Procedure For Undertaking Police Drug Investigation Portland

By Daphne Bowen


For ages, the drug menace has been a nightmare to many people. A lot of great brains have been destroyed due to substance abuse. Worst of it is that it known no age. Both the old and young in the society have fallen victims of this menace. The authorities have put in a lot of efforts in ensuring that it has been brought to an end. The following is a breakdown of how police drug investigation Portland is carried out.

At the first, the officers receive complaints from concerned citizens within their area of jurisdiction. At times, they also witness the existence of this trade and usage on their own. This provides a base of the entire investigation that they will be forced to undertake. They have to ensure that the sources information is concrete and makes sense to avoid cases where their involvement ends up yielding nothing.

Once the complaints have been received, the authorities have a green light to get involved. A task force is formed that will be in charge of the entire operation. Among the task that it undertakes at this stage is collecting all the information from the source. This will include the location where the drug are been sold or sourced from, the suppliers and the people involved from the sellers to the users.

In most cases, the plans will involve them going undercover. This way, they are in a position of mingling with those involved with the said substances without raising any suspicion. Contact with the source is still maintained even at this stage to notify them in case of any changes that may take place. This activity is given a considerable amount of time to ensure that all facts are obtained to form a solid case to be looked into.

Evidence is also collected during this period. The fact that the authorities pose to be ordinary civilians in the affected region provides them with a cover that they use to pick evidence available. This include taking pictures of those involved, marking the exact areas which are affected among others. Those who are good in the field make it into the chain and pose to be users or clients.

The collected evidence is then presented and combined together. This helps in coming up with a chain of the entire activities as they take place in the ground. This includes when and where the narcotics are availed, the modes and how they are used and by who. It also helps in identifying areas that should be given priority when it comes to intercepting the entire chain.

The police will use their findings to attack their target on the ground. This is for them to get firsthand information concerning the substance. Those interrogated will be either the suppliers, sellers or users. All the findings are then combined to aid in coming up with a long lasting solution.

When all goes as planned, the task force have the mandate of destroying any facilities that could be used in availing the drugs as well as arresting all the culprits. The arrested are later interrogated with an aim of bringing in any others that could have escaped nabbing. Legal procedures then follows and those found guilty jailed.




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