Key Associates

We can analyze current policies, procedures, and training in an agency's or corporation's narcotics enforcement efforts. These areas of expertise include, but are not limited to: managing/supervising a narcotics unit; handling undercover operatives and informants; controlled buys; canine narcotics detection; writing legally sufficient search and seizure warrants; evidence and money inventory control; and arrest procedures.

Experts Available to Consult in Matters Related to Narcotics Enforcement

Charles L. Bryant

Mr. Bryant has twenty-five years experience in the Memphis Police Department, rising to the rank of Major. During his career he served as the supervisor of the department's Organized Crime Unit, which included the Airport Interdiction Unit, Narcotic Dog Unit, Prescription/Fraud Detail, and Intelligence Unit. In this position he acted as the liaison officer who coordinated drug interdiction and arrest efforts with the federal, state, and other local jurisdictions. He also served as the Lieutenant in charge of Vice and Narcotics. He was involved in and supervised covert investigations into illegal narcotics trafficking. During one operation, he supervised and was directly involved in the arrest of Columbian nationals and the recovery of sixty kilograms of cocaine. The operation involved the DEA, the New York District Attorney's office, and the U.S. Air Force.

Charles L. Coleman

Officer Coleman is currently the canine officer for the Millington, Tennessee Police Department. He has nine years of canine handling experience, which has included over one hundred arrests for narcotic related incidents and over fifty arrests for robberies, burglaries, etc. with his dog. He has attended in excess of one thousand hours in canine handling training. Officer Coleman is currently certified by the National Narcotic Dog Detector Association and the Mid-South Police K-9 Association in basic patrol work, narcotics detection, and tracking. He and his dog placed second in the national competition for the year 2000 National Narcotic Dog Detector Association and took the Top Gun Award. He is vice-president for the state of Tennessee of the Mid-South Police K-9 Association.

Timothy J. Longo

Mr. Longo is an attorney who rose to the rank of Colonel in the Baltimore Police Department. He is currently a consultant and an adjunct professor in the Department of Sociology at Towson University, Towson, Maryland. He served in various assignments in the Baltimore Police Department, including the Internal Investigation Division and the Education and Training Division. While in the Internal Investigation Division, he supervised and reviewed the investigations of police misconduct, including the involvement of police officers in trafficking in and/or using illegal narcotics. During his tenure at the Education and Training Division, he taught recruits, in-service personnel, and supervisors the law specific to arrests, search incident to arrest, and the writing of search and seizure warrants.