Date: May 15-17, 2020
Time: 08:00 a.m., Friday, May 15, 2020 through 2:00
p.m., Sunday, May 17, 2020
Location: Camp Sanders, Sanders, Idaho
Course Cost: $390 payable to Idaho
State Trackers, PO Box 166, Palouse, WA 99161
- $100
deposit required to reserve space in this class, due by May 1, 2020.
Meals & Accommodations: Dormitory style
accommodations are provided Thursday through Saturday nights. Meals and snacks
are provided from Thursday dinner through Sunday lunch.
There are NO prerequisites for this training presentation. This tracking course is open to all persons with tracking interests regardless of previous experience or training and will focus on primary training for beginning or novice student interests. This will be a certification course for all eligible students. All tracking students will be provided training at an appropriate level for their development and upward progress.
Law Enforcement officers and other first responder officials-includes SAR – this course will focus and feature on a new awareness for official first responders called: to human death scenes where bodies are discovered; burglaries; stalking incidents; trespass incidents; fish & game violations in the field; etc. The most numerous clues as to what happened is the physical evidence which explains – who was there – why, when, how, where. Let us help you to become aware of and identify that evidence which is the most overlooked, misinterpreted, misunderstood, and unrecognized.
Course Content: This will be a 24
hour course beginning at 8:00 am Friday May 15 with registration and lecture
including power point presentation to provide Novice and Basic tracker
understanding of training methodology, techniques and procedures. 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 “PLS”, direction of subject travel and following the physical evidence to
the missing person. Field training will
allow “student tracking team” experimentation and “hands-on” practice of fundamental tracking techniques. Novice students will progress from initial
identifying a print, to “step-by-step” every track concept of following an
identified sign line and practical tracking team response.
This
is a “skill development” training program for Apprentice and Journeyman Tracker
students. Students at these levels have
acquired Basic Tracker understanding and will be introduced to practical
tracking techniques and applications necessary to become a viable resource for
SAR missions. Students at all training levels will be individually challenged
with additional advanced tracking concepts and techniques. Journeyman Tracker
students will be provided advanced training objectives working with Novice and
Apprentice students and separately in simulated actual SAR and law enforcement
mission scenarios.
Please
bring to this training course your current training manual and tracking
logs. Should you anticipate challenging the certification board for
advancement: Please advise your trainer in advance so that person may
prepare a recommendation and your training records; you must bring your
personal tracking and training logs and records.
Student Needs: Students should be
physically fit and equipped for SAR 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. Signed copies of Joel’s book
are available by direct contact with Joel at Joel@jhardin-inc.com
Sponsor Information: This course is
sponsored by Idaho State Trackers Association. All interested law enforcement
and SAR volunteer personnel are invited to attend.