Narcotics, Vice and Street Crimes Supervisors
Training Seminar

A five day (36 hours) training program designed for law enforcement officers who supervise, or plan to supervise, narcotics, vice or street crimes units. The course is designed to provide supervisors with techniques and methods they can use to make their units more efficient and safe.

The curriculum will be presented by instructors who have over a hundred years of experience in undercover narcotics, vice and street crimes investigations. They bring together a wealth of knowledge and have designed a training program which goes to the very heart of teaching supervisors how to better manage and utilize their personnel.

Topics To Be Presented

• Selecting and Managing Undercover Personnel
• Design and Operation of Storefront Stings
• Crisis Management       
• Post Incident Procedures
• Undercover Risk Analysis   
• Managing Covert Operations
• Supervising Reverses and Street Buys
• Operational Planning       
• Undercover Personnel Issues
• Electronic and Video Surveillance Equipment
• Ethics and Misconduct in Undercover Operations
• Money Laundering Investigations

Instructors

CHARLIE FULLER - Retired Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms Special Agent. Charlie has 27 years of law enforcement experience with expertise in undercover, electronic surveillance and training. He was a Program Manager at the ATF National Academy for six years. Charlie was responsible for the Undercover and Field Operations Training Programs. He currently presents undercover, electronic surveillance, physical surveillance and high risk entry tactics training programs nationwide. Charlie is also the author of The Art of Undercover: Techniques and Survival, the complete book on "how to" work undercover.

GAYLAND HAMMACK - Retired Sergeant with 27 years with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. Gayland has worked 17 years in the field of Special Operations and has supervised Technical Surveillance units. He has been a certified P.O.S.T. instructor since 1987 and was the training coordinator for the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. He has been a Master-Core instructor for the State of Nevada since 1992. He has supervised Task Forces involving D.E.A., F.B.I., B.A.T.F., I.N.S., I.R.S. and U.S. Customs. He has conducted investigations in a number of States, Southeast Asia and Eastern Europe. He is considered an expert in the field of Covert Operations, Electronic Surveillance and Money Laundering. Gayland has provided training to Law Enforcement Agencies throughout the United States, Romania, Slovakia and Hungary.

DAVE REDEMANN - Detective, Seattle Police Department.  Dave is assigned to a special undercover unit.  Dave has worked two long term deep cover undercover operations for federal agencies, one of which was 4 years in duration.  Dave has been involved in undercover operations most of his 22 years of law enforcement experience.  He designed and presents an 80 hour Basic and Advanced Undercover School for the State of Washington and Seattle Police Department, where he developed his reputation as a skilled instructor.

RON SHREVES - Lieutenant, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, Lancaster, CA. He has 28 years of law enforcement experience and is presently the Commander of the Sheriff’s Lancaster Station Detective Bureau. Ron is an accomplished supervisor of undercover operations and currently manages the Lancaster Station Covert Operations. Based on his past and present activities, Ron has become an expert in the creation, maintenance and termination of successful storefront sting operations.

DR. LAURA BRODIE - Laura A. Brodie, Phd., is a practicing Clinical and Forensic Psychologist in Tustin, CA. She has worked with the Los Angeles Police Department’s Employee Assistance Program, focusing on substance abuse issues in law enforcement as well as debriefing and preparing undercover officers for assignment. She is also a member of the CRT and SAT’s Hostage Negotiation Team. She currently evaluates Federal Candidates for law enforcement employment, consults with local police departments and treats law enforcement individuals in a variety of psychological issues.

Other Instructors to be Announced

Registration fee for the five day training program is $495.00 per person if paid in advance or prior to the conclusion of the program, via cash, check or Visa/MasterCard.  If the registration fee is paid after the conclusion of the training program the cost is $550.00.  Registration fee includes the cost of the instruction, handout materials, copy of The Art of Undercover: Techniques and Survival, and certificate of completion.  Group discounts are also available. Call for information. All checks or purchase orders must be made payable to International Association of Undercover Officers (IAUO). For further information, call Charlie Fuller at 800-876-5943, or Gayland Hammack at 702-379-5769 or e-mail Charlie@Undercover.org.  

Training Site

Training will be held in the Convention Area of the Orleans Hotel, 4500 W. Tropicana, Las Vegas, NV, 800-675-3267.  Registration for the training program will be held on Sunday, April 12 from 3:00 PM to 8:00 PM, and on Monday, April 13 from 7:30 AM to 9:00 AM in the Convention Area. At Registration, all participants will be given ID cards which will be required for entrance into the training program. Please try to register early. Classes will be held daily from 8:30 AM to 5:30 PM, and Friday from 9:00AM to12:00 PM.

Hotel Accommodations

The Orleans Hotel, 4500 W. Tropicana, Las Vegas, NV, has arranged for a special rate of $76.  To make your reservations, call 800-675-3267 no later than March 12, 2009.  Please mention Booking Code "COPS or 9COPC04" to obtain this group rate.

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