ADVANCED (LEVEL 3) UNDERCOVER TECHNIQUES AND SURVIVAl
FORT WORTH, TEXAS
AUGUST 2025
Great. I think every UC should take this class before doing any actual UC. I feel more comfortable being able to talk my way through situations.
Excellent. Im now more comfortable with being used as a “UC”and know things to look for prior to the operation.
It has taught me ways to deal with different types of undercover work and provided knowledge on how to deal with different situations.
This is by far the best training I’ve been to over the course of 25 years. Even when you think you know what is going to happen you are tested and learn even more. Highly recommended training.
Class is great. Pushed my comfort level and made me learn. I would recommend this type of training to undercover’s if not, at least a basic survival course.
Excellent. Should be required for all UC units.
Awesome. This has taught me how to think differently and opened my eyes to what can actually happen in real life.
Better than anticipated. The scenarios are great!
I appreciate the instructors and role players, they made it as realistic as possible. Very good class.
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ADVANCED (LEVEL 3) UNDERCOVER TECHNIQUES AND SURVIVAl
VALPARAISO, INDIANA
AUGUST 2025
Great. Love that you pull from real life scenarios. Absolutely gonna pass this along to everyone I can. Thank you all so much for making this experience as realistic as possible.
Essential for the development of an undercover detective. I eel it is a must for this job! Not only does it help speaking and practicing scenarios, but it teaches how to be safe when doing the job, so the hard mistakes and those lessons are not repeated. You and your wives passion along with the entire team are only matched by your knowledge and experience.
Very educational. Real life scenarios with real life experience. It will increase ability to conduct and analyze UC operations.
Probably the best and most useful week of training I’ve had. This training is a huge eye opener for UC officers. Patrolman could also learn a ton. It will help increase my safety, my team safety on ops. And also will help me be a better thinker and planner as a UC.
Amazing! Definitely made me think and be open to clever ideas/stories. I now have a better PLAN for my ops. I will give better briefs - more detail etc.
Awesome and Excellent. Absolutely more guys need this type of training to humble themselves.
Excellent. Great job. I greatly appreciate this course and all your effort/time.
Outstanding! Great scenario based training. I learned a significant amount of tools to utilize in my everyday job.
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ADVANCED (LEVEL 3) UNDERCOVER TECHNIQUES AND SURVIVAl
BEAUMONT, TEXAS
DECEMBER 2024
One if the best classes Ive ever taken thanks to the instructors.
Excellent training. After basic I felt like I didn’t learn anything. During Advanced I realized I learned more than I realized. Very great course.
Challenging course with all the scenarios but amazing class! The quality of training is second to none. The experience shared by instructors was amazing. This training could save a UC’s life!
Great. Amazing training. Great job by teachers and role players. Great application and real time applicable situations. Will assist in future ops for our gang unit and future UC ops.
The best to date. The knowledge and experience gained from this course will assist with everyday work.
Its a comprehensive course that covers the scope of duties for plainclothes and UC assignments.
Very beneficial with outstanding instructors and role layers who provide a positive learning environment. It was great exposure for a variety of different potential UC roles.
Its top notch. Learning from people with real experience is the best to learn from.
Excellent knowledge and presentation. Any narc should come to this class even if they don’t plan on doing UC work.
Hard to improve when the quality of training is very high.
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ADVANCED (level 3) UNDERCOVER TECHNIQUES AND SURVIVAL
MERIDIAN, MISSISSIPPI
NOVEMBER 2024
Excellent. The training we were provided was based on years of trial and error from real world situations. It will greatly help planning, preparing and being in a UC situation.
Anybody that is planning on doing UC work needs this class!
Opens your eyes to potential situations that can happen in the real world.
Best training that I’ve been to in my LE career so far.
Eye opening. Keep up the good work!
I felt that the training would benefit anyone doing UC. Great learning experience. Never had a class like it before,
This class was great and I thank you all for taking the time to train us.
So educational; very fun; learned a ton. Thank you all. You did an amazing job, I had a great time, and throughout the course I learned so much and gained confidence.
There are so many training points in this class that I had never been exposed to before.
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ADVANCED (level 3) UNDERCOVER TECHNIQUES AND SURVIVAL
MERIDIAN MISSISSIPPI
AUGUST 2024
This is probably the best course I have ever been to in law enforcement.
Excellent overall. This training will help to assist standing up a true UC team at our level locally.
Very real and quality training. Role players provided real life training but at the same time allowed UC’s space to learn. Good op’s. Overall amazing training.
Excellent. Best course ever attended. Great instructors and role players. A great build up course that provides more confidence to UC officers.
Very helpful. Places UC’s in uncomfortable situations to make us better. Awesome training, thank you for the experience.
Scenario based training was excellent. This training painted a bigger picture. It has helped me see things in a different perspective.
An absolute blast! Great knowledge and instructors! These last two weeks have been amazing. I feel way more comfortable doing UC work.
Excellent training. I cannot thank Dave, role players and instructors enough. It has given me a whole new perspective and will help with decision making tremendously.
The most effective and useful course. It makes all other trainings seem unuseful knowledge wise.
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ADVANCED (level 3) UNDERCOVER TECHNIQUES AND SURVIVAL
meridian, mississippi
JUNE 2023
Excellent course and knowledge to apply that will help you make it home.
Best course I have ever had period!! Dave and Paul were awesome. Great dudes with invaluable experience undercover and in life period. Thank you.
Knowledgable and made you think outside the box! The scenario based training makes it as real as you can get it! I will definitely take critical learning experiences away from this training and use them in the real world.
Very eye opening to the UC world. Great class. Great instructors. Great information.
Excellent! Lots of helpful info and great scenarios.
Very informative and immersive. A great way to tie in the info from the basic course.
