MONTANA NARCOTICS OFFICERS ASSOCIATION

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Last Updated
March 16, 2008

 

The 2008 annual conference was held from March 10th through the 14th in Bozeman. We had over 140 attendees on the 13th to hear Lieutenant Colonel Dave Grossman speak.

 

During the banquet we named Montana Highway Patrol Trooper Glenn Quinnell as the MNOA 2007 Narcotics Officer of the Year. Trooper Quinnell is pictured with his award.

 

The Montana Narcotics Officer Association (MNOA) is sponsoring an Interview and Interrogation Class in Great Falls, Tuesday March 18 through Thursday, March 20th. The course will be taught by Rocky Mountain High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (RMHIDTA) Instructors. At the conclusion of training, participants will have the knowledge required to utilize the "VIEW" Method. This method includes the following components: obtaining information and detecting deception by means of verbal communication, changing the process of obtaining information from an art to a science, identifying "non-verbal communication" as only one available resource, and learning to analyze words systematically.

The training will be held at the Cascade County Sheriff’s /Montana Highway Patrol Office located at 3800 Ulm North Frontage Road, Great Falls, Montana. If you have any questions please contact Montana Highway Patrol Captain Kenton Hickethier at (406) 453-1121. To register for the class please contact Janelle Crain of RMHIDTA at (303) 671-2180 ext 224, or fill out an application.

The Montana Division of Criminal Investigation along with the Rosebud County Sheriff's Office and the Prairie County Sheriff's office will be offering two separate training classes. This classes are designed to introduce officers to the some tools to make them more aware and more confident in pursuing dangerous drug violations.

The training is titled Introduction to Drug Investigations and eight hours of POST credit will be awarded for this training.

Topics that will be covered during this training will be: Building Confidence in Drug Investigations, Drug Trends, Informant Development and Management, Intelligence Sharing, Evidence Handling procedures and Search Warrants.

The class will be held in Forsyth, Montana on March 18, 2008, from 0800 to 1700 hours.

The class will be held in Terry, Montana on March 21, 2008, from 0800 to 1700 hours.

There is no tuition for this training. Please register for either class by contacting Montana Division of Criminal Investigation Regional Agent-In-Charge Jeff Faycosh or Patty LeCraft at (406) 874-3362.

MNOA and the Midwest Counterdrug Training Center will host a twenty-four hour Basic Spanish for Law Enforcement training from May 7th to 9th in Glendive, Montana. There is no registration fee for this class. To register for this class please go to http://www.counterdrugtraining.com. If you have questions please contact Montana Division of Criminal Investigation Regional Agent-In-Charge Jeff Faycosh or Patty LeCraft at (406) 874-3362.

We will post more information and registration links in the next week.

The National Narcotic Officers' Associations' Coalition (NNOAC) is currently comprised of 40 individual state narcotic associations, the six RISS projects and the Territory of Puerto Rico representing more than 55,000 law enforcement officers from across the nation. It serves as an umbrella organization, coordinating the efforts of these associations in our nation’s capital. Each member association appoints a delegate to represent them at the NNOAC Board meetings. With, “one association, one vote”, every association receives equal representation regardless of the size of their association. The NNOAC is managed by an Executive Board, which consists of a President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer and Executive Director. Those positions are elected from within the ranks of the appointed delegates. The President appoints committees such as membership, drug policy and web-site, as well as regional directors to represent each region of the country.

The NNOAC represents its member associations by monitoring all relevant Federal legislation and policy. The Coalition focuses on domestic and international drug-related crime issues by developing and maintaining relationships with the Office of National Drug Control Policy, the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Regional Information Sharing System (RISS) and the National Guard Counter Drug Program and all other relevant agencies and programs.

The NNOAC allows state and local narcotic officers’ associations to work through their congressional delegations allowing for the unified voice in the nation’s capital. The Coalition actively researches, monitors, and supports legislature initiatives designed to increase the effectiveness of narcotic enforcement and law enforcement in general.

NNOAC Magazine has published it's first issue.

Montana DCI Regional Agent in Charge Jeff Faycosh (Miles City) is the MNOA delegate to the NNOAC. Jeff was in Washington, DC during the last week of February meeting with the Montana congressional delegation and other leaders of Congress. The foremost topic of conversation was to restore funding to the Byrne/JAG budget. Without this funding seven drug task forces in Montana and hundreds of task forces nationwide may cease to exist. Contact Jeff if you would like to have input or help. He can be reached at (406) 874-3363.

MNOA began fund raising during the summer of 2007. We are contracting with Community Safety, LLC for telephone fund raising. If you have any questions or concerns please contact Craig Campbell at (406) 459-2756.

The newest MNOA newsletter is here.