Instructor: Mike Hull,  www.Hull’sTrackingSchool.com

Location: 54 College Dr. Marion, NC 28752

Welcome to Tactical Tracking

Be prepared to spend 70% of your time in the field regardless of weather conditions. This is a tactical course involving strenuous activity so you must be reasonably fit to participate.

Materials needed consist of;

• Issued long gun
• Field uniform-camouflage or plain colored  (not black)
• Hat (preferably bonnie style)
• Boots  (must be broken in well)
• Water bladders or canteens
• Rain gear
• Bug spray and sunscreen
• Binoculars
• GPS,& or compass
• Load bearing or tactical vest, daypack, or fanny pack
• Camo face paint or head net and gloves
• Personal first aid equipment.

First two days builds individuals basic tracking knowledge and skills

• Ability to properly articulate tracking and foot impression evidence in a court of law
• Determine number of persons involved
• May disprove an incident even happened all together
• Determine or eliminate suspects at the scene by Finding,
• Documenting and Interpreting Footprint Evidence
• Find and/or Eliminate Directions of Travel
• Extend Crime Scenes
• Find Evidence away from the scene
• Perimeter security
• Intelligence gathering/reconnaissance
• Search and Rescue
• Effective in Recovering armed and dangerous fugitives in rural areas
  Tracking compliments and enhances a canine handler’s mission. *The lack of tracks is evidence in itself
• Tactical acuity has been proven more effective in finding trip wires and IED’s than all the current technology in use.
• Anti-tracking techniques may be used for: counter tracking, hiding remote intelligence gathering equipment, recon operations, sniper hides and surveillance sites,
• A basic knowledge of tracking and foot impression evidence aids in; prompting confessions, provides physical evidence for convictions and enhances Officer Safety.
• We can all be taught the value of tracks, tracking and basic tracking skills to some degree; to become a “Tracker” takes time and commitment the same as any other specialized skill.

Day three through five students learn to track as a team in a tactical situation. 

• Most effective and safest techniques for locating dangerous subjects in a rural environment
• Rules of a tactical team
• Preliminary onsite investigations
• Formations and zones of responsibility
• Team movements
• Hand signals
• Encounter action drills
• Characteristics of the cover shoot
• Team lost spoor procedures

Mike Hull
171 River View Lane
Faber VA 22938

www.HullsTrackingSchool.com < Caution-http://www.VITALELLC.com >

cell   434 996 3639

MANTA training is provided free of charge to Law Enforcement Officers through a Governor’s Crime Commission Grant and the NC National Guard Counterdrug Program.
For more information or to receive help in registering for a class, contact us at:
manta@nccounterdrug.com
984-664-6045/704-400-9960