performance Management
Duration: 5 days (40 hours)
Designed for: law enforcement officers.
Course description: The Leadership and Mastering Performance Management course is a high energy forty hour course focusing on the first line supervisor and mid-manager. It introduces The Leadership Test and The Six Layers of Success as tools that will improve the skills and abilities of supervisors and managers to both manage and lead. There is an emphasis on defining the difference between leadership and management and identifying their separate skill sets. Tools are provided that will assist students to work more effectively as developers with their employees, both as individuals and as a team.
Prerequisites: None.

Methamphetamine Training
Duration: 5 days (40 Hours)
Designed for: Law enforcement officers and other first-responders involved in investigating clandestine meth labs.
Course description: This course teaches students the basic physical and chemical hazards of wastes produced during meth production through either hydriodic acid red phosphorous (HI red P) or metal ephedrine reduction (either lithium or sodium).
Training includes:

• Planning a successful raid.
• Identifying booby traps.
• Collecting and preserving evidence.
• Handling chain-of-custody to ensure sample integrity.
  

Field exercises focus on using specialized equipment, such as explosimeters and colorimetric indicator tubes, to monitor for hazards before entering the site. Participants get basic training in chemistry and toxicology, with practical lab sessions geared toward understanding safety concerns. Students learn how to put together a site-specific health and safety plan, select and use the proper personal protective equipment (PPE), and conduct decontamination. In field exercises, we cover how to wear and operate self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA), and the use of Level B PPE. Due to the nature of this class, the average academic day runs between 9-11 hours.
Prerequisites: Upon receipt of official student selection confirmation letter from NCTC, the student will be required to obtain a medical certification signed by a physician.

Money Laundering
Duration: 3 days (20 Hours)
Designed for: Any law enforcement officer assigned to money-laundering investigations
Course description: This course provides students with the principals and techniques available in conducting money-laundering investigations. It introduces the concepts surrounding money laundering violations and provides a historical summary of the statutes. The course covers elements of proof needed to charge money-laundering violations, currency reporting violations, and civil and criminal asset seizure and forfeitures. It identifies methods used to launder money and techniques for detecting laundering schemes. This course also deals with sources of information available to the investigator.
Prerequisites: None.

Multiagency Course: Introduction to Basic Drug Intelligence Analysis
Duration:  5 days (40 hours)
Designed for:  Law enforcement officers, law enforcement intelligence personnel, and individuals working with LE intelligence support. 
Course Description:  The Multiagency Course is an intensive, 1-week entry level training drug intelligence analysis course. This introductory course provides an overview of counterdrug intelligence analysis, introduces students to basic analytical tools and techniques, and allows students to apply newly acquired skills to a comprehensive final practical exercise involving charting, analysis, and presentation. The Multiagency Course is a cooperative effort by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Drug Enforcement Administration, the National Guard Bureau, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, and the National Drug Intelligence Center.
Prerequisites:  None

National Coalition Academy
Registrations are recieved from CADCA
Course description: The National Coalition Academy is a year long coalition development program that includes classroom instruction, distance learning and on-line support.  The course develops individual skills in each of the fifteen core competency areas for community problem solving.  Through distance instruction and technical assistance the course also helps newly formed local coalitions engage in the twelve essential processes research suggests are associated with achieving community level outcomes.

 Week I – Creating and Maintaining Coalitions and Partnerships; Assessing Community Needs and Resources; Analyzing Problems and Goals; Developing a Framework or Model of Change; Developing Interventions.

Week II – Strategic and Action Planning; Building Leadership; Enhancing Cultural Competence; Evaluating the Initiative; Advocating for Change.

Week III – Increasing Participation and Membership; Influencing Policy Development; Improving Organizational Management and Development; Writing Grant Applications; Sustaining the Work or Initiative.

Photographic Surveillance Techniques for Law Enforcement-DIGITAL
Duration: 5 Days (44 Hours)
Designed for: Any law enforcement officer required to conduct photographic surveillance using a digital SLR camera. The problems encountered when photographing at long distances, under low light or other less than ideal conditions are stressed.
Course description: This course is taught by personnel specially trained in surveillance and low light photography. Practical exercises are conducted during daylight and nighttime with critiques done the following morning. This course takes the student from novice to advanced level. In-depth photographic experience is not necessary The topics covered include:

• Understanding photographic equipment
• Isolating your subject
• Low light photography
• Night vision photography
• Crime scene photography
• Basic introduction to Adobe Photoshop Elements
• Digital formats and filing systems
• Maintaining digital integrity through good standard operating procedures

Prerequisites: Students must provide their own single lens reflex digital camera. The camera must have interchangeable lenses and minimum required accessories such as: battery, battery charger, manual, electronic flash and memory card(s) of at least 250 MB (512 MB to 1GB card recommended).

