Surveillance Operations
Modern surveillance requires far more than simply following a suspect. This immersive three-day course teaches law enforcement officers how to safely plan, coordinate, and execute surveillance operations in support of criminal investigations, fugitive apprehensions, confidential informant operations, and search warrant execution.
Classroom and Practical
Extensive Practical Exercises
Law Enforcement and Government Only
Course Overview
Students receive foundational classroom instruction before transitioning into extensive scenario-based practical exercises that emphasize operational planning, radio communications, surveillance protocols, team coordination, counter-surveillance awareness, and real-world decision making. Throughout the course, participants develop the skills necessary to collect actionable intelligence while minimizing operational risk and reducing the likelihood of compromise.
Who Should Attend
Designed for investigators, narcotics units, task force officers, and patrol personnel involved in proactive investigations, this course provides immediately applicable techniques that improve officer safety, investigative effectiveness, and operational success.
What You Will Do
- Plan and coordinate surveillance operations
- Execute mobile and fixed surveillance
- Communicate effectively by radio under pressure
- Apply surveillance protocols and team roles
- Recognize and defeat counter-surveillance
- Reduce the likelihood of compromise
- Collect actionable investigative intelligence
- Make sound decisions in live conditions
Course Structure
Foundations and Operational Planning
- Surveillance fundamentals and operational objectives
- Operational planning and briefing standards
- Team roles, structure, and coordination
- Radio communications and discipline
- Surveillance protocols and documentation
Applied Surveillance and Team Coordination
- Mobile and fixed surveillance application
- Team coordination in live conditions
- Counter-surveillance awareness and response
- Compromise recognition and mitigation
- Scenario-based practical exercises
Integrated Operations and Decision Making
- Surveillance in support of CI operations
- Support to fugitive apprehension and warrant service
- Intelligence collection and reporting
- Operational risk and decision making under stress
- Full-scale scenarios and after-action review
Instruction
Instruction is delivered by an active SWAT operator and federal task force officer with direct experience in surveillance operations, confidential informant operations, case development, and the planning and execution of high-risk tactical operations.
Our Approach
Performance is built through consistency, discipline, preparation, and real-world application. Not theory alone.
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