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ROBERT ALMONTE, BA Robert Almonte retired in 2003 after nearly 25 years with the El Paso, Texas Police Department. He had spent the majority of his career in Narcotics Investigations as a detective, sergeant, and commander, until his promotion to Captain, in May of 2000, and then Deputy Chief in October of 2000. Robert oversaw the Narcotics unit and other detective units as Captain and Deputy Chief. As Commander of the Narcotics section, Robert implemented the Narcotics Hotel/Motel unit, which evolved into a HIDTA task force. In 1999, Robert also formulated and implemented the West Texas HIDTA Stash House Task force, which received the 2000 White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) award for “Outstanding HIDTA Interdiction Unit”. The Hotel/Motel task force and the Stash House Task force have been extremely successful, and have been emulated by other departments throughout the United States. Robert attended El Paso Community College and graduated Summa Cum Laude with a Bachelors Degree in Criminal Justice Administration from Park University. He is also a certified instructor through the Texas Commission of Law Enforcement Officers Standards and Education, and has traveled throughout the United States providing training for thousands of law enforcement Officers, through DEA Jetway schools, SKYNARC, and the Multi-Counter Drug Task Force Training (MCTFT), as well as other training organizations. Robert also conducts Narcotics Interdiction Training through his own business; Narcotics Training Specialist, and is also a consultant for General Dynamics. Robert is a 2-time past president of the Texas Narcotic Officers Association (1999-2000, 2001-2002) and will begin a third term as President in August, 2005. He has been on the Executive board of T.N.O.A. for the past 9 years. Robert served two years as the Southwest Regional Director for the National Narcotic Officers Associations Coalition (NNOAC), representing the states of Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, Utah, California and Hawaii. He is the current Vice-President for the NNOAC. Robert Almonte has received numerous awards for his efforts, including the 1999 White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) award for National “Outstanding HIDTA Task Force Commander”, as well as a Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition in 2003. To contact Robert Almonte about specialized training, visit his website:: www.narcoticstraining.com Publications Covert Operations Management Evolution of Narcotic Investigations