LCS Consultancy
Supporting the Police with Drug & Alcohol Support
Policy Advice and Training
LCS has been delivering expert policy advice, operational support and training on substance misuse to Police forces across the country for over 15 years.
Operational Support
LSC experience of service provision, extensive knowledge of cultures, location, method & drug of choice and an ability to engage hard to reach social groups enables LCS to offer an invaluable arsenal of support to the enforcement community, including;
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Intelligence research and crime mapping.
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Intelligence briefings.
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Pre-operation planning.
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Operational support.
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Ongoing support and counsel to specialist units.
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Briefing to tactical teams.
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Co-ordination of the post operation community response.
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Arrest referral.
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Training
LCS can also offer training at all levels from PCSO to Chief Constable including awareness training, operative’s covert training, management and operative training, and practical live drug exercises.
DRUG AWARENESS training includes
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Origins of supply market: Target customer, location, routes in for product, route out for profits, local ability to gain revenue.
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Product knowledge: Identification, effects, side effects, paraphernalia, long term short term risks.
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Generic user profile: Daily movements and motivations of user group.
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Dealer markets: Open, semi-open and closed markets.
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Detection: Intelligence gathering, using the skills of existing departments and support agencies to map hotspots or target new markets.
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Treatment agencies: Support services used in partnership to maintain local mapping and to illicit social change within market.
Consultant commissions have included: Kent Police. Essex Police. Suffolk Police. Cambridgeshire Police Bedfordshire Police, Hampshire Police, Wiltshire Police, Surrey Police, Sussex Police, Devon & Cornwall Police, Met. Police, City/London Police, SOCA, Ipswich Borough Council Intelligence Project, Home office & MOD.
"On a points rating of 5 maximum for relevance and delivery you scored 4.71 & 4.93 respectively. The senior Officers found it beneficial and enjoyable." David Ng.Directing Staff National Operations Faculty, Bramshill.