Prosec school helps the students on multiple techniques
- Dog handling (dog sniffing for drugs and explosives)
- Use of explosive detectors (short and long range detection)
- Special courses on Bomb search techniques
Brief Synopsis of search Team Course:
- Identifying the Threat
- Background to Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs)
- Understanding IEDs - students make their own
- Body and Bag Search
- Vehicle Search (all Types including HGV)
- Search Equipment
- Search Documentation
- Building Search including unoccupied buildings e.g. outhouses/sheds etc.
- Route Search
- Area Search
Bombs Search techniques is at 3 levels: (Accredited by SDS - UK)
- Search Team: Team Leader, 2 IC (scribe, equipment manager), 2 (or 3 ) pairs of searchers
- Search Advisor: Normally an Officer/Warrant Officer/ Sgt Supervises searches by a number of teams, Plansd searches, Liaises with other agencies.
- Search Coordinator: Normally a major or Police Superintendent plans and Coordinates major operations.
Certificates are accredited by SDS- UK
