Course Description

This indoor, cannabis cultivation investigator's course, is designed to equip investigating officers and support personnel with the tools necessary to detect, prosecute and testify in these cases. Covered in this class will be cannabis horticulture, cloning and germinating plants, and cultivation equipment. How to locate and investigate indoor grows and the use of thermal imaging will be discussed in depth. Numerous case studies and investigations will be examined and critiqued.

Instructors

Les Kjemhus is an Inspector with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP). Les is the recognized expert in North America in the field of indoor, cannabis cultivation investigations. He has conducted hundreds of investigations of these cases in Canada. Les has taught this subject for The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), the U.S.Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP). Kjemhus helped develop the Drug Enforcement Administration's handbook, " Marijuana Cultivation Investigator's Handbook". Les has an extensive background in both narcotics enforcement and teaching.