This new course interweaves two popular courses, featuring key leadership skills required for effectively responding to pre-planned and in-progress tactical events. This course is designed to familiarize police personnel (e.g., supervisors, tactical and task force team leaders, detectives, etc.) with procedures used for tactical mission planning and briefing of involved law enforcement personnel. Topics include mission planning documentation; operational planning for high-risk search warrants; scouting procedures for mission planning; tactical diagramming as part of the mission briefing, primary, alternate, contingency, and emergency planning; suggestions on how to modify high-risk search warrant planning to other types of tactical missions (open area operations, barricaded subjects, arrest warrant/fugitive apprehension, and hostage barricade situations); and much more. The course interleaves a broad overview of terrain analysis focusing on urban terrain and the contribution of a reliable floor plan for planning and decision-making.
The primary goal of this course is to familiarize the student with planning and scouting concepts and provide sample briefings during class to obtain experience and streamline the briefing process. This is NOT a tactics course. Various tactical options will be discussed to demonstrate the flexibility of the briefing process.
| COURSE ELIGIBILITY Sworn Law Enforcement |
