Prerequisite: CIVILIAN PERSONNEL ONLY
Students must be employed by a government agency and must attend the full 2 weeks.
Friday, April 24th is a FULL DAY.(We kindly ask no travel to be booked on the final day)
Requirements: An agency/personal laptop with MICROSOFT OFFICE (WORD/EXCEL/POWERPOINT) for practical exercises.
Course Description: This is a 2-week, (80-hour) comprehensive introduction to law enforcement intelligence analysis, with an intensive Program consisting of both classroom and hands-on training. The course curriculum emphasizes the development of the student’s analytical skills, the use of computerized tools and systems, and covers a broad range of academic subjects critical to providing mission-oriented intelligence. The course is designed to provide the student with the skill, knowledge, and ability needed to assemble and present critical analytical assessments and products to investigators, prosecutors, and other agencies. Analysts will learn how to develop and use intelligence at the specialized investigative unit level to provide valued assistance in planning and directing investigative strategies. This training course addresses many of the recognized national training standards and provides the foundation for developing and enhancing analytical capabilities.
Dress Code: Business Casual (No Shorts - No Flip Flops)
Registration: CLOSED
Registration Closes: 03/27/26
Prerequisite: Student must be a full-time, law enforcement commissioned peace officer or analyst working for a law enforcement agency.
Course Description: This course provides a comprehensive overview of TikTok for law enforcement, covering several key areas to ensure participants understand the information required for legal compliance across all request types.
The session will include:
Emergency Disclosure Requests (EDR): Qualification criteria, submission processes, compliance requirements, and types of data provided.
Data Retention and Preservation: A review of retention policies and submission procedures to ensure legal compliance.
Legal Process and Requests: Guidance on submitting subpoenas, court orders, and search warrants, including examples of responsive data.
Content and Account Management: Procedures for submitting content removal requests, reporting harmful material, and recovering hacked accounts.
Safety and Enforcement: An overview of TikTok’s Community Guidelines, safety tools, teen safety resources, and strategies for combatting dangerous challenges.
Proactive Disclosures: Information regarding imminent threats and the CyberTipline program.
Dress Code: Business Casual (No Shorts - No Flip Flops)
Registration: Apply for Training
Registration Closes: 04/19/26
Course Description: This course teaches students basic techniques to identify the location where a picture or video was taken through a combination of reverse image searches and online searching. In today's investigations, a single photo or video can be the key to breaking a case, making geolocation an indispensable skill for law enforcement, criminal analysts, and their community partners. This hands-on course provides the fundamental techniques to pinpoint where an image or video was captured by effectively combining reverse image searches with strategic online searching. Through a mix of direct instruction and practical exercises, you will acquire a powerful new capability to analyze digital media, develop critical leads, and significantly enhance your counter-narcotics investigations.
Dress Code: Business Casual (No Shorts - No Flip Flops)
Registration: Apply for Training
WRCTC Website
Course Description: This class provides solid groundwork for law enforcement officers to understand how and why criminals use cryptocurrency to move and hide their proceeds from narcotics trafficking and sales. Students will learn about the history of criminal usage of virtual currencies, changes in government regulation, and how to follow the money using a blockchain explorer. By the end of class, officers will be able to identify users of cryptocurrency, establish an agency wallet, and properly seize suspect’s funds through proper procedures and exercise.
Dress Code: Business Casual (No Shorts - No Flip Flops)
Registration: Apply for Training
WRCTC Website
Course Description: This course teaches students basic techniques to identify the location where a picture or video was taken through a combination of reverse image searches and online searching. In today's investigations, a single photo or video can be the key to breaking a case, making geolocation an indispensable skill for law enforcement, criminal analysts, and their community partners. This hands-on course provides the fundamental techniques to pinpoint where an image or video was captured by effectively combining reverse image searches with strategic online searching. Through a mix of direct instruction and practical exercises, you will acquire a powerful new capability to analyze digital media, develop critical leads, and significantly enhance your counter-narcotics investigations.
Dress Code: Business Casual (No Shorts - No Flip Flops)
Registration: Apply for Training
WRCTC Website
Course Description: This class provides solid groundwork for law enforcement officers to understand how and why criminals use cryptocurrency to move and hide their proceeds from narcotics trafficking and sales. Students will learn about the history of criminal usage of virtual currencies, changes in government regulation, and how to follow the money using a blockchain explorer. By the end of class, officers will be able to identify users of cryptocurrency, establish an agency wallet, and properly seize suspect’s funds through proper procedures and exercise.
Dress Code: Business Casual (No Shorts - No Flip Flops)
Registration: Apply for Training
WRCTC Website
Prerequisite: Student must be a full-time, law enforcement commissioned peace officer or analyst working for a law enforcement agency.
Course Description: This course will provide an in-depth look at Meta’s mission and policies, specifically focusing on how to utilize Meta's law enforcement outreach program. You will learn best practices for submitting the legal process, and will conclude with a Q&A session.
Snapchat Safety Ops 101 will educate law enforcement about the Snapchat application and how to work with the Snapchat Law Enforcement Operations team.
In addition to an overview of the application and an introduction to our team, we will cover what data is available through the legal process and how to request voluntary disclosure of data in emergency situations involving an imminent threat to life. Lastly, we will provide an introduction to Snapchat safety and our current initiatives.
