NARCOTICS INVESTIGATION SERIES

BASIC NARCOTICS OFFICER’S COURSE

PGI has developed a Three-Day Undercover Operations Course for undercover operators, cover officers and support team members conducting covert narcotics, firearm and major case operations. The course is presented by experienced Federal, Provincial, State and local operators currently operational this field of expertise. This course focuses on the development of in-depth criminal cases utilizing confidential informants and undercover operators to identify, target and dismantled organized criminal groups and street gangs.

Highlighted are the pitfalls and officer safety issues associated with these cases and the use of confidential informants. Detailed are the specific roles and responsibilities of every team member from supervisor to undercover operator. Using a stepped approach with a concentration on mitigating risk, students are provided with the techniques and skills to achieve a positive outcome when faced with tenuous and hazardous situations. This course is presented through the use of lecture, power point presentation and actual videos of the presenters conducting firearm and narcotics undercover operations.

 

 

ADVANCED NARCOTICS SUPERVISORS COURSE

This course highlights the new contexts and challenges for contemporary law enforcement supervisors in the ever-changing landscape of  narcotics enforcement .  The course emphasizes the implicit need for narcotic supervisors  to effectively receive, report and manage information as well of those under their command.  Detailed  in a step-by-step approach are the many aspects of  managing personnel, encouraging individual professional development, supporting unit enthusiasm and innovation. Narcotics enforcement takes place under conditions of intense scrutiny from  command staff and there is an ever-present need for supervisors to maintain strict accountability of funds, confidential informants and unit integrity.  The course  focuses on those needs and the necessary skills required to manage critical incidents and maintain officer safety at all levels.