SPONSORED BY
SOUTHEAST REGIONAL HOMELAND SECURITY ADVISORY COUNCIL
AND INVITING
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS & EMERGENCY SERVICE PERSONNEL
TO PARTICIPATE
Dates: October 4, 5 and 6, 2019
Time: 8:00 a.m., Friday, 10/4 through 2:00 p.m., Sunday,
10/6
Location: Joint Base Cape Cod
Sponsor Information: This course is
sponsored by the Southeast Regional Homeland Security Advisory Council through
the Metropolitan Area Planning Council.
All training course costs are being paid by the course sponsors as
follows!
Course Cost:
Course
tuition, lodging and meals are funded by the Southeast Regional Homeland
Security Advisory Council.
Meals & Accommodations: Dormitory style
accommodations are provided Thursday, the 3rd through Saturday, the 5th
nights. Meals and snacks are provided
from Friday (4th) breakfast (7:00 a.m.) through Sunday (6th)
lunch (12:00 p.m.).
There
are NO prerequisites for this training presentation. This tracking course is
open to law enforcement officers and tactical/technical EMS personnel who work
in Barnstable, Bristol and Plymouth Counties with tracking interests regardless
of previous experience or training and will focus on primary training for
beginning or novice student interests. Additional training on tracker security
will be provided. All tracking students will be provided training at an
appropriate level for their development and upward progress.
Course Content: This will be a 24
hour course beginning at 8:00 a.m. Friday, October 4th with
registration and lecture including power point presentation to provide Novice
and Basic tracker understanding of training methodology, techniques, procedures
and operational applications. The
presentation supports field training by providing student understanding of training
methods, manner and objectives.
“Tracking” is a first response primary search resource used to verify
witness statements, establish the Last Known Place “LKP” of a subject’s presence,
purpose or intent and egress and exit routing. Visual tracking is also used to develop
physical evidence of and or follow an evasive or threatening subject.
Field
training will allow “student tracking team” experimentation and “hands-on” practice of fundamental tracking techniques. Novice
students will progress from the initial identification of a print to following
an identified sign line using the “step-by-step” concept of visual tracking of
human subjects. Training will also be provided in methods of providing physical
security to the tracking element of a tactical search team. Night time tracking
will occur on either Friday, 10/4 or Saturday 10/5 until approximately 2200.
Student Needs: Students should be
physically fit and equipped for law enforcement or wide area search field
response. Field practice will continue during any inclement weather. Students
should be properly prepared with wet/dry, cold/hot weather gear. Knee pads may
be helpful. Students need to bring a
pen/pencil, note pad, small measuring tape, 5/8 inch doweling or similar, 36 to
40 inches long, with three rubber bands to use as a tracking stick and a three
cell flashlight. Students will also need to supply their own bedding (sleeping
bag or sheets/blankets and pillows) and bathroom-shower supplies if staying overnight.
Registration: Students must
pre-register by September 27, 2019 for this course. Please utilize the attached student
registration form and transmit to Kevin Ham at kham@srpedd.org. Should you have any questions regarding the
class or class location please contact Captain Nelson Wirtz at (508) 922-9375
or by email at nwirtz@chatham-ma.gov.
If you require housing, please indicate so on your registration so we can
reserve space with the JBCC Billeting Office. Additionally, due to base access,
please have personal and professional identification available to present to
gate guards when coming on post.