NCJ Number
123726
Date Published
1990
Length
64 pages
Annotation
This monograph focuses on the retail market of drugs on the street without concerning itself with the wholesale drug distribution network.
Abstract
Street narcotics enforcement tactics consist of directed patrol, executing outstanding warrants, arrests of dealers and other users for other offenses, traffic enforcement, roadblocks or checkpoints, simple surveillance and arrest, informant buys, undercover police buys, buy/busts, reverse stings, and crack house raids. These tactics are discussed individually in conjunction with the background for choosing and carrying out particular tactics. Factors influencing street level drug trade are examined and the application of tactics to specific cities is discussed. The physical setting and management of a narcotics strategy is described; community involvement is encouraged. Finally, principles of program evaluation are outlined. Illustrations of narcotics strategies as applied in Miami, Rochester, Dallas, Washington, D.C., and Birmingham are provided.