The training is an intensive two-week course providing new narcotics investigators with the necessary training to conduct thorough drug investigations and combat dangerous drugs in their Wisconsin communities.  It focuses on teaching investigatory best practices to promote officer safety and communication and increase the likelihood of prosecutions and convictions of drug traffickers. 

This two-week course is designed for those assigned to part-time or full-time narcotics investigation roles who have not attended as similar course.  The training is designed to provide the foundational topics to conduct investigations of drugs distribution and drug overdoses in the attendees’ communities. 

The DCI Drug Investigation School is a basic but comprehensive course on techniques and approaches to investigating and managing controlled substance investigations.  Course topics will include:  Drug Trends and Identification; Interviews; Informant Management; Tactical Considerations; Controlled Buys and Surveillance; Consent Searches; Body Wire Usage; Prescription Pill Diversion; App-based Communications; Marijuana Investigations; Clandestine Laboratories; Search Warrants and Court Orders; Overdose Death Investigations and more.  Students will also participate in two days of practical exercises in the areas of Undercover Operations, Consent Searches, Controlled Buys, and Interviews.

Enrollment requests for this course typically exceed the number of available seats.  Selection criteria will be based on the length of time an attendee has been in a full time narcotics investigation position for preferential selection. 

The course venue has been increased to allow for safe-distances and any state-wide requirements for masks will be followed. 

Student selected for the course will be required to provide proof of vaccination status or provide a negative COVID test within 72 hours of the start of class.