CJC-PSX8977 - Drug Enforcement for Patrol Officers

Course Description

Narcotic investigations can be the most dangerous type of investigation that a uniform officer might encounter in the performance of his/her duties. The officers attending this class will not only gain a complete awareness of the drugs facing them today, but they will acquire the expertise needed to make quality observations and sound judgments in determining drug use. Officers will be better equipped to identify drug distribution and smuggling not only in roadside situations but in the community that they patrol.

Course Outline

In this 30 hour course the students will gain a working knowledge of the most common drugs being encountered today. The topics that will be addresses in the course are are Drug identification, Drug Packaging, Search and Seizure, Knocks and Talks, Use of Informants,Testifying in Court on Drug cases, and Officers safety.

Learner Outcomes

Students will acquire the knowledge needed to make quality observations in determining drug use, and sales and the ability to articulate those observations for successful prosecution and for furthering investigations.

At the end of this course officers will be better equipped to identify drug distribution and smuggling in roadside contacts as well as in the community that they patrol.

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