UNDERCOVER OPERATIONS & INFORMANT MANAGEMENT
Course Overview:
This advanced course provides a comprehensive examination of undercover operations, focusing on the skills and disciplines that enable sustained, safe, and effective field deployment.
Participants will explore real-world methods used by intelligence and law enforcement professionals to establish and maintain covert identities, manage sources, detect surveillance, and communicate securely under operational stress.
Through case studies, simulations, and scenario-based modules, the course integrates psychological, technical, and procedural aspects of undercover work to cultivate resilience, adaptability, and effectiveness.
Key Topics:
- Develop and maintain credible covert identities suitable for diverse operational contexts.
- Conduct and manage undercover interactions while preserving operational security.
- Apply advanced techniques in counter-surveillance and situational awareness to avoid detection.
- Utilize secure communication systems, including digital and non-digital channels, undercover conditions. Manage the psychological demands of long-term undercover work, including identity compartmentalization.
- Understand the fundamentals of covert carry, concealment methods, and tactical self-preservation.
Instructor:
Matthew Hedger is a subject matter expert in anti-money laundering, insider threat mitigation, and organized crime, with specialized expertise in the money laundering techniques of Mexican Drug Trafficking Organizations. A former U.S. intelligence officer with 17 years of service at the CIA and NSA, Matthew led sensitive operations across Asia, the Middle East, and Europe.
He operated for over a decade undercover inside transnational organized crime networks, directly enabling the dismantling of narcotics, weapons, and money laundering operations. Today, Matthew serves as a trusted keynote speaker and advisor to Fortune 500 companies, government agencies, and financial institutions on emerging threats, financial crime, and organizational risk.
Who is this for:Â
This course is designed for law enforcement officers assigned to plain clothes or under cover employees engaged in sensitive investigations requiring cover identity or covert collection techniques including, but not limited to:
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Undercover Officers (or aspiring UC officers)
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Plain Clothes Officers
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Supervisors of Specialized Units, Task Forces, or Investigative Teams
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Officers Responsible for Managing Informants (CI Handlers)
Scheduled Classes:
MONTH DAY, 2026 - CITY, STATE, COUNTRY
Hosted by: Agency Name
Spots Available OR FULL
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