Description
Technical Investigations 1 (TECH-1) is designed for the entry skill level student whose full-time or collateral duties include technical equipment used in investigations and/or operations. This ten-day program provides the most effective methods to gather evidence using covert and overt audio and video digital recording devices. Additional focus on the covert and overt operation, installation, and analysis of information from GPS tracking devices. Extensive laboratory applications and hands-on training using various types of audio and video surveillance devices is emphasized. Students are taught how to plan for and conduct technical surveillance operations and how to build covert audio and video concealments. Students will demonstrate their comprehension of the material and techniques taught in this course through a variety of field exercises with professional role players as targeted individuals. This program has been approved by the National Technical Investigators Association (NATIA) as meeting the requirements necessary for training and professional development towards certification as a technical investigator
Prerequisites
Applicant must be a law enforcement officer/agent with arrest authority in the prevention, detection, apprehension, detention and/or investigation of felony and/or misdemeanor violations of federal, state, local, tribal, or military criminal laws; Direct Law Enforcement Support Personnel (DLESP); or employees of a federal, state, local, tribal or international agency who perform functions directly related to a law enforcement or Department of Homeland Security (DHS) mission but do not necessarily have the authority to carry and use firearms, make arrests and/or conduct searches with or without a warrant. This category of personnel may also include military personnel preparing for deployment. This program is part of the FLETC's Cybercrime Track (FCT) or the Electronic Surveillance (ELSUR) Track.
Required Training Materials
None
Program Syllabus/Curriculum
Electronic law and Evidence
Covert Electronic Surveillance
Covert Electronic Tracking
Program Contact Info
Glynco: 912-267-3447
State And Local: 912-261-4566