Learned from people who lived the real deal. Was very helpful and allowed me to learn from everyone so I can use when I do UC work.
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ADVANCED (level 3) UNDERCOVER TECHNIQUES AND SURVIVAL
meridian, mississippi
SEPTEMBER 2022
Successful completion of Dave’s training should be required before deploying as a UC.
Very knowledgable and has taught me real life scenarios.
This training gives me the tools and mind set to ensure I make it home after operation.
Informative, critical thinking, challenging, realistic. Necessary course for developing a well trained UC.
This has been some of the best I have had at the Federal and State level.
Informative. Appreciate everything brother.
Superior to any training I’ve ever received.
Excellent. Best training I have ever attended.
Very professional! Well done!I have been involved with hundreds of operations and I believe this course covers important topics and gives room for growth.
This course is great for all LEO regardless of experience.
Amazing! The scenarios really drive home the realism.
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ADVANCED (level 3) UNDERCOVER TECHNIQUES AND SURVIVAL
meridian, mississippi
may 2022
Excellent. Over the top!
Fantastic as expected! Thank you for sharing your skill.
Beyond excellent. I feel more rounded with more tools in my tool box!
Excellent! This course has increased my confidence in UC work and has opened my eyes tremendously.
Amazing. I can approach my job with a lot more experience and confidence.
One of the best trainings I have ever attended. My confidence level is far higher than it was before I came to this course.
I thought the scenarios were very realistic. The instructors and role players did a good job and gave good critiques. This is the best class I have been to.
Great learning experience and new techniques to use in the future.
Eye opening t many new things. Helped to be more rounded UC and open minded. Also has helped encourage more safe sound decisions.
Amazing, definitely a class all undercover’s need to attend.
Outstanding!
It prepared me to never be complacent and to step out of my comfort zone.
Was awesome. The training was so realistic. Scenarios are realistic. All LEO’s should attend.
Amazing! Best thing I have ever attended.
Amazing! Opened my eyes. Will save my life with the training!
Absolutely fantastic. Should be required by all UC units.
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ADVANCED (level 3) UNDERCOVER TECHNIQUES AND SURVIVAL
Ripon, Wisconsin
OCTOBER 2021
The best course I have attended.
This gives me experience I would not have had without this course.
Would you recommend, yes, because the scenarios provide real life perspective.
Would you recommend, yes, every department that has a narcotics unit should attend this training for officers safety/CYA for their department.
Dave’s best quality is hunting the good in someones hiccups in a positive way that was well received providing alternative ways to address their issues.
Excellent course, should be a must for all Narcs even if they won’t be an undercover.
Hands down the best Case Agent training I have had. Of course it is a undercover training but it will make case agents so much better.
Our team will be at a spot where we can start doing undercover, CI, and surveillance ops so much safer and effective.
Well prepared, practical, realistic scenario based training.
There is really no other way to learn your deficiencies other than watching yourself screw up.
The training will help in UC/CI buy operation prep, completion, follow through and report writing.
Dave was a great instructor in the Basic Undercover Course which brought us back for Advanced.
The training is going to change our unit for the better.
The training helped by providing know how on the way to conduct yourself in UC work.
Great! Scenario based training that had purpose.
This course is hands down the best. Great scenarios that had a point and teaching points in each scenario.
This training will help me with investigations, CI and UC buys. This will also help with developing an SOP in regards to uc work.
This course covered many scenarios that gave great familiarity to different topics. The training was so good I will recommend this course to be apart of new narcotics officer training for my agency.
The training was the most realistic training I have ever had.
The course was phenomenal, one of the best classes I’ve attended.
This training100% humbled me and put me back in my place to avoid complacency and just being flat out stupid. I love it.
I loved how professional everything was. This course was extremely well thought out and executed. Handling the amount of scenarios, enforcing lessons learned and giving alternative options to handle the situations.
Dave was excellent at all of the above. He was very detailed and organized with the entire training. He listened to the class as well and answered all of our questions.
I would definitely recommend this training to my department and other law enforcement agencies because it trains you to prepare for realistic situations that can happen.
The course made me realize that it is important to be put in uncomfortable situation to understand how you react under stress. I’ve learned I need to learn how to control my cop instincts when placed in uncomfortable situations to succeed as an undercover. It taught me how important training is and to always have a plan and to physically train as a group/team. I have learned different techniques to use in undercover operations.
Dave is great with all the training, knowledge, and presentation of everything he has taught.
All Narcs should go through the class and see how they would respond to situations.
The training made me think outside the box on situations. Gave me ideas on how to handle things that come up.
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ADVANCED (LEVEL 3) UNDERCOVER TECHNIQUES AND SURVIVAL
2017
Awesome. Possibly the best LE presentation I have ever seen. I think the scenarios in this training were some of the best I have been through.
Probably the most mentally/psychologically challenging training I’ve done. I learned an immense amount and I am glad I got to attend. Awesome course. Having a “counselor” for the squad was extremely valuable.
Det. Redemann was Awesome!!! Scenarios placed you out of your element/comfort zone and forced you to think on your feet. Portrayals were true to life and made the experience great!!!
Det. Redemann is the first speaker that I’ve ever heard speak the truth about what we don’t want to hear, but need to hear. The week progresses well to make you learn from mistakes and grow yourself.
Excellent training and a must have for anyone who wants to do UC work.
Great course. Needs to be longer.
Excellent class! I wish I could do it all over again. Role players and instructor was top notch and make the class that much better. It would be awesome if this class was given annually just like in service training.
Det. Redemann’s presentation was the best of all. Very passionate about what he speaks about.
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BASIC/INTERMEDIATE (level 1&2) UNDERCOVER TECHNIQUES AND SURVIVAL
indiana
JULY 2026
Dave was excellent. I am transitioning into a plain clothes detective. The information provided gave me a base to start with. This will allow to become to tier UC and a better husband and father.