Physical Surveillance
Duration: 5 Days (37.5 Hours)
Designed for: Any law enforcement officer required to conduct physical surveillance
Course description: This course focuses on the categories of surveillance and surveillance terminology, equipment and skills. It addresses circumventing counter-surveillance, identifying terrorist counter-surveillance, tactical operation plans, investigative reports, preparing for surveillance and operation scratch reports. The course will culminate with scenario-based practical exercises.
Prerequisites: None.

Police Executive Development (POLEX) Basic
Duration: 10 Days (80 Hours)
Designed for: Middle management personnel in law enforcement holding the rank of lieutenant and above
Course description: This course is designed to enhance the leadership and management skills of executive-level law enforcement practitioners. Key topics and concepts include developing leadership skills, making organizational culture work for you, liability issues and how to minimize your department's risk, developing decision-making and planning skills, issues for measuring police productivity and quality, how to more effectively handle problem employees, and enhancing communication skills. POLEX graduates can gain three academic credits at the graduate or upper division undergraduate level.
Prerequisites: None.

Police Executive Development (POLEX) Advanced
Duration: 10 Days (80 Hours)
Designed for: Senior law enforcement managers
Course description: This course builds on the issues of leadership and management covered in POLEX Basic. A significant portion of the advanced program is dedicated to the topics of leadership and management during major incidents, and methods for effectively handling the media.
Key concepts and topics include:

• Creativity and Risk Taking
• Barriers to Innovation
• Diagnosing Organizational Culture
• Quantifying Quality Policing
• Partnership with the Community
• Media and Law Enforcement
• POLEX graduates can gain three academic credits at the graduate or upper division undergraduate level.

Prerequisites: POLEX Basic.

Polygraph Institute
Duration: 12 Weeks (450 hours)
Designed for: Criminal Investigators assigned to Drug Law Enforcement.
Course description: This course provides American Polygraph Association accredited training in the field of forensic psychophysiology using polygraph techniques. The course provides current "state of the art" training by practicing professionals and researchers in the forensic psychophysiological detection of deception field. The course is developed and provided by Harrisburg Area Community College and is recognized by the American Association of Police Polygraphists and exceeds the standards of the American Society for Testing and Materials. Additional expertise and funding is provided from the Pennsylvania State Police.
Requirements:
1. Must be a sworn law enforcement officer and sponsored by your Agency;
2. No criminal convictions for any moral turpitude crimes or any crimes above a
summary/petty offense level;
3. Knowledge and proficiency with "Windows" computer operating system;
4. Five (5) years of full-time street or criminal investigative experience with a public law enforcement agency or military police unit;
AND
5. Successful completion of 60 college credits from a state/government licensed institution
(not including developmental courses - official transcripts required;
OR
6. Where less than 60 credits or 5 years experience, applicants will be evaluated by the selection board.
For more information about this course, CLICK HERE

Professional Decision Making for Narcotics Investigations (formally Ethical Decision Making for Narcotics Investigations)
Duration: 2 days (16 hours)
Designed for: Any law enforcement officer
Course description: This course is essential for any narcotics investigator, police officer, or patrol supervisor. Defining personal integrity and the need to remain professionally ethical are course goals Through group discussion, using actual law enforcement scenarios, students develop the confidence and knowledge necessary to aid them in resolving ethical issues. While all departments require ethical conduct, few have formal ethics training programs or qualified instructors to host them. Participation in this class will promote individual pride, group efficiency, and unit productivity, while enhancing the overall espirit de corps of your agency.
Prerequisites: None.

Role of the Undercover
Duration: 5 Days (40 Hours)
Designed for: Law enforcement officers
Course description: This five-day course trains new and experienced undercover officers to conduct safe and efficient undercover operations and understand the roles and responsibilities of other team members. The course stresses how to conduct every undercover operation safely and efficiently. In addition to classroom instruction, the course includes many practical exercises.
Prerequisites: None.

School Resource Officer Course
Duration: 5 days (40 Hours)
Designed for: Law enforcement officers with two years or less experience working in an educational environment.
Course description: The course emphasizes three main areas of instruction: functioning as a police officer in the school setting, working as a resource and problem solver, and the development of teaching skills. Students will be given a working knowledge of the School Resource Officer concept and how to establish a lasting partnership with their schools.
Prerequisites: None.
Additional information about this course may be obtained at this link. School Safety Advocacy Council

School Resource Officer Course (Advanced)
Duration: 3 days (24 Hours)
Designed for: Law enforcement officers
Course description: During this course, the students will be given the School Resource Officer History and concept, practical skills of interviewing and teaching, legal aspects, and information on current youth-related topics. They will develop a working knowledge of the School Resource Officer and develop a plan for implementation for the SRO program into the school in which they are assigned. The class will spend two hours at a school conducting a "Site Assessment."
Prerequisites: It is recommended the student attend the Basic School Resource Officer Course.

