Course Description: Drug/illicit currency trafficking organizations and individuals utilize various commercial entities to facilitate the transportation and distribution of illegal drugs and drug currency. Traffickers/smugglers use these commercial entities under the guise of legitimate commerce to avoid law enforcement detection. They include commercial airlines, parcel services/mail receiving agencies, trucking companies, hotels/motels, and trains/buses. Traffickers using these modes of transport to smuggle drugs and currency exhibit a cluster of characteristics specific to each, which are readily detectable to trained law enforcement. Instructors from across the country are converging for this training to share their experience, lessons learned, and techniques.
Attendees will be able to identify criminal drug and currency smuggling characteristics for each mode of transportation, identify criminal conduct, seize drugs/currency, conduct interdiction encounters where applicable, conduct controlled deliveries where appropriate, and disrupt/dismantle drug trafficking organizations. Topics include consensual interview, bus, train, small & large airport, forfeiture, parcel, and freight.
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Provided By: The Vigilance Project
Don’t miss this opportunity, seats are LIMITED!
A 4-hour version of this course was brought to ANOA this year and filled OVER capacity. Where he only touched the surface on the subject matter, don’t miss out on this 4-day training event!! Detective Sergeant Victor Galarza is a subject matter expert. You will get a chance to see over 1,500 items related to the Mexican Cartel Culture.
During this one-of-kind internationally recognized course, we will focus on current trends of drug trafficking used by these organizations, with additional subjects including but not limited to: Anti-Bias Policing, Community Policing, Officer Safety, Marijuana issues, Reclassification of the Cartels into Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs) and the 6 Mexican FTOs in detail, the “Plaza” system, the “King Pin Approach”, El Culiacanazo 1.0 and 2.0”, Civil War in Culiacan, the current Fentanyl crisis, growth of Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generation (CJNG), the splintering of the Sinaloa Organization, the Nueva Familia Michuacana involvement with fentanyl production, China and the Cartels, US/Mexico Diplomatic Environment, various geographical areas of interest, case law US vs. Medina Copete 10th US Appellate Court District of New Mexico, info on the 13 major Transnational Criminal Organizations, case studies of federal and state investigations, the influence of narco-culture on society and social media, and much more.
Register Here - Course Fee: $550
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Prerequisite: Students must be full-time, commissioned peace officers.
Course Description: This course will cover interdiction techniques focused on city streets for officers, with an emphasis on interview techniques and patterns. The instructors will also cover current trends, operational analysis, LPR utilization, and traps designed to facilitate the transportation of drugs, money, and weapons. Instruction will include videos of recent traffic stops with specific case applications, along with video analysis and examples. Students will learn what is required for an officer to stop, detain, and investigate for possible contraband loads. The instructors will also cover AZ HIDTA IRG (Interdiction Response Group) capabilities available for roadside and post arrest situations. Students will learn about technology tools and resources, including HIDTA resources available to them 24/7.
Dress Code: Comfortable clothing suitable for classroom. No Uniforms/Shorts/Flip-flops
Registration: Apply for Event
Registration Closes: 11/09/2025
Prerequisite: Students must be Supervisors who are currently assigned to a Drug Enforcement Unit or have an interest in an assignment in Drug Enforcement.
Course Description: The Drug Unit Supervisors Course is a 24-hour course designed for newly assigned commanders and supervisors of state, local, and federal drug enforcement units. This course will give you the foundation to manage the unique personnel and complex cases that are typical of drug investigations, while protecting the credibility and integrity of your agency. The program provides training in areas including leadership and management, ethics and integrity, confidential source management, legal issues, detecting and preventing corruption, organizational approach to multi-agency investigations, u/c operations and tactical considerations, and critical incidents.
Dress Code: Business Casual (No Shorts - No Flip Flops)
Registration: Apply for Event
Registration Closes: 11/07/25
Prerequisite: Students must be full-time, commissioned peace officers working for a law enforcement agency.
Course Description: While police academies and departments train officers in Standard Operating Procedures, state, and case law, first aid, firearms, defensive tactics, report writing, driving, and other skills used while on the streets, they fail to prepare these same officers for scenarios where their world can be turned upside down. Sgt. Mattingly, while assigned to the Narcotics Bureau, will share his personal experiences of what happened to him while executing a narcotic search warrant in Louisville, KY. While making entry with his narcotic squad, Sgt. Mattingly was shot. He will detail the experience of being shot, returning fire, along with the healing process (both physical and mental), of returning to work. Sgt. Mattingly will discuss the support or lack of, by his department, dealing with false allegations, social media, lawsuits, legal battles, family, what to expect if you are thrown into the national spotlight, and a variety of other topics.
Dress Code: Business Casual (No Shorts - No Flip Flops)
Registration: Apply for Event
Registration Closes: 11/14/25
Prerequisite: Students must be full-time, commissioned peace officers working for a law enforcement agency.
Course Description: This class covers the intersecting worlds of the dark arts employed in espionage, used for intelligence gathering, and law enforcement’s practical need to build cases that will stand up in court. Presented in a multi-media format, involving the use of real-life case studies, film, and television as examples to aid in the understanding of the concepts being taught, the course is a thorough survey of the tools available, and methods employed by investigators working proactive and long-term cases. Students come away from the class knowing how to build effective undercover operations and how far they can push their undercover role, or the scheme being employed.
Topics Include:
Backstopping & Laundering your Identity
Where & how to Hone your Deception
Sex, Drugs, Alcohol, and Crime from the UC’s Perspective
Designing an Effective UC Op
Storefronts, Warehouses, Motel Rooms, and Controlled Environments
Cultivating Sources
Documenting & Deploying Informants
Authorization of Otherwise Illegal Activity
Electronic Surveillance Techniques
Leveraging Criminal Intelligence & Exploiting Database Information
The Importance of Deconfliction
Building a Conspiracy (RICO, VCAR, CCE, etc.)
Disguising your Identity vs. Dishonesty as to your Purpose or Intent
Orchestrating Deceptions During Interrogations
Post-Arrest Investigative Follow-ups
Electronic Device Extractions
Dress Code: Business Casual (No Shorts - No Flip Flops)
Registration: Apply for Event
Registration Closes: 12/01/25
