Advanced Covert Surveillance & Intelligence Operations

Course review:

Trojan Securities advanced surveillance, intelligence gathering & counter surveillance operations course, designed for operating in hostile environments.

The advanced surveillance 6 day course is designed at conducting surveillance, intelligence and counter surveillance operations in hostile environments, with an emphasis on successfully detecting hostile or third party activities. The training course will cover the basics then move onto the intermediate and advanced areas of surveillance, intelligence gathering and covert surveillance techniques.

• Surveillance observation & awareness
• Surveillance definitions & objectives
• Surveillance techniques (static, mobile foot & mobile vehicles)
• Threat assessments, threat analysis & target identification process
• Intelligence gathering & surveillance detection
• Terrorist & hostile surveillance techniques
• Surveillance operations planning & management
• Counter surveillance & intelligence techniques
• Personal security & kidnap awareness

Trojan Securities have an optional covert weapons module which is the next level regards hostile surveillance incorporating live firearms into training course, with realistic exercises. The covert weapons module is added to the original syllabus, optional point of interest.

• Weapons involved with covert surveillance & intelligence operations
• Different techniques for carrying & deploying firearms
• Live fire weapons (on foot covert techniques)
• Live fire weapons training (in & from vehicles)

During the training course students will be made aware of the methods of operation used by various terrorists criminal groups and how to detect and defeat these said measures. All the core skills are then put into practice by carrying out supervised surveillance and intelligence exercises, with an emphasis on successfully detecting criminal and terrorist hostile activities.

Basic Surveillance Overview

• Introduction of surveillance and intelligence gathering operations
• General Surveillance awareness
• Roles and responsibilities of surveillance operators
• Types of surveillance (static, mobile foot, mobile vehicle)
• Surveillance techniques (mobile foot & mobile vehicle)
• Communications while working surveillance operations
• Navigation & map reading

Static Surveillance

• Rural surveillance operations
• Urban surveillance operations

Mobile Foot Surveillance

• Conducting foot surveillance as an individual
• Conducting foot surveillance as a team
• Use of public transport within surveillance and intelligence operations

Mobile Vehicle Surveillance

• Surveillance driving introduction, roles and responsibilities
• Introduction to mobile surveillance, individual & small teams
• Mobile surveillance, multiple vehicles
• Use of public transport within mobile surveillance operations

Mobile Foot & Vehicle Surveillance

• Using mobile foot and mobile vehicle skills together
• Surveillance and intelligence gathering active exercises

Intermediate/ Advanced Overview

• Setting up a surveillance and intelligence operations room
• Close target reconnaissance (CTR)
• Surveillance detection
• Surveillance teams (multiple teams)
• Terrorist & hostile surveillance
• Night surveillance operations
• Anti surveillance techniques
• Counter surveillance techniques

Anti Surveillance

• How to conduct anti surveillance techniques
• Anti surveillance operations using skills taught

Counter Surveillance

• How to conduct a counter surveillance operation
• Counter surveillance exercise using all skills taught

Personal Security

The personal security phase is designed to teach the student preventative measures to be used in everyday life to safeguard against becoming a potential target.

• Situation awareness
• Kidnap awareness & situations
• Security procedures (home, office & traveling)
• Reaction to possible threats
• Dealing with confrontations