Wilderness Patrolling and Surveillance
This course is designed for the rural state, local or federal law enforcement officer or team, military unit, private security group or qualified civilian who must conduct patrolling and surveillance operations in a rural environment. It is designed to give the individual and tactical team the basic skills required to conduct successful operations in the rural tactical environment. Subjects covered in this course include: camouflage, cover and concealment, individual movement, emergency medical, land navigation, hide sites, observation techniques, tracking, team movement and operational planning. Course objectives include:
- Conduct covert “movement to contact” in order to execute a warrant or seizure.
- Locate the suspects/objective and determine their composition, disposition, strengths, and gaps.
- Gain and retain information that will important in “follow-on” operations.
- Seize, preserve and recover evidence in an austere environment.
- Increase small unit proficiency.
- Build leadership.
- Train individuals in decision-making and distributed operations.
Duration: 6 days
Prerequisites: Basic firearms training in rifle and handgun.