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BASIC/INTERMEDIATE (level 1&2) UNDERCOVER TECHNIQUES AND SURVIVAL
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
MARCH 2026
Excellent. Dave dropped the reality of UC and LE on our heads. These topics are seldom covered.
Outstanding. The most useful and helpful LE training I’ve every had. We do a lot of surveillance and UC work and we can use this information everyday.
Very solid and super informative. Outside the box Super informative. You can tell the instructor is super knowledgeable.
Very honest person, sense of humor was great and engaging. Took a lot of take aways for personal life. Many of Dave’s closing points I could resonate with.
I would mandate this training to ALL law enforcement.
Best training and undercover course I have received. It will help me be a better case agent and hopefully a future undercover.
Extremely informative and beneficial. This training when applied correctly will keep me safe when conducting source ops.
Overall course was amazing. Mindset and tactical and emotional preparation. It reinforces everything I already know to be true and enlightened me on things I was ignorant of.
Excellent course. Tons of experience. As a newer UC I will be taking all the officer safety tips you provided us this week.
Very passionate, knowledgeable. It provided me with helpful ideas, safety concepts when doing UC work.
100% best around.
Great. Opened my eyes to a different perspective of my career. Remember who I am, not who I am paid to be. Thank you for being vulnerable, and sharing your faults. I hope to be a better person, husband, father and officer.
Great charisma, good examples, real experience. Lots of good tips that was learned from real experience.
Very informative and touches on subjects that are often overlook by law enforcement officers. The training illustrate the intricate details that need to be considered before an operation for the UC, cover team and anyone involved in the operation.
As a new LEO this helped give me more insight on what to expect/lookout for on the job. Will make me be a good UC or case agent hopefully.
Amazing!!! This class was eye opening, self reflective and true has changed my perspective on the job, home life. Loved it.
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BASIC/INTERMEDIATE (level 1&2) UNDERCOVER TECHNIQUES AND SURVIVAL
ANGLETON, TEXAS
APRIL/MAY 2025
Great course. It opened my eyes to the risks of UC. It showed me to not allow work to mess with family.
Excellent course. Very knowledgable. David is very knowledgable, his true life experiences make this class very interesting it is something everyone should take.
Very informative. It will help with safety and procedures.
I loved it. So much good info. Keeps me alive.
Excellent instructor. Exceeded my expectations. It was eye opening training.
The course was well taught and well organized. All officers should take this course prior to doing UC work.
The course was fantastic and very informative.
Good class. Highly recommended.
Very informative. Mr. Redemann is ver intelligent and knowledgable. Keeps you interested.
Excellent. Provides a solid foundation for UC work.
Dave is raw, blunt and teaches through his experiences both good and bad.
This course gives officers of every level of their career real life scenarios and options. This training will help me improve my abilities to stay safe, proper planning on operation and take less risk.
Overall it was a great training, but most importantly I was very surprised to get a lot of great counseling ideas/resources I can take back to my agency.
One of the best courses I’ve been through.
Provided excellent perspective with insight to what is right and wrong.
Dave gave me tools to help me stay alive, also tools to make sure I keep my teammates alive.
I am very grateful for David as an instructor and the information he provides. David put a lot of aspects of my life into perspective.
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BASIC/INTERMEDIATE (level 1&2) UNDERCOVER TECHNIQUES AND SURVIVAL
TOPEKA, KANSAS
JUNE 2025
Very informative and educational.
Excellent. It offers perspective and experience for a dangerous job.
It helps make me better prepared to support and participate in UC buys.
It gave me a foundation to build on for my future in NARCS. Helps me obtain info to pass along to those above and below me.
Amazing. It was a great refresher on what I had learned before and helped me remember new things that I hadn’t been doing.
Very informative. Best I’ve had in LE.
Dave’s knowledge pertaining to UC work is above average, excellent. Put things into perspective on what is possibly expected when in this line of work.
This training was excellent, probably the best training I have ever received.
Very well put together, and it is very evident the passion Dave has towards this.
Great! Well done, very captivating. Every second.
Very helpful for getting the basic foundation for undercover operations. It will give me good reminders of how to stay safe, the best/current practices in the industry, and give me good reminders not to be dumb.
Dave is excellent at conveying the idea to LE that urgency does not equal importance. This training is not just useful for undercover’s but for law enforcement. This training is helpful for changing the broken LE mindset.
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BASIC/INTERMEDIATE (level 1&2) UNDERCOVER TECHNIQUES AND SURVIVAL
VIRGINIA BEACH, VIRGINIA
SEPTEMBER 2025
The instructor was the most genuine, honest and humble instructor I have had the pleasure of taking a course from. A blessing to have you as an instructor.
Excellent. This class provided me skills to stay alive, also made me realize what is important to me. Thank you for saving my family. The class was excellent.
Fantastic. I learned so much about how I could improve our practices when handling UC/CSI ops. Also, I learned so much about how to act as a good teammate, cover officer and case agent.
This is the best course I have had so far. Dave is not just an instructor for the undercover course but is a God sent messenger to everyone who attends the course.
Excellent. Essentially will be changing everything we do and changing personal life.
Fantastic. I think there are important lessons that can be learned by officers of all experience levels, in all different areas of LE.
Great, I learned things I never even thought about. Thank you Dave. I love everything you stand for.
Best course I have attended in LE. My unit has huge gaps I did not know existed. This will help out unit become professional.
Excellent. I have been to may police trainings but non have been more life altering than this one.
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BASIC/INTERMEDIATE (level 1&2) UNDERCOVER TECHNIQUES AND SURVIVAL
ROUND ROCK, TEXAS
DECEMBER 2024
Excellent. Recommend training for beginners. Green Patrolman who aspire to join a narcotic/interdiction unit. Also, to become better cops. It will hep me understand a different perspective the the criminal mind as the instructor taught. Every criminal is different and thinks differently. As an investigator it helped me understand the narc world and criminal mind.
