MCTC Integrated Drug and Contraband Interdiction: Trafficking in Transportation and Service Industries

The purpose of integrated drug and contraband interdiction operations is to target criminal organizations, groups, or gangs who transit illegal drugs, bulk currency, and people throughout the United States by way of legitimate commercial transportation enterprises. The course deals with investigative methodologies that involve the detection and interdiction of illicit drugs and other contraband items (e.g., weapons, bulk currency, and people, etc.) that flow through the nation’s transportation hubs (e.g., airports, commercial trains and buses, commercial parcel/package and freight shipping companies). Moreover, drug and contraband interdiction investigations are designed to disrupt and curtail illicit activities at hotels/motels, self-service storage facilities, and rental vehicle companies. Any activities that are directly related to illegal drug distribution, illegal currency transportation and people, and/or other contraband transactions that are reasonably deemed a threat to public safety and to the health of concerned citizens are targeted for further investigation.

The course will emphasize the importance of establishing and maintaining effective liaison with civilian counterparts (owners/managers/employees).The course also addresses investigation techniques specific to self-storage businesses, the storage of dangerous items, which includes items that terrorists may store in preparation for attacks on U.S. soil are comprehensively addressed (e.g., quantities of fuel, agricultural or industrial chemicals, explosives, blasting caps or fuses, weapons or ammunition, flight manuals, truck driving school manuals, or other similar materials).

Topics Included

-Consensual Encounter Techniques

-Knock and Talks Investigations

-Storage Unit Investigations

-Hotel-Motel Interdiction

-Stash House Interdiction

-Commercial Bus Interdiction

-Passenger Train Interdiction

-Rental Car Interdiction

-Drug Parcel Interdiction

Course Length

Integrated Drug and Contraband Interdiction is a 3 day (20 hour) course.

Prerequisites

There are no prerequisites to attend this course.

Registration

This course is restricted to US military law enforcement personnel along with other local, state, and federal civilian law enforcement employees to include criminal analysts, and corrections officers.

Tuition/Fees

There is no cost to attend this training.