Midwest Counterdrug Training Center
Undercover Techniques and Survival is a course designed to educate and train the undercover officer in all major aspects of undercover operations. Proper preparation and officer safety are stressed, as are teamwork, use of informants and survival.
Undercover Techniques and Survival is a 5-day course. Instruction is broken down into the following blocks: Covert operations, informants, preparation of the undercover officer, undercover background and role, approaches to the violator, undercover survival techniques, force on force techniques, audio/video electronic surveillance equipment and techniques, planning undercover operations, special undercover techniques, under checklist, legal aspects and testifying in court, post incident procedures, and psychological effects of undercover operations.
Instructor Charlie Fuller is a retired ATF agent of 22 years who holds a Bachelor of Business Administration and a Master of Science in Criminal Justice Degrees. Currently Mr. Fuller is president of Covert Operations Program Specialists, Inc. and vice-president of Undercover Surveillance Associates, Inc. These companies provide consultation and conduct law enforcement training programs for the Department of Defense, Federal, State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies throughout the United States.