Spanish for Law Enforcement Phase 1
Duration: 3 days (18 Hours)
Designed for: Any law enforcement officer who encounters Spanish speaking persons.
Course description: This intensive course places emphasis on drug terminology, field interrogations, executing arrests and specialized Spanish vocabulary that indicates impending danger. Considerable attention is given to action scenarios and role playing. In addition to Spanish language training, a special cross-cultural component addresses the elimination of non-verbal communication barriers that will enhance officer safety and effectiveness when dealing with Spanish speaking persons.
Prerequisites: None.

Spanish for Law Enforcement Phase 2
Duration: 4 days (28 Hours)
Designed for: Students who have completed either Basic Spanish course
Course description: This course is a review and continuation of the course material common to the Basic Spanish courses. It focuses on field interview and interrogation protocols to enable officers and investigators to obtain critical information relevant to drug enforcement and investigations. This workshop prepares non-Hispanic officers to use Spanish in order to request and receive critical information concerning suspects, searches and seizures associated with illegal drug activity.
Prerequisites: Basic Spanish for Law Enforcement.

Tactical Narcotics and Counter-terrorist Debriefing
Duration: 3 days (24 Hours)
Designed for:  Law Enforcement / Code Enforcement, Corrections, Military (Intel, SF, MP only), Law Enforcement Support Personnel (Intel only)
Course description: The Tactical Narcotics and Counter-terrorist Debriefing Course is a three-day training course that teaches all types of law enforcement officers (Police, Corrections, Federal Agents, Parole, Probation, and other Law Enforcement Officers) from a variety of duty assignments (Narcotics, Patrol, Investigations, Terrorism, etc…), to conduct effective debriefings of new arrestees, jailed prisoners, prison inmates, probationers, parolees, and other individuals for the purpose of acquiring intelligence information and cultivating informants.  This training course has been taught to, and utilized, by members of the NYPD Intelligence Division plus Field Intelligence Officers (FIO) and hundreds of law enforcement officers within the seventeen (17) impact zones (high crime cities) throughout New York State with outstanding results and subsequent successes.  It has resulted in the development of more counterdrug-related informants, terrorist-related informants, and ‘actionable’ intelligence (arrests, search warrants, buys, etc…) in these zones than ever before. Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• Identify the Intelligence needs of their own jurisdiction regardless of their role in law enforcement
• Conduct effective debriefings of arrestees, prisoners, inmates, and other offenders with an emphasis on narcotics, terrorist, and gang investigations
• Conduct more successful debriefings of difficult individuals from the preceding categories
• Identify Motivations Leading to Cooperation of Potential Informants
• Use effective body language to increase communication
• Phrase efficient questions to greatly increase the potential of acquiring intelligence
• Utilize maximum elicitation communication techniques
• Utilize Conducive Communicative Behavior
• Cultivate more informants useful in combating drugs and other crimes in their jurisdiction
• Develop considerably more ‘Actionable’ Intelligence than before

Terrorism Intelligence Gathering
Duration: 3 days (24 hours)
Designed for: Any law enforcement officer and law enforcement intelligence personnel
Course Description: This course will inform the participant about intelligence gathering techniques to combat terrorism.  Emphasis will be placed on the correlation between drug trafficking and terrorist activities.  The street level officer will become familiar with interview techniques specifically aimed at developing counter-terrorism intelligence.  The street level officer will become familiar with terrorism indicators derived from roadside interviews and observations, citizen contacts, community members, arrestees and arresting officers.
Prerequisites: None.

Top Gun Undercover Drug Investigation
YOU CAN NOT register for this course online or via fax!!!!! Call (717) 861-2465 for information.
Duration: 6 days (44 Hours)
Designed for: Narcotics investigators and prosecutors with 0-5 years of experience
Course description: This course of instruction highlights the various stages of a typical drug investigation from the time the initial information is received through the resulting search warrant and presentation of a prima fascie case. The course is designed to intermix classroom presentations with practical exercises. This instruction provides both the prosecutor and drug investigator with a look at each other's responsibility throughout an investigation. This course is presented by special request and due to varying laws concerning investigations is generally limited to students from the same state.
Topics covered in this course of instruction include:

• Investigative techniques
• Rules of evidence
• Courtroom techniques and presentations
• Hidden compartment investigations
• Warrant service techniques
• Surveillance techniques (fixed, mobile, photographic, etc)
• Interview and interrogation techniques
• Asset seizure programs

Prerequisites: Due to the nature of this course of instruction a specific state-level sponsor is required and the course will be presented specific to that state. A dedication of instructional resources, from the supporting state is necessary, particularly in the area of legal aspects of the investigations.

