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 biggest threats to public safety are the policies currently being implemented based on false information, says DA Brian Surber
COPS Office report summarizes creative ways LE agencies are deploying community policing principles
Improve accuracy, sample integrity and officer safety using advanced drug detection kits
Investigators said the woman was taking care of the child
Police say the man initially tried to brush away the white powder
It’s important for officers not to treat entering and processing indoor marijuana grows as a routine event
The suspect said he regrets his actions and blamed them on his addiction to drugs
The Charleston Police Department purchased their box with a grant
The money was awarded to four counties statewide through an inaugural program
The problem of addiction has not only failed to abate, it has become more widespread
Democratic candidates are more unified in their embrace of the Black Lives Matter movement
The cocaine was estimated to be worth $1.5 million
Troopers smelled marijuana, searched the car and found packages the driver said was homemade soap
Body cam footage capture the officer administering Narcan
Without new laws, Obama is limited in what he can to do to stop the cycle of incarceration
Gloucester police say dozens of departments in nine states have taken a page from their ANGEL program, which gives addicts a chance to get treatment rather than arrested
Drug and alcohol testing of the county volunteers will be conducted randomly
During the nine days of SXSW, the police department assembles several units to meet the public safety needs
The man was found unresponsive without a pulse in the backseat of a car
Within 24 hours of posting the call for tipsters, the department has received two reports
On Nov. 1, over 6K drug felons will be released in effort to reduce ‘harsh’ drug laws
One proposal would require police who find an opiate prescription at an overdose scene to enter it in the database
The passage connecting warehouses in San Diego and Tijuana, Mexico, was about 2,400 feet long and 30 feet deep
Officer Randolph Holder’s slaying has raised questions about the risks and potential shortcomings of drug courts
Officials say use of K2 has spiked in New York in recent months
Obama planned to announce new steps to improve doctor training and easy access to drug treatment
Fugitive drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman was flown to a mountainous region of his home state of Sinaloa following his daring July 11 escape from prison through a mile-long tunnel
The DEA and other state and federal agents arrested 151 people in 16 states since July 2014
The officer was attempting to prevent the man from choking on the 39 bags of crack cocaine he swallowed
Authorities seized over 700 plants at an illegal growing operation
What the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has called a national issue is hitting hard in Ohio suburbs