Regional Counterdrug Training Academy RCTA

🚨 LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING OPPORTUNITY | ASHEVILLE, NC 🚨

Criminal activity isn’t limited to the streets. It’s happening online, and investigators need to know where and how to look.

The Regional Counterdrug Training Academy (RCTA) is bringing Social Media for Drug Enforcement to Asheville, North Carolina!

📅 25–26 August 2026
📍 Asheville Buncombe Technical Woodfin Campus | Asheville, NC
💰 NO-COST TRAINING
⚠️ SEATS ARE LIMITED

This course is designed to help law enforcement officers develop the skills needed to investigate illegal activity conducted on the internet through social media platforms and better understand how social media can support drug enforcement investigations.

Meals and lodging are not provided.

Don’t miss an opportunity to strengthen your investigative skills and stay prepared for the way today’s criminals communicate and operate.

🚔 Limited seats are available, register today!
🔗 WWW.RCTA.ORG

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🤝 PARTNERSHIP. PREVENTION. COMMUNITY IMPACT.

The Regional Counterdrug Training Academy RCTA Drug Demand Reduction and Outreach(DDRO) Team proudly hosted its first SPF Application for Prevention Success Training (SAPST) in partnership with the Southeast Prevention Technology Transfer Center Network (PTTC), Region 4.

We were honored to welcome members from three Drug-Free Community Coalitions:

🔹 Prentiss County Drug-Free Community Coalition
🔹 The Montgomery Institute TMI/CHIN Drug-Free Coalition
🔹 North Mississippi Youth Coalition

SAPST introduces prevention professionals to the fundamentals of substance misuse prevention and prepares participants to reduce the likelihood of substance misuse while promoting well-being among individuals, families, workplaces, schools, and communities.

Through this partnership, RCTA provided this valuable training at no cost to our Drug-Free Community Coalitions.

But for us, this is about more than providing a course.

We want our coalitions to know that we are invested in their success because their success strengthens the communities they serve.

By connecting our partners with quality training, resources, and prevention expertise, we are helping build stronger coalitions better equipped to address the unique challenges in their communities.

We are grateful to the Southeast PTTC for partnering with us and to each coalition that joined us for this milestone training.

This is only the beginning. We look forward to expanding these partnerships and providing more training opportunities that strengthen prevention efforts across our communities.

Because prevention works best when we work together. 💙

Visit our site for future training opportunities.
🔗 WWW.RCTA.ORG

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💜 August is Overdose Awareness Month

Prevention is more than a message. It is education, connection, partnership, and action before a tragedy occurs.

At the Regional Counterdrug Training Academy RCTA, our Drug Demand Reduction & Outreach (DDRO) Program works alongside Community-Based Organizations to strengthen prevention efforts where they matter most: in our communities.

By partnering with coalitions and organizations already doing the work, we help provide prevention education, strengthen community capacity, build connections, and support strategies designed to reduce substance misuse and save lives.

We cannot do prevention alone. It takes law enforcement, prevention professionals, schools, families, community leaders, and local organizations working toward the same goal.

💜 One mission. One community. Stronger prevention.

This Overdose Awareness Month, we recognize those we have lost, support the families and communities impacted, and continue working together to prevent the next tragedy.

Prevention works. Partnerships matter. Communities save lives.

📍 RCTA ON THE ROAD | NEW ORLEANS, LA

Members of the Regional Counterdrug Training Academy RCTA are in New Orleans this week supporting the Louisiana Narcotics Officers Association (LNOA).

Our presence at conferences like LNOA is about more than attending; it’s about building relationships, strengthening partnerships, exchanging knowledge, and staying connected to the professionals we serve.

These connections help us better understand the challenges facing today’s law enforcement community and ensure RCTA continues to provide relevant, high-quality training that supports the mission.

🤝 Stronger partnerships. Better training. Safer communities.

📍 New Orleans, Louisiana

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🚨 THIS WEEK AT RCTA 🚨

8 TRAININGS | 3 STATES | 1 MISSION

RCTA is on the move! This week, we’re delivering and supporting 8 trainings across 3 states, providing relevant, mission-focused training and resources to the law enforcement and prevention professionals we serve.

📍 Meridian, MS — Tactical Emergency Casualty Care
📍 Meridian, MS — Advanced Interview and Interrogation
📍 San Antonio, TX — Social Media for Drug Enforcement
📍 Camp Shelby, MS — SPF Application for Prevention Success Training
📍 Corpus Christi, TX — Officer Survival Tactics Enforcement
📍 San Antonio, TX — Fentanyl Opioid Overdose Death Murder Investigations
📍 Corpus Christi, TX — Peer Support
📍 New Orleans, LA — Louisiana Narcotics Officers Association Conference

🔥 8 Trainings. 3 States. One Mission.

From Mississippi to Texas to Louisiana, the Regional Counterdrug Training Academy RCTA continues to build partnerships, strengthen capabilities, and bring quality training where it’s needed.

🎯 Where will RCTA be next?

Visit our website to explore upcoming courses and register for your next training!

🔗 WWW.RCTA.ORG

🚨 Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs Are Evolving. Is Your Agency Ready?

Criminal Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs continue to expand, adapt, and impact communities across the country. Understanding their culture, operations, and criminal connections is critical for today's law enforcement professionals.

Join the Regional Counterdrug Training Academy for:

🏍️ Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs & The Criminal Connection
📅 31 August – 1 September 2026
📍 219 Fuller Rd, NAS Meridian, MS 39309

✅ NO COST TRAINING
🍽️ Meals Provided
🏨 Lodging Provided
🎟️ Limited Seats Available

This intensive two-day course prepares attendees to navigate the modern OMG criminal subculture through practical, intelligence-driven instruction covering:

• History of Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs
• Current trends and criminal patterns
• Expansion and organizational structure
• Criminal contacts and associations
• Effective intelligence and report writing

Whether you're a patrol officer, investigator, narcotics officer, analyst, probation/parole officer, or other criminal justice professional, this course provides knowledge you can immediately apply in the field.

⚠️ Seats are limited and are filled on a first-come, first-served basis.

👉 Register today and strengthen your ability to identify, investigate, and disrupt outlaw motorcycle gang criminal activity.

🔗 WWW.RCTA.ORG