Appendix 10 Appendix 10. The types of support provided to LEAs are diverse, focusing primarily on investigative and interdiction efforts. Investigative support is provided in several different categories. This support is cost-effective, and enhances ongoing counterdrug investigations. Whereas case support primarily focuses on case file documentation and management, Intelligence Analysts utilize advance analytical skills to provide law enforcement with tactical interdiction and investigative options.
Some LEAs also request assistance with technical support.
Additionally, guard members in Fort Huachuca test and evaluate new technologies for counterdrug applications. Once technologies have successfully passed all testing requirements, the National Guard trains law enforcement personnel on effective employment. Surface and air reconnaissance support draws on unique military-oriented skills and equipment which law enforcement agencies do not possess. Specially trained reconnaissance personnel, communications experts, and aviators monitor activities in remote drug corridors. Helicopters, fixed wing aircraft, thermal imaging equipment, night vision devices, and high-tech communications equipment are utilized to provide invaluable information and support to LEAs.