Outstanding and relevant to my job.I learned every day I was in class. I would recommend the training for law enforcement officers transitioning into a surveillance or narcotic assignment. The officer safety aspect was a big proponent of why I signed up and Dave did not disappoint. Outstanding instructor and course.
Dave is really knowledgeable about the topic and cares. I would highly recommend the training to others because of the information about how to walkaway and the value of your life over the job.
Very informative. Very beneficial. Excellent One of the top five best classes Ive been to.
Excellent class. I personally think that training should be required to do UC work. Redemann makes excellent point regarding personal involvement and how it affects your family . I just want to personally thank Dave for speaking about his failures. I know that is not easy, but he realizes the value it can have for new UC officers. He is doing really great job teaching. God Bless.
Excellent. I think it could also be beneficial for the very day officer as well as UC’s. This training will help with planning operations utilizing UC’s as well as CI’s.
I would recommend this training. The emphasis on officer safety can be applied in any aspect of policing. This training made me realize how important planning and preparation is before an op.
Great class. I will definitely recommend. I hope to bring back the information/tactics learned and incorporate them into training and operations.
Absolutely amazing and eye opening. I think it should be made mandatory.
Excellent class. I would recommend. It is essential from going from patrol to a specific unit.
Very informative and gives tools that I think even cops who never even become UC’s should add to their belt.
My supervisor sent me to this class. I work with UC’s but not in a UC capacity. I don’t even do this and thanks to Dave it has been one of the best classes I have attended.
Great. Very informative. It changed my mind on how dangerous all ops can be.
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BASIC/INTERMEDIATE (level 1&2) UNDERCOVER TECHNIQUES AND SURVIVAL
Indian Town Gap, Pennsylvania
AUG 2024
Very Good. Great job the entire week. I learned a lot!!! This should be mandated for all task force officers and UC’s in any investigation divisions.
This was a very well rounded course, for work and personal life. Thank you for the self reflection question on Friday. I would tell myself that I work so hard for my family but when Im home Im not really there. You and your wife have given me a lot to think about. God Bless.
It was great. A lot of beneficial information. It has given me knowledge on building my backstop, setting the stage and more importantly, being a better husband and father to my baby girl. I felt like I was a great husband and father. The things Mrs. Redemann talked about, I realized I suck as a husband. I need to be more present for my wife and take her on dates once a month. I have heard my wife tell me these things, but I didn’t really listen. Thank you so much for this week.
Class structure and information given was excellent. I definitely will be attending more of your classes. This class especially the last day, put a lot of things in perspective and I’m doing things I don’t even realize.
Anyone I know who has taken Dave’s classes sings his praises and I see why. This should be a requirement due to safety (physical/mental considerations)
Phenomenal, some of if not the best training I have attended. I feel like I learned more this week in class than the last 2 years of working narcotics getting on the job training.
Beyond what I expected. Life changing. Extremely important. UC or not this training should be required to all narcs/investigators across the country.
Thank you for all the knowledge and training!
Training was extremely informative and eye opening. It teaches how to prepare for the mental and physical aspect as well as prepare your family.
Provided excellent take aways and improve my current role. My recommendation will make this a requirement for all narcotics personnel.
The training is awesome. I respect it. Your wife’s testimony was truly amazing. Thank you both for being amazing humans and willing too share this with us.
Extremely knowledgable and his passion shows. Training taught me to look at the bigger picture instead of showing up to a deal and buy drugs.
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BASIC/INTERMEDIATE (level 1&2) UNDERCOVER TECHNIQUES AND SURVIVAL
BOSSIER, TEXAS
MAY 2024
Great presentation. Hugely impactful and great source of information.
Excellent. Eye opening, learning how to think outside the cop box. This course has helped me to think the way a suspect thinks.
Perfectly taught and well presented. Dave has lived the life and can relate to it in training.
Very knowledgable in the area of UC work. Th course gives me a idea of where to start and a baseline for expectation as I am just starting.
This segment of training was everything I wanted it to be. It will help me be a better narcotics detective in the future and improve my current department.
Good to learn about needing to NOT look, act, walk, talk, etc as a cop. Excellent training.
It was a great course. I learned a lot that could help me in my patrol/narcotics course. It’s a good learning experience. I learned about how to walk away and to put family first.
Excellent instructor. Very knowledgable. The knowledge given can save your life both as a UC or an officer in general.
Insightful,, honest, teaches from and with heart. This course was above my expectations, eye opening, thought inducing.
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BASIC/INTERMEDIATE (level 1&2) UNDERCOVER TECHNIQUES AND SURVIVAL
ripon, wisconsin
june 2023
Educational and informative.
Incredibly informative. The presentation about family on the last day was a gut check.
Very informative.
Excellent, very comprehensive. It covers significant red flags that happen during UC operations.
One of the best I have ever attended.
Great, I am so happy I had this training before working. I now know a lot more ways to keep safe.
Exceptional. Many new and additional tools to help with UC and CI work.
Very knowledgable, very approachable, great instructor. The training will help me by knowing don’t let the ego get the best of me.
I believe it is important training and I have not seen it as thorough any where else.
Fantastic.
Absolutely the best raining I have ever attended.
Helpful, eye opener, gained lots of knowledge.
Informative about unique theories/techniques for undercover officers.
Awesome at keeping class engaged and delivery of information.
Very knowledgable and has taught me a lot.
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BASIC/INTERMEDIATE (level 1&2) UNDERCOVER TECHNIQUES AND SURVIVAL
HOWARD COUNTY
june 2023
Great course on all aspects of UC work. Truly appreciated the focus on training.
Very knowledgable in all aspects.
