Practical Drug Enforcement Procedures & Administration

Introduction
PART I: TECHNICAL PROCEDURES FOR DRUG INVESTIGATIONS
Case Initiation
Selecting the Target
Receiving Information
Verifying Information
Case Preparation
Budgeting Resources
Other Information Sources
Undercover Operations
Preparing for Undercover Assignments
Working Undercover
Drug Buy Operations
Conspiracy Investigations
Forfeiture Sanctions
Search and Seizure, and the Collection of Evidence
The Search Warrant
The Mechanics of the Search Warrant
Searching Methods
Warrantless Searches
Strip or Body Cavity Search
Prosecution Strategies and Methods of Proof
Collection and Preservation of Drug Evidence
Drug Identification
Drug Definitions
Drug Categories
Drug Schedules
Drugs of Abuse
Pharmaceutical Drugs
Over-the-Counter Drugs
Designer Drugs
The Economics of Drug Dealing
Managing Informants
Types of Informants
Psychological Motivations of Informants
Informant Interviews
Contracting an Informant
Special Informant Problems
The Controlled Drug Purchase
Surveillance Techniques
Moving Surveillance
Stationary Surveillance
Electronic Surveillance
Special Enforcement Problems
Marijuana Cultivation
Smuggling Investigations
Smuggling and Prisons
Drug Detection Dogs
Pharmaceutical Diversion
Medical Practitioners as Suspects
The Professional Patient (The Scammer)
The Drug Audit
Clandestine Laboratories
Types of Labs
The Laboratory Raid
The Crack House Problem
Booby Traps
Drug Raid Procedures
PART II: THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE DRUG ENFORCEMENT UNIT
Theories of Management
Management Concepts
The Open Systems Theory of Management
The Behavioral Systems Theory
Bridging Theories
Performance Management
Agency Organization and Structure
Agency Organization
The RISS Projects
Records Management
The Intelligence Function
Intelligence Gathering
Charting
Fiscal Management
The Confidential Funds Account
Agent Identification Files
Dealing With Outside Agencies
Personnel Management
Personnel Selection
Personnel Administration
Personnel Risk Management
Stress Management
Officer Rotation
Training Requirements
Promotions
Disciplinary Procedures
Officer Drug Testing
Officer Evaluation
Drug Enforcement Field Training
The Program
Selection of a Field Training Officer
Role of the Field Training Officer
Proposed Program Structure
Appendix: A Chronology of Federal Drug Control Policy
Glossary
Index