Idaho’s ‘Top Gun’ training takes on ‘billion-dollar business’ [Video]

BOISE, Idaho — This story originally appeared in the Idaho Press.

This year marks the third iteration of the “Top Gun” Narcotics Investigation Course, a week-long training that replaces a prior narcotics program that had been held for about two decades prior.

Through emphasizing proactivity in law enforcement and providing legal knowledge, the course looks to give investigators the training needed to curb drug use that has grown increasingly deadly in Idaho.

The training, hosted by the National Guard and Idaho State Police at Gowen Field, provides lectures and scenario-based instructions for attendees, according to a press release on the course.

“As the times have changed, drug crimes have also changed and evolved, and we saw a real reason for us to get together and collaborate with our partners from across the United States,” Jess Stennett, Idaho State Police …