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.
Solving the drug crisis may take unlikely allies working together
Panelists will review the training required for officers to manage custody transitions, as well as highlight strategies to improve safety during this process
Two of the doctors, Dante Cubangbang, 50, and John Gargan, 62, along with three employees, allegedly sold more than 6 million pills out of their Queens pain relief office
Cops are following instructions to report the number of people stopped with marijuana, but face criticism
Officers in Ottawa will be allowed to use marijuana off duty starting Oct. 17, but there are restrictions
Some departments are purchasing drug scanners to help officers safely identify substances
“This will make it easier and more lucrative to rob a delivery person than a liquor store,” said the president of the California Police Chiefs Association
The sergeant was fired after being accused of failing to treat a clearly distressed inmate who later died of a cocaine overdose
After being pulled over for failure to signal, the deputy approached and “immediately smelled an odor of marijuana”
Jim and Doug discuss the difficulty with detecting and enforcing impaired driving as a result of marijuana intoxication
A Macon County Sheriff’s Office K-9 named Leeroy Jenkins conducted a free-air sniff and alerted his human partner
Officers seized about 250 pounds of heroin, pills and other drugs with a $2 million street value
The task force has seized 25 kilos of heroin, 50 kilos of cocaine and 35 kilos of fentanyl
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Brian Lane Clemann. 47, and Richard Peter Barry, 48, were arrested for illegal possession of concealed firearms and possession of more than $100,000 derived from the unlawful sale of a controlled substance.
When asked why he hadn’t called police, the man said “he didn’t know if the Sheriff’s Office was going to come or not”
Jim and Doug discuss the failed strategies that have led to widespread chronic homelessness, and offer some new ideas to fix the problem
Thanks to the rugged design and portability of handheld Raman devices, police officers and public safety personnel are able to detect suspected substances in the field
Officers discovered more than 46 grams of heroin, 30 grams of fentanyl and 4 grams of cocaine
Officers found drug paraphernalia and 12 ounces of marijuana wrapped in packages
Officer: “[The birth mother] said, ‘I want what’s best for her’” before asking cop to adopt her daughter
Officers encountered “powder-like substance” poured onto a table during a call
Scott Michael Allen, 29, pleaded guilty Monday to counts of armed robbery, resisting arrest
Cops charged three men with manufacture of a controlled substance
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The opioid crisis and the rise in novel psychoactive substances (NPSs) hitting the street was the impetus for developing this particular landscape study
Proposal would cut manufacturing quotas for the six most frequently misused opioids including fentanyl, oxycodone
Police insist they are not targeting Burning Man travelers and said the stops are part of an effort to crack down on a nationwide opioid epidemic on tribal lands
Officers came into contact with what authorities believe was fentanyl when suspects tried to dispose of the substance by tossing it out of a window
Authorities described a chaotic scene where people were dropping to the ground unconscious, others vomiting and some becoming lethargic
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