Module: Drug production sites: Hazards and safety measures
Enrolment options
Estimated study time: xxx minutes
Target audience: This
module is primarily aimed at law enforcement officers and forensic experts who
are either involved in, or are in charge of, the investigation or dismantling
of illicit drug production sites, storage places, drug production-related
transportation and drug waste dump sites. It also targets to those officers and
experts who are about to take part in advanced dismantling trainings or who
have completed such trainings.
Learning outcomes
After successful completion of the module,
the user is able to:
- describe general preparations for law enforcement or forensic officers when approaching or investigating suspected drug production sites, storage places, drug production-related transportation or drug waste dump sites;
- explain the relevance of two EU regulations, [1] Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) and [2] Classification, Labelling and Packaging (CLP), to identifying hazards at illicit drug production, storage places, transportation and drug waste dump sites;
- list and understand specific hazards related to particular drug production sites for cocaine, cannabis, amphetamine, MDMA, methamphetamine, NPS (cathinones), heroin and cannabis resin (hashish), as well as tableting sites, drug waste dump sites and storage places;
- summarise how you can best protect yourself and the surroundings from these hazards;
- describe the procedures for using personal protective equipment (PPE) and respiratory protective equipment (RPE);
- list national bodies and organisations to cooperate with on the personal safety of officers and the protection of the general public in the immediate surroundings when investigating and dismantling illicit drug production sites, storage places, drug production-related transportation or drug waste dump sites.
| This module is not and must not be considered the only resource for professionalisation for officers who investigate or dismantle sites of illicit drug production. |
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It equips specialists
with the knowledge necessary to perform their tasks at drug production sites. It functions as an
introduction and reference material for advanced dismantling trainings on the
application of knowledge and execution dismantling of site through extensive
practical exercises. These trainings can be at either national or European
levels. CEPOL and Europol jointly organise two of these trainings every year:
1. Dismantling illicit drugs
laboratories: Advanced;
2. Dismantling illicit drugs
laboratories: Follow-up.
EMPACT Drugs trafficking training resource