Excellent and relevant. It taught me to think in ways I never thought I would. The training was
eye opening as an undercover and should be taken by UC’s and support units.
Excellent and entertaining. The knowledge and ideas can be implemented back into my agency directly after training.
I learned some valuable information on the do’s and don’ts as a supervisor. I learned there are things we are doing good, things we can do better and things to stop doing.
Very informative and eye opening in many ways. This will help me change my mind set. I will also be taking what I learned to my unit so we can all get better.
Informative. Covered nearly all aspects of UC work. I am now properly prepared, armed with responses, tactical considerations, ideas for props, etc.
Realistic and hands on knowledge that could help save an officer’s life.
The training provides a good perspective and is very relevant.
Excellent and very well planned/designed. Tons of insight and real world perspectives.
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BASIC/INTERMEDIATE (level 1&2) UNDERCOVER TECHNIQUES AND SURVIVAL
meridian, mississippi
september 2022
Extremely instrumental and motivational, most knowledgable and honest instructor I have met.
Great course. Learned safety and survival techniques,
Excellent material, instruction and information.
Excellent. It will help prepare/deal with what I’ll be doing and how to deal with it after.
This training showed how much I did NOT know about narcotics.
Awesome class!
Good course to learn perspective and safety.
Outstanding instructor.
One of the best courses I have attended.
Entertaining, informative, eye opening and calming. This training created a new mindset for me in my field.
Very experienced and knowledgable with the course material. Takes the extra steps to show he truly cares about us and the people we work with.
Great course. Great content.
Was the best LE course I have taken in my LE career. Will help in keeping me alive and make sure myself and my teammates make it home.
So much knowledge and good points.
Dave is extremely knowledgable and an excellent speaker. It is an awesome intro to the topic of UC work.
Really good and informational.
Knew what he was teaching. Kept class involved and engaged.
Outstanding. It will help me survive and excel in many aspects at work and at home.
Best I’ve taken. This class has taught me many more lessons other than undercover.
Amazing, it was eye opening.
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BASIC/INTERMEDIATE (level 1&2) UNDERCOVER TECHNIQUES AND SURVIVAL
ripon, wisconsin
May 2022
Informational/realistic.
For the first time I actually learned from someone who actually lived the experience. I was blind working this job. Dave opened my eyes not only with work but with my own life.
Very knowledgable and professional! Excellent class!
This is far and away the most eye opening class I have ever attended.
Great instructor. Wish we had more time.
Excellent course. Useful information to advance skill.
Great course for basic UC environment.
Excellent training! Great tips on UC survival.
Great course. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
One of the best classes ever attended.
Was perfect. This was a check for me that I needed.
The best class I’ve taken so far in my LEO.
Amazing. This will help tremendously. This will help in being a better leader of my team.
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BASIC/INTERMEDIATE (level 1&2) UNDERCOVER TECHNIQUES AND SURVIVAL
Bellingham, Washington
FEBRUARY 2022
Excellent. Informative. Hands on and REAL!!! Best training I have attended to date. I appreciate the truth and no sugar coating. Wish you all the best. God Bless
Humbling, educational, in depth on UC work and family time.
Absolutely would recommend this training!!!! I wish I would have had this training 20 + years ago before my first UC assignment.
Very good course!!!! Instructor’s are extremely knowledgeable.
Excellent class. No one will teach this topic better than Dave!!! Course is excellent!!!
Overall course is fantastic! Great training!!
Excellent – So informative for UC info and beyond. I would recommend this training for more than UC’s. Great for running operations, supervisors and detectives. The faith based training was good and inspiring. This was an incredible training. Thank you.
Excellent course that encompasses all aspects of survival and UC work. Would recommend the training – helps you think outside the box in UC work and understand the complexities is vital to ensure our work is safe and done in the highest standard possible.
Amazing and informative!!! Great information and insight to what might or will happen. Great suggestions on what to work on.
Excellent course! Should be mandatory. Pre Req to ANY plainclothes assignment not just UC. Hugely informative in transition from uniformed to plainclothes officer. No training on a more dangerous task is insane that would do it like that.
Extremely beneficial. 100% necessary and now I have a ton of take aways to utilize regardless of my role.
An excellent introduction to the world of UC. This course demonstrated the good/badugly thruth of UC work. This was a great class! Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us and Ill make sure to pay it forward!!!
Very informative!!! You know your shit!!! And Im proud to be able to learn from you!
This training gave me the tools to become a better UC and gave me a lot of great ideas on how to prioritize.
Great course. A TON of information supported by Dave’s unparalleled experience.
Very well done and full of information. Thank you for the mental health and family care portion, it made me think and realize the difficulties my wife and daughter go through and the disservice Ive done them. Thank you
Great course. All things were based off experience!!!
The practical scenarios were terrifying but I learned a ton about myself/limitations!
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BASIC/INTERMEDIATE (LEVEL 1&2) UNDERCOVER TECHNIQUES AND SURVIVAL NORTHEAST COUNTERDRUG TRAINING CENTER
January 2022
I had the privilege of attending your class this week at NCTC. I know you train tons of cops so you may not remember, but I thanked you for you a presentation that I attended in 2015. You spoke at Top Gun that year and I was 2 years into working drug cases at that point. Your presentation was brief, but it was what you spoke about today and it was far and above the best thing I took away from Top Gun that week, which says a lot. I had a wife and 2 y/o daughter at the time and I immediately knew my priorities were not what they should be. Since then I left my agency and I am with PSP, but whats truly important to me has not changed and my family is still intact. I still sometimes get consumed with work and loss my way but I always think back to your presentation in 2015 and realign myself. I’m sure I thanked you then at some during that haze of a week, haha, but I can’t remember and I’m sure you don’t either. But I hope you know the impact you made and are making. This is, in my opinion, the most important thing you will have ever done in your amazing law enforcement career.