Dress Code: Business Casual (No Shorts - No Flip Flops)
Registration: Apply for Training
Registration Closes: 05/01/26
Course Description: The fundamentals of countering UAS. Topics covered during the course include:
• Fundamentals of UAS technology
• UAS types and capabilities
• Laws and regulations for drone operations
• U.S. Army Counter UAS principles
• Fundamentals of CUAS technology and processing
Dress Code: Business Casual (No Shorts - No Flip Flops)
Registration: Apply for Training
WRCTC Website
Prerequisite: Students must be full-time, Intelligence or Criminal Analysts working for a law enforcement agency.
Course Description: Writing foundation for analyst is designed to improve criminal intelligence analyst writing skills by exposing the analyst to several different types of writings and oral presentations used in the criminal analyst field every day. This class will also expose the student to critical reading, effective writing foundations, peer reviews, and strategic writing skills. Additionally, the student will be given foundations for effective presentations for individual and group presentations.
Dress Code: Business Casual (No Shorts - No Flip Flops)
Registration: Apply for Training
Registration Closes: 05/22/26
Prerequisite: Students must be full-time, commissioned peace officers working for a law enforcement agency.
Course Description: This course is divided into four segments designed to provide students with a foundational understanding and specialized techniques for human trafficking investigations.
Recognition and Response
Students will learn to identify key indicators of sex trafficking during routine patrols and calls for service. This segment covers effective response strategies, including victim protection protocols and trauma-informed questioning techniques. Participants will gain the skills necessary to gather crucial evidence for prosecution while prioritizing victim safety and cooperation.
Child Sex Trafficking Interviews
Conducting interviews with child victims requires specialized, trauma-informed skills. This segment equips patrol officers with techniques to create supportive environments and build rapport with child victims. Officers will learn to ask appropriate questions that facilitate accurate disclosures while ensuring the victim's comfort.
Case Prosecution and Trial Preparation
This section focuses on compiling investigative findings and effectively submitting them for prosecution. Participants will learn how to prepare for trial, including strategies for testifying in court and the effective use of expert witnesses to strengthen the case against suspects.
Financial Investigations and Case Study
Students will explore the intersection of financial crime and child sex trafficking. By analyzing real-world case studies, attendees will learn how to identify illicit financial flows and dismantle the networks that sustain these crimes. The course concludes with a case study demonstrating how a concurrent financial investigation can yield additional felony charges and result in a more robust prosecution.
Dress Code: Uniform or Business Casual (No Shorts - No Flip Flops)
Registration Status: Apply for Training
Registration Closes: 7/6/2026
MUST BE LAW ENFORCEMENT OR AFFILIATED! THIS WILL BE VERIFIED PRIOR TO AND AT THE CONFERENCE DAILY.
It’s that time of the year again for Arizona’s Best and Longest running Law Enforcement Training Conference!!! Celebrating our 38th Annual Training Conference and Vendor Show. We are back again at he lovely Sheraton Grand at Wild Horse Pass. Situated in the foothills of the Sierra Estrella Mountain Range, alongside the Gila River. This stunning resort marries natural beauty with modern elegance. This venue has everything to offer our attendees from the completely indoor Conference Center during the day to the evenings at the resort. This is no shortage of things to do in and around this venue during your stay.
This year’s premier keynote speaker is Giovanni Rocco, Author of “Giovanni’s Ring: My Life Inside the Real Sopranos” & Co- Host of “Inside the Life” Podcast.
Attendees will be front and center during our ANOA's annual awards presentation honoring Arizona’s best! Monday night come out and enjoy our most famous vendor show and raffle which gives attendees the opportunity to win a wide variety of Law Enforcement products and prizes. Tuesday night will be Beer’s & Bingo! Wednesday night get ready for our Cornhole Tournament! Last chance to win some serious cash and prizes, not to mention network!
As always, each breakout training session throughout the week is accredited for 4 hours of continuing education credit with a new lineup of classes this year as well as our top reviewed classes from last conference. Oh, and don’t forget our completely new conference swag bag to the first 500 registered attendees we’ll fill with goodies we know everyone can use. It’s no secret our conference gift bag is continually said to be the best conference gift bag attendees receive anywhere in the country! We'll be sure to keep you busy throughout the week with the best training available and networking at its finest with over 600 attendees at past conferences!
Don't miss out, register today and be part of Arizona Longest Running and Best Law Enforcement Training Conference and come enjoy this conference venue!
Room Reservations - ANOA Nightly Rate of $113
Conference Fee: $500 -(Includes lunch)
Provided By: The Vigilance Project
Don’t miss this opportunity, seats are LIMITED!
A 4-hour version of this course was brought to ANOA 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
For more information please visit ANOA Website
Prerequisite: THIS CLASS IS PART 2 IN THE SERIES. THE PREREQUISITE OF GETTING TO THE TRUTH CLASS OR EQUIVALENT TRAINING IS HIGHLY ENCOURAGED.
Course Description: The Truth2Lies Advanced Statement Analysis and Linguistic Profiling class is not your ordinary training! This is a deep dive class getting you closer to expert level. In this class you will experience a unique blend of Behavioral Analysis along with advanced Linguistic Analysis. This dynamic combination, at this level, gives any investigator the distinct advantage of getting into the mind, solving more cases and crushing their interviews! Our priority is to elevate your skill level until it is second nature.
Register Here - Course Fee: $445
