Leadership in Specialized Units

Course Description - This 36-hour course provides training on various techniques and tools which may be utilized in the management and supervision of specialized units.

Who Should Attend - Unit managers and supervisors responsible for specialized units including, but not limited to, those in intelligence, vice, and narcotics.

Course Objectives - Upon completion of this course, the student will have the ability to develop and enhance the management and supervisory components of a specialized unit and will have been exposed to personnel management techniques useful in these units.

Course Outline

  • Personnel Issues
  • Supervisory Issues
  • Measures of Effectiveness
  • Emotional Survival
  • Media Considerations
  • Ethical Challenges in Specialized Units
  • Covert Operation Problems
  • Criminal Forfeiture Statutes
  • Criminal Intelligence Issues
  • Prosecutorial Overview
  • Vice Issues/Civil Abatements
  • Informant Management Issues

Additional Information - For further information contact the ATC at (916) 464-1200, and ask for the Program Training Officer or Secretary for this course.