Since 2015, I have been trying to attend a training you put on and after 6 1/2 years i finally did. I’m preparing to hopefully get back into narcotics here in the near future and fulling intend on coming to WI for the advanced class. Once again thank you and God bless, Matt. PS. I’ve been taking Metamucil for awhile and your right, it is a game changer haha.
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BASIC/INTERMEDIATE (level 1&2) UNDERCOVER TECHNIQUES AND SURVIVAL
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE
January 2022
Dave is by far one of the best instructor to present a class I’ve attended.
The training will keep me and my other partners safe so them and myself can go home everyday.
The training makes us think in ways that none of us would normally. I have learned a lot.
The class is great. This class will suck if and when Dave stops teaching. It will be tough to replace him.
Dave is an awesome trainer and motivated speaker.
Best course been to! made new ways to think outside the box.
Dave, you are a very good instructor and I am glad our paths crossed during my life in law enforcement.
Dave has real life experience to speak from a police officers perspective.
I will take what was explained all week and put it in real life situations.
Training taught me how to try and get out of the police mindset and think more like a criminal so I am safer.
Most training is dull and scripted. Dave really made this class enjoyable and it felt more like hanging out with friends.
The training will help me be safer and not lose sight of what really matters to me.
The training really opens your eyes to many aspects of law enforcement and our lives.
The class was great and very informative. I appreciate how Dave covered everything from operations and tactics to how UC work will affect your family.
This training is something I can take back to my home agency to apply and improve operations.
The training not only was informative on the professional side of things but I received the best advice needed in regards to my family life.
The training gave me a clear insight on what to expect in Undercover work.
The training forced me to take a look in the mirror regarding the time I spend with my family. It motivated me to make a more valiant effort to give them more time.
Remove “Basic” from the title. This course would benefit everyone from top down. I was not thrilled being assigned a “basic” course, glad I came, best class I’ve attended in years.
The training was eye opening on so many levels. Our agency is not doing u/c work but we will be safer on CI buys and in other ways.
Training will help me view things from the criminals eyes. Safety in creating new protocols for CI protection and vehicle takedowns.
The training was spot on and made me think a lot.
Dave was very knowledgable in all topics with lots of experience.
I have recommended this course not just for the UC perspective but to better oneself.
The training helped me realize what is important to you and be more aware of work life and home life.
Dave is by far one of the best instructors I have heard to present.
This training will help keep me and my other partners safe so they and myself can go home everyday.
The training makes us think in ways that none of us would normally. I have learned a lot.
Hey Dave, its “C” from your class. I was in the back row. I just wanted to reach out and say thank you. It’s been a long drive home and I’ve had a chance to really think about a lot of things that were discussed today and realize how dumb I’ve been. Thank you for what you do. It truly is people like you that are the reason people like me are alive Hope your drive is going well. Take care.
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BASIC/INTERMEDIATE (level 1&2) UNDERCOVER TECHNIQUES AND SURVIVAL
Regional counterdrug training academy
January 2022
Really opens your eyes to may aspects of law enforcement and our lives. Thank you for what you do. It’s people like you who are the reason we are still alive.
I would recommend this class. Its vital for working in any form of UC work.
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BASIC/INTERMEDIATE (level 1&2) UNDERCOVER TECHNIQUES AND SURVIVAL
October 2021
Very informative, insightful, thorough, and caring. Thank you. It was obvious your heart is in the training for all of the right reasons.
Yes, I would recommend the training to other law enforcement officers!!! Great information and insight. Dave seems like a true expert in the field. This training has really got me thinking about my life, family and job.
I would recommend this training to all law enforcement. If you don’t go it would be like sending lambs to the wolves.
Extremely helpful. It made me consider things that I would have never thought of. Thank you Dave.
This class gave me the tools to move on and survive the u/c world.
Exceeded expectations, awesome class.
This class is good for all LEO’s. Course covers helpful material for the job as well as personal/family life. This training has enabled me to do the job with greater confidence and do it safely. Always prepare and debrief to learn from mistakes.
Solid foundation for new narcs/uc’s. It brought to light misconceptions I had of criminals.
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BASIC/INTERMEDIATE (level 1&2) UNDERCOVER TECHNIQUES AND SURVIVAL
LA HIDTA
May 2019
Amazing, Extremely informative. Wish I would have taken a training of this type sooner. The great thing about it is it’s never too late. I totally loved this training, I know it has changed my life.
Dave is a great speaker. Fantastic course. Learned incredible new skills and techniques. Great class.
This course was extremely useful and impactful. Dave is excellent in all areas. It will help significantly in preparation and knowing how much more training I will need.
Overall course was excellent. Wish more people attended this class. This training has helped me to have better officer survival skills.
Dave is a great instructor!! Very informative. This training will help me become a better UC as well as help me with my off duty life.
Overall course in excellent!!! This training has allowed me to reset my outlook on y career. Re prioritize what’s really important in my life. I will definitely pass on the priceless advice Dave just gave us. Dave I really feel like you helped me catch myself before I totally ruined what I’ve worked so hard for. Thank you. Much love my man, God Bless and safe travels.
Dave has a great knowledge of UC work. Shares all resources/stories. This was a great introduction to UC work especially for patrol officers who haven’t experienced it. Thank you Dave. Appreciate what you shared and your outlook.
This class was very pragmatic and informative. Excellent training.
Dave Redemann thank you!!! You were knowledgeable and your instruction made the course great. I would recommend this course especially with the different tools taught or methods that can be used in buys.
Excellent training. I would recommend for all agencies to train. This training has helped give me knowledge on how to become better at undercover.
The training was very organized and provided excellent information on undercover techniques and survival for narcotics officers.
This training will prevent me from making common mistakes made in this line of work. Thank you for being an open book and sharing all of your experiences, successes and failures.
