Joe Beliveau — Instructor Profile

About Joe Beliveau

The Beliveau Undercover Operations & Narcotics Training Agency was founded by Joe Beliveau. Joe just retired after working 29 years with the Illinois State Police. The majority of his 29 year career was spent working in an undercover capacity. Joe previously worked as a TFO with the United States Postal Inspections Service working parcel interdiction. He has been involved in thousands of investigations including street level drug conspiracy cases with more than 50 defendants, undercover narcotic operations, undercover murder for hire investigations, undercover car theft investigations, cargo theft investigations, and large club/prostitution house investigations. During his career, Joe's leadership positions within his department have included: Director of a 20 man undercover narcotics unit, Field Supervisor of a 15 man undercover narcotics unit, Supervisor of the Meth Response Team, Supervisor of a Gun Unit, Supervisor of a multi-agency proactive street crime unit in one of the most dangerous cities in the United States. Joe has been recognized as an expert witness in federal court and state court reference the distribution of narcotics. Having worked in narcotics nearly his entire career, Joe has been placed in dangerous situations which include robberies and vehicular invasions during undercover operations. Instructors for our agency will incorporate these types of operations into their presentations. Joe organized and supervised one of the most successful street crime details in Illinois resulting in the seizure of over 500 firearms, the arrest of thousands of individuals, and the incarceration of many violent offenders in two and a half years. Agents assigned to this detail continually faced armed individuals and were involved in multiple officer involved shooting incidents.