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Bridgeburner
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Drug Interdiction Training
#8019827 - 02/13/08 09:37 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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http://www.wtvynews4.com/news/headlines/15615662.html
Law enforcement from Barbour County and surrounding areas received some specialized training Wednesday in an effort to help stop drug trafficking.
Drug trafficking in the United States is a $455 billion dollar a year industry.
Officials say Atlanta is a major hub for trafficking.
The Drug Interdiction Program offers training to help law enforcement keep up with the ever changing ways in which traffickers transport and hide drugs.
Barbour County Chief Sherriff’s Deputy Eddie Ingram said, “We've noticed an increase in crime over the last six months. They know the techniques we've used to catch them on the streets. Four out of five crimes involve mobility so it's a lot easier to catch them on the highways than it is in the communities. But they are changing every day what they do.”
Officials say Atlanta is a major hub for trafficking. Narcotics such as marijuana, crack cocaine, methamphetamines and other drugs are transported from there across our highways in the southeastern states.
Classroom training helps officials indentify traffickers who do their best to blend in with the public. It also helps them identify the very creative ways criminals hide drugs and other contraband.
All the training law enforcement gets in the classroom they then take with them to the streets.
Hands on training helps officials find all the ever changing hiding places for drugs. Officials say the training makes them more effective.
“The very first stop I made, I intercepted 23 kilos of cocaine, which has a street value of $2 million dollars worth of dope,” said John Greene, with the Abbeville Police Department.
It’s all a part of a massive effort to help get drugs off the streets and out of our communities.
Law enforcement is working on getting more officers trained. Currently, only five percent of officers in the county get this training.
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Konryou
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Re: Drug Interdiction Training [Re: Bridgeburner]
#8020188 - 02/13/08 10:42 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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Maybe they should teach them what a 'narcotic' is.
Last time I checked, marijuana and methamphetamine strayed quite far from that category.
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HighHat
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Re: Drug Interdiction Training [Re: Konryou]
#8022277 - 02/14/08 12:35 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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I would like to see a post detailing what they are teaching in that class.
They want to see changing tactics, I wonder what they would do if they pulled over an RC van loaded with dope.
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bongoboy2000
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Re: Drug Interdiction Training [Re: Bridgeburner]
#8023472 - 02/14/08 05:36 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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b0red5tiff said: http://www.wtvynews4.com/news/headlines/15615662.html
Drug trafficking in the United States is a $455 billion dollar a year industry.
Ho.Ly. Shit. I'd love to see a source for this fact. Not that I don't believe it, it's just a pretty incredible figure. $455 billion, all of it untaxed and going to criminals. brilliant. Tack on 30 billion for the drug war....and welcome to america. Is that just for the U.S.?? It's got to be world-wide..
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Re: Drug Interdiction Training [Re: bongoboy2000]
#8024272 - 02/14/08 08:02 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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Quote:
b0red5tiff said:
$455 billion, all of it untaxed and going to criminals. brilliant. Tack on 30 billion for the drug war....and welcome to america.
Well said!
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