Bomb & Drug Search
These search courses are designed for personel who plan and conduct all aspects of search whether it is to counter terrorist or criminal activity or part of an asset protection group or a security team who carry out random or specific searches as part of their general duties, this will include the planning and search of persons, vehicles, buildings, ships or venues. Search items could range from stolen goods, drugs, weapons, explosive bombs or other items that may present a danger.
Terrorist, Criminal and other threats
- Methods of attack and other methods -
- Methods terrorists use to commit the crimes
- Telephone threats and responses -
- Used to cause fear and disruption and graded response to the threat
- Terrorist and criminal resources and other threats -
- Legal, illegal and home made resources used to commit the crimes
- Components of improvised devices -
- Understanding the basic components of an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) and how they are used in the construction of an IED
- Concealment of hides -
- The tactics used and employed by criminals and others to preserve their resources and the general principles used
Search Planning Considerations
- Standard search procedures -
- Threat assessments and the rule of law
- Persons -
- Constraints and methods used to search persons
- Vehicles (Light) -
- Condition of entry and exit to a site or secure location
- Vehicles (Commercial) -
- Condition of entry or exit to a secure site
- Vehicles (Defensive VIP) -
- To ensure the vehicle has not been tampered with or anything has been attached to the vehicle
- Vehicle (Stop Procedures) -
- As part of an intelligence operation the level of search will depend on the threat level
- Buildings (Offensive) -
- The planning, entry, search and exit of defensive searches
- Buildings (Protective) -
- Ensure a secure environment for the VIP or Client
- Motorways -
- Identify vulnerable points on routes and the method of attack used and the procedures to combat the threat
- Routes -
- Identify vulnerable points on routes and the method of attack used and the procedures to combat the threat
- Areas -
- Location hides in rural and urban areas
- Boats -
- Methods of searching boats or ships as part of a protective or offensive operation
- Aircraft -
- Methods of searching aircraft of a protective or offensive operation
- Railway Assets -
- Methods of searching railway assets part of a protective or offensive operation
- Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) -
- Searching in a restricted CBRN environment
Actions on Finding Items and Evidence Gathering
- Actions on a find (General)
- Actions on a find (Specific)
- Actions on a find (Person)
- Actions on a find (Vehicle)
- Actions on a find (Building)
- Actions on a find (Routes and motorways)
- Actions on a find (Areas)
- Evidence gathering -
- Prioritising and understanding the principles of evidence in a search environment
- Evacuation and reoccupation procedures -
- Actions required when evacuation is required and when and how to reoccupy
Courses Available:
- Search Awareness Course (General)
- Search Awareness Course (Specific)
- Search Course for CP Operators
- High Assurance Search Operator
- High Assurance Search Team Leader
- High Assurance Search Planning
For more information, course dates and costs please contact us
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