Firearms Trafficking Investigations Course

Firearm Trafficking Investigations

Palestra Group International has developed a one-day Firearms Trafficking Investigations course designed to assist units conducting firearms related cases with the development of targets, use of confidential informants, utilization of undercover operators, operational planning and case development beyond firearms.
This course has been developed by active undercover officers conducting multiple firearms purchases to include ghost guns and defaced faced weapons linked to Firearm and Drug Trafficking Organizations. Because of the inherently dangerous nature of illegal firearm purchases the course covers officer safety issues and pitfalls encountered with these types of investigations.

COURSE CONTENT:

  • Case development
  • Confidential Informant Management
  • Issues specific to undercover purchases
  • Ghost Gun Manufacturing
  • “Operation Ghost Busters”
  • Blank, prop guns and green gas guns
  • Assault Rifle classifications
  • Operational Planning
  • Officer Safety Issues
  • Field testing for operability
  • Actual video of UC purchases
  • Courtroom testimony
  • Firearms Tracing / Case Integrity
  • 3D printed firearms
  • The concealment of weapons