Event Phone: 919-664-6045

Location: NCNG Joint Force Headquarters Auditorium: 1636 Gold Star Dr, Raleigh NC 27607

Time: Feb 23 – 24 2026 | 8am – 5pm

Fee:  There is no fee for this training

Meals:  Agency / Individual responsibility

Lodging: Agency / Individual responsibility

Designed For: Sworn Law Enforcement Officers

Prerequisites: Students must be sworn law enforcement officers or currently serving in a law enforcement capacity as a member of the United States Armed Forces. The priority of registration is given to NC state and local civilian law enforcement officers. All participants should be in good general health and physical condition and capable of performing minimal skills associated with exercises described in this course.

Course Description:

This class is for drug, criminal and fugitive investigators or analysts who want to use cutting edge techniques, technology and intelligence resources to advance their cases. While the course focuses on investigations with a drug nexus, nearly all techniques covered can be used (and should be used) in practically all types of cases.

Topics covered will include but not be limited to the following: Proactive investigation methods, telephone exploitation techniques (to include obtaining records, analysis, mapping, deconfliction, and utilizing pens/pings), utilizing social media and IP addresses, LPR’s, wiretaps, intelligence development & tracking, asset forfeiture/drug tax, & investigating targets when you do not have an informant. Case studies will be presented highlighting these techniques in practice.

Instructors:

Brian Fleming is in his 21st year with the State Bureau of Investigation where he was initially assigned to homicides and other violent crimes for the first portion of his career. He later began working wiretap investigations with the DEA Raleigh Task Force, while also focusing on other telephone-based cases. Fleming eventually became the state Wiretap Coordinator and is now a drug supervisor.

Brian Simmons, a DEA Task Force Officer, has 18 years of law enforcement experience. He served with the Wake County Sheriff’s Office CAAT (fugitive) unit for 3 years, where he gained technical experience exploiting telephones and IP addresses. Simmons eventually joined the DEA Task Force where he is currently assigned.

MANTA training is provided free of charge to Law Enforcement Officers through the NC National Guard Counterdrug Program.

For more information or to receive help in registering for a class, contact us at:
manta@nccounterdrug.com
984-664-6045/ 919-539-8255