Tactical Tracking Course Level 1

TACTICAL TRACKING COURSE LEVEL 1
(Five days (50 hours) including some night work)

PURPOSE: To train law enforcement and correction personnel in tactical tracking skills, techniques, tactics and operational procedures that are necessary for them to conduct tracking operations in pursuit of fleeing felons, suspect and escaped inmates. It is also the purpose of this course to provide law enforcement personnel with the skills, techniques and tactics to interpret footwear impressions and expand crime scenes, collect forensic footwear impression evidence; backtrack to put someone at the scene, or remove suspects from consideration.  Lack of evidence, is evidence itself.

SCOPE OF TRAINING:  The primary focus of this program is to train law enforcement personnel in tactical tracking operations.  Trained tactical tracking personnel will be capable of conducting a multitude of tracking operations, to include the following:

• Crime scene tracking and footprint evidence collection.
• Urban Tracking.
• Pursuit of fleeing felons and escaped inmates.
• Illegal militia/separatist investigations.
• Rural narcotic investigations.
• Border violations (drugs, weapons, illegal immigrants).
• Investigation of gang activities in rural areas.
• Protection of sensitive facilities and sites (DOE, dams, power plants, closed Federal lands, etc.)
• Hazardous waste dumping.
• Natural resources investigation (Oregon loses millions in cedar and hardwoods each year)
• Poaching.
• Rural crime task forces.
• Executive/dignitary protection (PSD).
• Rustling and cattle theft.
• Reconnaissance, intelligence and surveillance.
• Search and rescue.
• Wildlife research projects.
• Environmental crimes (eco-terrorism).
• Violation of Indian and Heritage Sites.
• Threat evaluation for target site (SWAT).

Law Enforcement schedule is posted to our calendar - click here for course dates.

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