For many emerging nations, the failure to combat illegal drugs can jeopardize economic development, governmental stability, criminal justice reform, and the protection of individual human rights. The nature, extent, and complexity of narcotics problems vary from country to country. Equally varied have been counter-narcotics efforts. Recognizing that the fight against narcotics is a complex, evolving and multi-faceted problem, TEG offers a unique and comprehensive problem-solving approach.
We help to improve a Ministry’s ability to bring the entire breadth of their resources to bear on the narcotics problem. While individual resources, such as K-9 drug detection dogs, specialized anti-drug street patrols, or undercover intelligence gathering units are critical as operational tools, command staff support is also needed to ensure that these units are not isolated operations within a dysfunctional agency. In this regard, TEG’s philosophy emphasizes top-down leadership development as essential to address issues, integrate anti-corruption efforts, and to institutionalize and manage change.
The companion component of TEG’s top-down approach is the incorporation of bottom-up capacity-building. This is accomplished through Academy development and the delivery of advanced and specialized training programs. By assisting academies with curriculum design, developing effective adult learning models, and instructor development, we enrich the training experience and encourage systemic counter-narcotics efforts through on-going officer outreach and institutionalized staff development.