Great presentation. Great life experience. Excellent course. I would not change a thing!!! It has helped me tremendously with operations and officer safety.
Dave Redemann was great. Brought experiences to life. The course is excellent. Learned more than before. This training will help me with understanding criminals, knowing what to know for interviews.
Course was great!!! This training should be mandatory for all UC’s.
Dave is a great speaker and made it relevant. All departments and bureaus can benefit from this training.
Dave is a great instructor and kept the class interesting. The course was very informative and will help me in my job. I will tell the people in my unit to come to this training.
I enjoyed this course. I thought I knew it all but after leaving I know I know very little. I will definitely recommend this class. It opened my eyes to different things that could happen working in a UC role.
This course was very educational and eye opening. The information was extremely relevant with a lot of useful information for UC work.
Superb instructor/presenter. Excellent course. Very informative.
Dave Redemann has super knowledge. Wish I could have taken this earlier in my career. Great course.
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WOMENS UNDERCOVER TECHNIQUES AND SURVIVAL LA HIDTA
August 2021
Made me realize the things I worry about are valid, and that I’m doing a good job brining up safety concerns.
David, thank you for investing in “the person” and thank you for being a witness and spreading the gospel.
Such an amount of information that I will carry throughout my career the group of ladies in the class were amazing. Getting to know David and his life story was inspirational.
I learned some things I will be able to use in the field and keep myself one step closer to being safe and going home at the end of the day.
As a new UC the course provided many things for me to think about. Being with all ladies to hear from their experiences, how to act, how to carry my weapon and defend myself.
Outstanding instruction from Dave. You really could see his passion and belief of paying it forward. Thank you.
Excellent, invaluable class. Our agency does nothing to provide training, advice etc but expects us to conduct our own surveillance/undercover work. This course definitely will save lives.
Walked away with possible solutions and verbal judo examples. Also really appreciated the lessons learned “Pay it forward” aspect. One of the 1st things I will be doing when I return home will be to purchase screwdrivers and prop my gov. Appreciated different viewpoints from varying types of UC work conducted.
I found each of the instructors to be credible and appreciate their unique perspectives and experiences. I like case studies and hearing about different ways of working through problems.
This was an awesome course, I seriously would recommend this course for all women! Dave is great! I appreciate Dave’s knowledge and experience in the subject! The two female presenters were great and provided insight from a women’s perspective panel of long term women UC’s was GREAT! Learning from fellow officers is always beneficial!
Great instructing by Dave! Carolyn was great in presenting her cases to us and identifying the good stuff and things we can learn from!
I loved the interaction with the class. The best part was having guest speakers and including others in the class into the format.
Material was presented in professional and proficient manner. Dave’s humbleness and humor really allows for students to connect with overall class message.
It is clear that Dave is an expert and we are so fortunate to receive his experience and knowledge. Funny and captivating presentation.
Panels of experienced ladies was very appreciated. It’s good to know we are not alone in all of our experiences.
Loved the versatility of topics and realness about law enforcement and being a women.
I commend Dave on being raw about his personal life and mistakes. Thank you Dave for paying it forward to all of us.
The class allowed for interaction amongst the instructor and between classmates.
Dave is a great instructor. His best attribute as an instructor is his passion for the topic.
Dave was a fantastic instructor. He kept me engaged the entire time.
10/10 i will recommend this course.
Great atmosphere! Safe place to be transparent and take away from the training.
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OUTLAW MOTORCYCLE GANG TRAINING (from the inside out)
LA HIDTA
MAY 2022
Dave brings a great wealth of knowledge and passion about the class.
A great learning experience. This course was awesome.
Excellent. A lot of great information, instructor very knowledgable.
He’s real and tells it like it is. Good stuff. It was very good. I learned alot.
Tons of knowledge, hearing things about the inside, kept it real. Better outlook towards OMG’s.
Gave me skills on how to communicate with my OMG offender’s.
Excellent instructor and know’s material very well.
Amazing and mind blowing first hand experience by Dave. Great class and experience.
The course is very informative and contains a ton of details dealing with OMG’s.
Outstanding. Excellent.
This course gave me a good insight into the ins and outs of the OMG world.
Great info for dealing with OMG members during investigations.
This training will assist me in supervising and understanding the life of an OMG and how they think.
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OUTLAW MOTORCYCLE GANG TRAINING (from the inside out)
LA HIDTA
MAY 2019
Dave’s presentation, response and point of view was beneficial to my understanding of OMG members view of law enforcement officers and OMG members view and thoughts of rival OMG clubs. I feel this information would be beneficial for senior leadership, officers, and detectives. Investigators need more of this kind of down to earth , visceral training.
Best class taken in the 15 years with KSP. Very riveting class.
Very Informative. Dave kept it entertaining and that kept me engaged. Best training Ive been to. Would come back to any other training he did.
Training was excellent and the instructor was very knowledgeable. Best training I’ve received at the academy.
Overall an excellent course. Very informative and will be beneficial while dealing with local MC’s.
Really enjoyed this class and lecture. Valuable information.
Thoroughly enjoyed this training. Redemann kept it real and real is what we need. Very interesting and informative. Kept my attention very easily. We need more training like this and less of the same ole same ole. Also think more units should be required to take something like this.
Good overall course. A lot of information regarding OMG’s.
Great instructor with a wealth of knowledge above the topic.
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SURVEILLANCE SCHOOL
manhattan, kansas
March/April 2025
Exceptionally well put together.
Excellent. I feel 100% more prepared/competent than I was prior to.
Great! Lots of examples to use in real life ops.
The course was fantastic. Very valuable. It will allow me to be a better asset to my team whilst conducting various investigations.
Fun/Excellent. This course will help with UC work, along with finding and noticing counter surveillance.
