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Advanced Vehicle Contraband Concealment

Course Length: 2 days (16 hours)
To schedule class prior to October 1rst, contact:
MCTFT Coordinator: Ed Wiencek (727) 344-8024
To schedule class after to October 1rst, contact:
MCTFT Coordinator: Gail Walker (727) 344-8020

This course is designed to meet the need of educating officers in an effort to make law enforcement more successful as a whole when encountering and searching contraband-laden vehicles. This training will give the officer the edge when conducting vehicle searches.

Course Objectives :

  • Determine what changes smugglers have made after 9/11, and why.
  • Learn how smugglers beat drug-sniffing K-9s.
  • Learn how smugglers defeat density detection equipment.
  • Learn how drug smugglers beat x-ray equipment.
  • Determine how smugglers may be beating you on traditional search techniques.

Overview of Topics :

  • Development of systematic search techniques
  • Search objectives
  • X-ray equipment developments
  • Density detection equipment developments
  • K-9 failures
  • Changes in concealment since 9/11
  • How officers are getting beat on concealment every day
  • Pitfalls concerning concealment

 

 

To register for a class, call the contact listed with that class below:

 Course Schedule and Contacts
Date Class ID Location Contact Name Contact Phone
11/15/2010 13928 LAMAR, CO COMMANDER GARY MCCREA (719)336-1350
1/4/2011 13909 ATLANTA, GA SKIP LATSON (404)815-4496
2/14/2011 14033 FORT LAUDERDALE, FL DEPUTY AL CARDARELLI (954)831-8156
2/28/2011 13960 DRAPER, VA RANDY FERRELL (540)980-8104
5/24/2011 14007 NASHVILLE, TN BROCK HAMMAT (800)238-7985ex 572

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