CJ 273 Drugs and Pacific Northwest Street Gangs

Lecture Hours: 3
Credits: 3

Provides specialized law-enforcement related training and information on commonly used controlled substances found, distributed, and destined for locations in the Pacific Northwest. Includes Schedule I-IV characteristics, drug appearances, associated paraphernalia, “club drugs,” and anabolic steroids. Covers surveillance tactics, use of informants. Includes similar intelligence gathered on Northwest street gangs, growth, recruitment, and geographical movement, related criminal activities, infiltration, involved schools, tagging, associates, tattoo identification, and importance of documentation by both patrol and detectives. Covers networking with local parole and probation, Oregon Department of Justice, county jails, Department of Corrections (DOC), other Northwest organizations, and professional contacts.

Corequisite: CJ 103 with criminal history clearance; or current professional in the field; or consent of instructor.