The Los Ange­les Inter­na­tional Air­port Nar­cotics Task Force decided to orga­nize and host an air­port inter­dic­tion train­ing con­fer­ence in 1991. This was the first “Sky­narc” train­ing con­fer­ence and attracted 110 par­tic­i­pants, mostly from the west­ern states. “Sky­narc” 1992 and 1993 were also held in Los Ange­les and hosted by the LAX Task Force.

By 1993, approx­i­mately 300 par­tic­i­pants were attend­ing, includ­ing offi­cers from sev­eral for­eign coun­tries. Since 1993 the con­fer­ence has been held in cities through­out the United States.

In 1997, the “Sky­narc” steer­ing com­mit­tee rec­og­nized the increased logis­ti­cal bur­den and finan­cial lia­bil­i­ties asso­ci­ated with the train­ing con­fer­ence. They decided to incor­po­rate as a non-profit, pro­fes­sional, edu­ca­tional asso­ci­a­tion under the name Inter­na­tional Nar­cotics Inter­dic­tion Asso­ci­a­tion (INIA). INIA was formed and “Oper­a­tion Jet­way” became the train­ing arm of INIA and was oper­ated through EPIC.

Now, the con­fer­ence draws 700–800 atten­dees per year. To date, over 8,000 local, state, fed­eral and for­eign offi­cers from 26 coun­tries have attended this annual conference.

The train­ing offered by INIA has expanded to cover all areas of nar­cotics inter­dic­tion enforce­ment, includ­ing: air­port inter­dic­tion; train inter­dic­tion; bus inter­dic­tion; par­cel inter­dic­tion; high­way inter­dic­tion; hotel/motel inter­dic­tion; sur­veil­lance; offi­cer safety; and many other nar­cotics related top­ics. INIA con­stantly devel­ops new classes to meet the needs of the inter­dic­tion community.

INIA has a Board of Direc­tors that con­sists of some of the most highly trained experts teach­ing in nar­cotics inter­dic­tion today.

INIA is a 501©(3) orga­ni­za­tion with a tax ID number.