Undercover Risk Analysis
Duration: 2 days (15 Hours)
Designed for: Any law enforcement officer
Course description: This course will identify and reinforce the principles of safe undercover, arrest and warrant service tactics. Students will learn how to assess risk, determine if the risk is of an acceptable level and then how to manage that risk. They will also learn when and how to shut down an operation due to excessive risk. Objectives will be met by use of classroom lecture, student participation and shared experiences, review of critical incidents and with a practical exercise wherein each student will have the opportunity to work undercover.
Prerequisites: None.

Video Equipment Training for Surveillance
Duration: 3 days (21 hours)
Designed for: Any law enforcement officer
Course description: This is a basic video surveillance course for officers with little or no video experience. Students will learn how to choose a video camera for surveillance and what accessories are needed. Camera techniques, planning for a shoot, and developing a standard operating procedure will be covered.  Although the course is geared toward surveillance some time will be spent on recording of crime scenes. There will be shoots during daylight and night time both indoor and outdoor.  Officers will need to bring a video camera with batteries, recording media for their camera, and a tripod.
Prerequisites: None.

Ground Reconnaissance Specialist - Phase I
Duration: 5 days (40 hours)
Designed for: Any Soldier or Airmen that is assigned to a Ground Recon ( Mission 5a) position in their respective state’s CD program.
Course Description: This is a Train the Trainer type course and a prerequisite to attend PH II. **NOTE: Attendance of the Mission 5a Program Managers Course prior to 2006 is equivalent to this course. (Documentation must be provided).
Course content:

• Mission planning
• Medical considerations
• Force continuum
• Review CD weapons qualification standards

Prerequisites:
1. Pass the APFT within thirty days of the start date of the course.  Students are required to bring validation to registration.

2. No temporary profiles which prohibit a student from meeting all physical requirements of the course – subject to review on a case by case basis.

3. Meet height-weight requirements IAW AR 600-9/AFI10-804.  Validation noted on an APFT card.

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Ground Reconnaissance Specialist – Phase II
Duration: 15 days (180 hours)
Desinged for: Any Soldier or Airmen assigned to a Ground Recon position, in their respective state’s CD program and have completed a PH I requirement.
Course Description: The second phase of the ground reconnaissance course is designed to provide advanced training to operators for standardized operations in diverse counterdrug environments.  This course focuses at the team level with an emphasis on field training exercises and operating standardized counterdrug equipment in diverse environments.  This course is extremely high tempo and is both physically and mentally challenging.  Graduates of this course will be awarded an ASI/SEI.
Course content:  Daily PT, CWST, Boat OPS, Surveillance Ops (Mobile & static), ATV Training, LEA interaction, Combatives, drug identification, small unit tactics, employ various communication networks & equipment, Sat phone training, video & digital camera techniques, employ Night Vision eqpt. And Urban/Rural FTX’s to include night operations.

Prerequisites:
1. Graduate of PHASE I GR or equivalent, ( Mission 5A Program Managers course)

2. Basic familiarity with map reading and recognizing terrain features

3. Pass the APFT within thirty days of the start date of the course.  Students are required to bring with them to registration a valid APFT card.

4. No temporary profiles or medications which prohibit a student from meeting all physical requirements of the course – subject to review on a case by case basis.

5. Meet height-weight requirements IAW AR 600-9/AFI10-804

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DDR Stay on Track
Duration: 4 days (32 hours)
Designed for:  National Guard Counterdrug Personnel
Course Description:  The Stay on Track (SOT) 101 course familiarizes participants with the SOT program being implemented by the National Guard (NG) Drug Demand Reduction (DDR) program in 45 states and territories.  The SOT curriculum is designed to reduce future substance abuse by middle school students. Special emphasis is given to alcohol, tobacco, marijuana, inhalant, club drug, and prescription drug use, due to their prominence among middle school students.  The course also provides participants with the knowledge and tools needed to certify additional NG personnel, middle school teachers, and volunteers to facilitate the SOT program in middle schools and youth programs the National Guard supports. Participants who successfully complete the program will be certified by the National Center for Prevention and Research Solutions (NCPRS) to facilitate the SOT program and to certify others to facilitate the program .
Visit www.stayontrack-online.com for additional information about the SOT program and the National Guard’s involvement.
Course content: Overview of SOT development, educational standards, SOT structure & training materials, evaluation methodology, change theory, teaching styles, learning styles, lesson presentation, certification of others, community outreach and when possible; actual practice lesson with an SOT Mentor at an actual Middle school.

*** YOU MUST USE THE AIR FORCE KNOWLEDGE NOW (AFKN) PORTAL - COUNTERDRUG COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE TO REGISTER FOR STAY ON TRACK COURSE - REGISTRATIONS ON THE NCTC SYSTEM WILL NOT BE PROCESSED ***

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