TNOA Conference-Operation Red Flags for Narcotics Inv.

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COURSE DESCRIPTION:  The above workshop will provide a preparation overview of undercover work and undercover operations. The workshop will point out the stressors and hazards for narcotic officers, task force agents, plainclothes officers, and uniform patrols who are or may be assigned to specialized units and involved in special enforcement cases. It will emphasize operational ‘awareness’ and ‘red flags’ circumstances before, during, and after an undercover operation and plain clothes unit detail.

The objective is for the undercover narcotic officer to recognize the red flags and danger signs prior to any high consequence event. It is important for the undercover narcotics officer to remember that red flags can appear at any time and do not hesitate to point them out. The workshop will utilize past case studies of previous operations to identify pre-incident indicators of red flags that should dictate an operation to pause, reset or be cancelled to keep undercover officers, informants, and special units safe and sound.

The workshop will stress and remind the undercover officer to continually scan an environment for red flags and be able to recognize potential dangers signs such as people, objects or circumstances that are out of context. The undercover narcotics officer is constantly weighing out “risk vs gain” situations if issues and/or operational concerns should arise.

At the completion of the workshop, the undercover officer will be familiar with team protocol, standards of operating procedure (SOPs), and team communication in-order to make such quick decisions utilizing the concepts, techniques, and principles. Topics discussed in the workshop can be utilized by the officer to apply immediately in the field.

LENGTH OF COURSE:   4 Hours

TARGET AUDIENCE:  Participants registered for the 55th Annual Texas Narcotic Officer Association Training Conference.

PRESENTER:  Epifano Sevilla