Law Enforcement Tactical Tracking

LAW ENFORCEMENT TACTICAL TRACKING

The purpose of a K9 Tactical Tracker is threefold,

To gather and process information about the quarry from the track that can be used to assist in the apprehension.
Using a K9 Tracker pursue a quarry making ground through an understanding of the track picture and environmental conditions
To assess direction and distance from the quarry further utilising this information to effect an arrest executing a manoeuvre or plan of action designed to gain a desired end advantage minimising risk to the pursuit team.

'Your course helped us so much, We tracked him for two miles then I saw his ears perk up and knew we were now close to him'

Iowa K9 Officer

'After your course I was able to read my dogs proximity alerts so much clearer, I was able to call exactly where a suspect was hiding to my team'

Texas SWAT K9 Officer

TEXAS PARKS & WILDLIFE DEPT

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Tactical/Combat tracking is unfortunately becoming a forgotten discipline within K9 law Enforcement agencies.

Why? There is a huge difference between the discipline of tracking which is commonly taught by Instructors and K9 Combat/Tactical tracking which is utilising the dog in an operational role, a skill set mastered by the Selous Scouts and the U.S Scout Dog teams. The concept of the course is to instruct an established K9 handler team in new training methods streamlining their tracking techniques towards an operational tactical role. In addition, showing the disadvantages of established discipline tracking training methods in an operational deployment.

Tracking Instructor Daryll Pleasants served for 12 years in the military as a K9 trainer/operational handler and has been instructing operational tracker teams in Africa and India since 2012 . He holds both U.K and U.S Master trainer status, the only person to have this.

In November 2018 Animals Saving Animals was approached by U.S Dogs for Law enforcement to instruct their Police dog handlers in the process and implementation of Combat or Tactical tracking. The course lasts three days and covers the following syllabus,