Excellent. It was a great chance to work out the bugs and learn what works and doesnt work.
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SURVEILLANCE SCHOOL
LA HIDTA
February 2023
Superior instructor. Appreciate all the advice and prop information. Definitely recommend this training.
Best live training. This course has taken the cake. LA HIDTA should host every year.
Good realist scenarios. Getting me out of my comfort zone on foot surveillance. Great class would highly recommend to my teammates and other PO personnel.
A lot of experience being passed on. Very realistic scenarios. Great training.
The scenarios were realistic and challenging.
Good scenarios, kept everybody thinking ahead and on the move. This class taught me about debriefs and them being beneficial to teams.
Would highly recommend this class in the future. Learned the importance of surveillance debriefs and plan to incorporate into department protocol.
Very educational. Awesome to hear what we accomplished from the surveillance and what we can do to get better.
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SURVEILLANCE SCHOOL
LA HIDTA
September 2019
Scenarios were well thought out and complex. Tested students in various skills but made class exciting. Great class! Excited to use new knowledge/skills learned.
I very much appreciate both of you for the humility that you showed. Your attitudes made for a much more fun and effective training environment.
Scenarios were great and felt natural and real life. Great feedback. Helped to understand what works and what didn’t.
Techniques and methods were covered well. We were able to utilize them later throughout the weeks. Scenarios were good and realistic. Roll players did a good job making the scenarios real. Debriefs were good. Covered all topics that seemed applicable. Good feedback and ways to improve for the future.
Dave did a great job explaining surveillance tactics and keeping us engaged. Classroom was brief and to the point to give us more practical experience. That worked out perfectly since I learn by doing. Overall this class is extremely beneficial to anyone who is planning on conducting any kind of surveillance. It was also fun!!!!
What I appreciated the most regarding the scenarios: 1) working with other agencies with different ways of operating 2) getting much better at vehicle mobile follows 3) feeling comfortable enough to get close to develop human intelligence.
I liked figuring out how to effectively organize surveillance info. We do a lot of surveillance but rarely document any of it.
Good insight and lessons learned. The ability to learn from errors in a training environment is invaluable. Also, getting to try new techniques that may be able to be used in the field.
Scenarios were good. I liked the variety of locations. Good subject matter that pertains to real life investigations. Thank you for changing up vehicles and clothing. Debriefing was a good format. It allows everyone to participate and fills in any blanks.
The scenarios were great. I was nice to start from the basics and move up. Outside of actually doing scenarios I learned quite a bit in the debrief portion. There was a lot that was missed because of the locations most students were in. It was great to get a chance for filling in the blanks and hearing what others did. Amazing delivery, on a BMX bike, dressing up in a costume. Overall great class. Im looking forward to going out and putting these learned tactics to use.
I enjoyed every part of this class and thought it was very helpful for our unit’s mission. Thank you.
Great class overall. Even for a 22 year vet! Lol Learned a lot!
Definitely one of the best classes I have ever taken. Hope to eventually tae UC class as well!
Great class. I learned a ton and cannot wait to use it.
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Texas narcotics officers association
2018
Sir, I just wanted you to know that I attended your class this past week in Texas and it was by far the best class I have ever taken in my entire life. You made many statements that hit home with me and I will carry them throughout my career. Thank You and God Bless,
Hey there, sir this is Eric from the TNOA conference this week. Just wanted to say thx again for the awesome class. Sorry for eating up your lunch break afterwords. Really appreciated you taking the time to talk.
I kinda got roped into the conference and didn’t really have the money for it but the Lord provided and got some help to go. Then sitting in your class the Lord really spoke to me. Thx for all the work you do. I’ve been in multiple tactical schools and had never heard that a gun pressed up to someone wouldn’t go off so that alone was priceless info. That and my wife loves the screw driver idea. She’s always nervous getting my 3 kids under 5 years old in and out of the car at the grocery store and isn’t comfortable having a pistol with her when it’s just her and the kids. Screwdriver idea is perfect. The Lord really showed me how selfish I’ve been thinking just because I’m physically in the same room as my kids that that is the same as living them more than myself and my job. When you were talking about what you spend the most time on is what you love it hit hard.
My team and I were in ur class. All believe in something but the deepest our conversations have been often times are how much they drank the night before. Been hard to have real conversations. When we got back from ur class my partner asked what I thought about it and we all had some real conversations. One guy was talking about relationships that have failed because he shared too much detail of the job and one guy one guy was talking about how he worries about his relationship with his kids. The Lord gave us really good time together.
Anyway, sorry for the long message. Just wanted to say thx again. Hope to catch another class some day. Excited that so many ppl in this dangerous and often times depressing job will hear how to stay safe but also hear a message of hope and encouragement this year. Thx for ur service and be safe. HPD
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1000 MEN TECHNIQUES AND SURVIVAL
RIPON, WISCONSIN
OCTOBER 2025
Very informative and helpful for our group. Thank you for helping us to grow and learn from mistakes.
Excellent. Course was a blessing, it really opened my eyes to all things about undercover work that could save my life, protect me, my family and team. I have already recommended it to other agents as I believe it provides vital information, experience and knowledge to do this work with greater maturity, professionalism and excellence.
Excellent. Filled all knowledge gaps I had. This will help me keep my team safe and effective in intel gathering.
Outstanding. Thank you
Incredible honesty and willingness to be real. Tremendous tools from real work experience. Incredibly invaluable. I would encourage others to attend for the exposure to real world knowledge, honesty and humility to help us improve.
Great. A lot of what we needed!!! I am very thankful that you agreed to this training. I know you said a lot of things that some of us needed to hear. And we will be better for having had this training.
Comprehensive, engaging and important. It has given me increased confidence, knowledge, and skills to add to the tool belt.
A fantastic learning experience. I believe this course should be mandatory for all new UC on my department.