James Henning is a Corporal with
the Caroline County Sheriff’s Department. He has extensive narcotics investigations
experience, including work with the Caroline County Drug Task Force. He is the
author of Practical Narcotics Investigations.
According to the book description,
Practical Narcotics Investigations
is “for the beginning uniform police officer to the experienced Detective. Geared to be a no nonsense how to guide that
is an excellent aid to police academy students beginning their career in law enforcement as well as individuals studying in
the Criminal Justice field. This book clearly explains how to complete drug investigations from receiving the informant tip
to completing the search warrant.
This book gives step-by step methods
commonly used to investigate drug related crimes, from targeting the dealers on the street corner to 'Trash Rip" operations
and much more. In addition, investigative tricks and techniques are explained that can build upon even the most experienced
Detectives knowledge and background. Not only does this book tell you how to complete various drug investigations but also
gives you the case law and legal reasoning behind it.
This is designed so that the officer
conducting the investigation has the case law to back up their investigation or actions. Some of the topics covered in this
book are: Probable Cause Call Outs, Informant Operations/Handling, Evidence Collection, Surveillance Methods, Asset Forfeiture
Methods/Investigation, Police Intelligence/Investigation, Writing Search Warrants, Trash Rip Operations and much more. Real
life examples of actual search warrants and forms used in drug investigations are included for your use. This book is an excellent
reference manual that can be used throughout an officer's career or college studies.”
One reader of Practical
Narcotics Investigations said, “I would first like to start out to say, that it’s about time a book
on conducting criminal investigations finally is easy to read. This book is awesome. I had no questions about how to do a
drug investigation or any type for that matter, after reading this. I have 3 years as a narcotics officer, and I thought I
new a lot on how to do drug investigations. When I got done reading through this...I have a whole new bag of tricks!!! Easy
read & must have to do drug work...and the case law is real world stuff that I have run across.”
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