CPT Credit: 14 Hours

Description: The student learns about planning and conducting narcotics investigations. The course includes six comprehensive scenarios, which build on one another. Placed in the midst of these scenarios, the student has to make decisions that determine the success or failure of the narcotics investigations.

Note: This course is for the use of sworn law enforcement personnel, and the course materials are not to be copied or used outside the agency. If an officer takes the course individually, it is strongly recommended that an experienced narcotics officer (one who is a graduate of a POST-certified 80-hour narcotics investigations course) be available to answer questions. (This person does not have to be present, though, while a student is actually studying.) When the course is used in a classroom setting, it is also strongly recommended that the instructor be an experienced narcotics officer.

An agency's policy for handling certain situations may be different from what is presented in the course. Students taking the course should be thoroughly familiar with their local policy

Organization
Introduction: Provides a memo welcoming the student to River City and a short video.

Lessons Overview: Highlights the key points of each lesson.

Comprehensive Scenarios: Six in-depth scenarios in Operation Lightning Bolt build on one
another and put students in the middle of conducting narcotics investigations.

Gotcha Yvonne – a multi-sale, street-level reverse sting.

Party Time – a buy-walk operation using an informant.

The Sample - a quantity buy-bust or buy-walk, money-flash operation.

A Twisted Trail - follow-up surveillance after the above operation and getting information in preparation for the following quantity buy.

No Problem - a quantity buy-bust operation.

Rock and Roll - a quantity buy-bust operation including serving warrants to search
additional suspects' residences and a meth. lab.

Tutorial: Covers the design of the course and explains how to use the navigational features. This tutorial is somewhat different from the tutorial in the other drug courses.

Scoring
Final Quiz: The passing score for the final quiz is 80%. In order to pass the course, the student must complete the six scenarios (Parts 1 through 6) and pass the final quiz, which can be taken more than once.

Features
Reference Manual: The course has a reference manual on the CD-ROM. The manual, which is in Adobe Acrobat® format, can be accessed from anywhere in the course and can be printed.

Glossary: The glossary, which is the same for all four of the drug courses, contains relevant terms and definitions. It also can be accessed from anywhere in the course.