Domestic Drug Interdiction Course

Trussville Police Dept will be hosting a Domestic Drug Interdiction Class taught by the Multijurisdictional Counter Drug Task Force, Feb 8-10, 2011, from 0800 to 1700 each day, at the Trussville Civic Center, Trussville, AL.
This course provides classroom presentation and scenario-based training in the interception of narcotics. It outlines programs and techniques utilized to assist narcotics officers in developing partnerships with the business community in identifying violators who use legitimate businesses to facilitate narcotics trafficking. The course will outline comprehensive investigative techniques to identify behavior and conduct of the drug violator in various key settings, to include: hotel/motels, airports, commercial bus stations, parcel/package businesses, storage facilities, rental car agencies and train stations. The program also provides instruction in knock and talks, currency seizures, stash houses, and the role of the narcotic canine. Of special interest is a section which discusses the recognition of religious paraphernalia related to drug trafficking and its interdiction, as well as related case law. Off-site practical exercises will be used to reinforce these investigative techniques. In addition, it will provide legal foundation for the techniques, to include constitutional procedure, search and seizure, and Fourth Amendment issues.
Course Objectives
  • Utilize investigative and knock and talk and consensual encounter techniques to initiate investigations
  • Identify the need for interdiction programs and what types would be most appropriate for individual jurisdictions.
  • Identify required resources and equipment for a domestic drug interdiction program.
  • Utilize business partnerships in drug interdiction programs.
  • State the criteria for selecting personnel as well as recognize personnel considerations, including canine selection.
  • State the procedures for search and seizure as well as the guidelines for the Fourth Amendment and the legal foundations for such practices.
  • Utilize proper legal documentation and other documentation for courtroom testimony.
  • Identify the indicators of a stash house as well as utilize community sources in the reporting of possible drug stash houses.
  • Recognize religious paraphernalia related to drug trafficking, leading to further investigation.
Course Length: 3 day (24 hour)
Overview of Topics:
  • Consensual Encounter Techniques
  • Knock and Talk
  • Hotel-Motel Interdiction
  • Drug Parcel Interdiction
  • Storage Unit Interdiction
  • Commercial Bus Interdiction
  • Airport Interdiction
  • Train Interdiction
  • Rental Vehicle Interdiction
  • Stash House Interdiction
  • Drug Trafficking and the Spiritual World
There will be no charge for this class and CEU’s will be available. Class size is limited so register early, contact Sgt. Herb Rosenbaum, (205) 288-9177, or email: hrosenbaum@trussville.org.