Drug Interdiction / Narcotics
The Drug Interdiction / Narcotics topic covers all aspects of drug enforcement, from highway or border interdiction to undercover infiltration into gangs or drug cartels. From marijuana and cocaine to prescription pills and heroin, this topic covers it all.
The Lowell Police Department vehicle will be operated by an SRO to educate students and the community about the dangers of counterfeit pills resembling real prescriptions
At IACP 2024, experts detailed lessons learned from nearly 17,000 law enforcement Narcan administrations in New York State
Green labs training involves a hands-on, immersive experience where officers interact directly with real cannabis users in controlled environments
Vine Grove Police Chief Kenneth Mattingly got the idea for the vending machine after a call officers responded to earlier this year
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“Let’s be clear: Selling drugs is not legal. Using drugs out in the open is completely unacceptable,” Mayor London Breed said
Mayor Michael Hancock allotted $611 million to the Denver Department of Public Safety in his proposed 2023 budget – 36% of the city’s $1.66 billion budget
“Using happy colors to make a deadly drug seem fun and harmless is a new low, even for the Mexican cartels.”
A court rules that an officer was justified in handcuffing a subject during a detector dog sniff
Corrections officers, our protectors, need your interest, research and compassion just as much as the infamous predators and anonymous inmates they protect us from
A Los Angeles Times investigation finds Proposition 64 triggered a surge in illegal cannabis on a scale California has never before witnessed
“We need Narcan on the streets and in the jail so, obviously, it’s a concern to us when that supply may be cut off.”
Former Hoover gang members, one of Portland’s most violent gangs, have taken to the witness stand for the government
Since the DA’s office filed a murder charge for a fentanyl-related death in Feb. 2021, prosecutors have pursued cases against 19 defendants suspected in 20 deaths
The trooper was shot in the face and chest when he and members of his narcotics unit were conducting undercover surveillance
Sheriff: “We are in a war we’re not winning. Americans have to stand up and say these social media companies are complicit in these deaths”
Drug dealers and users are using cookie emojis to order large batches of drugs or a tree leaf emoji to inquire if someone is selling marijuana
District officials also announced plans to create a safety task force, led by the LAPD, to use data to map out where and how frequently overdose incidents are occurring
The trooper was shot as he and other members of a narcotics unit were conducting surveillance in Detroit
It is proper for an officer to conduct a cursory inspection of adjoining spaces without probable cause or reasonable suspicion
“These traffickers and dealers eyeing New York City for rainbow fentanyl drops are showing all of us their true colors: to target kids.”
Naloxone will be provided by the county’s Department of Public Health at no cost to the district
A deputy found 219 grams of fentanyl and 533 grams of marijuana inside a backpack in the suspect’s vehicle
Recruits must still pass a drug test if selected for the academy and abstain from drug use while employed
“Tell your children: You can’t tell if drugs contain fentanyl by look, taste, smell or touch.”
The peer recovery specialists are embedded with police and EMS so they can offer guidance and resources to individuals immediately after an overdose
“We knew that just arresting wasn’t going to get this problem solved,” said officer Mike Thiele
Assessing the totality of the circumstances, a court holds the plain view exception applied and the officers’ search of a vehicle was lawful
During the stop, officers found fentanyl and methamphetamine before being led to the suspect’s home and discovering a massive amount of drugs and cash
Gig Harbor PD shared a photo of two suspects who appeared to be passed out in a car after smoking fentanyl to illustrate ongoing enforcement challenges
The investigation began after two dozen Hydrocodone pills went missing from the Hartford Police Department drug collection box
The suspect, who was high on meth, later confessed to trying to intentionally hit as many officers as he could
Instead of walking on a yellow line on the ground, the woman starts dancing around
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