Btec Level 4 Award in Covert Surveillance Management

Due to demand, ISS Training Limited are currently developing a Btec Level 4 Award training course aimed at surveillance team leaders and operational managers from the investigative and enforcement sectors.

This course is five days long and is very practical in content. You will cover the important subjects undertaken in a surveillance management role and is a natural progression from Level 3. It is essential that in order to qualify at Level 4 you must have training to at least Level 3 standard of skills, together with relevant operational experience.

Delegates on this course will be managing a three car surveillance team throughout the period.

Course Content:-

·      Managing Surveillance teams

·      Surveillance Codes of Practice & Legislation

·      Obtaining a clients brief

·      Background investigations

·      Open Source Intelligence

·      Planning & logistics

·      Costing

·      Target reconnaissance

·      Surveillance team briefing

·      Team leaders responsibilities

·      Surveillance team debriefing

·      Report and log writing

·      Client billing

·      Debriefing client

·      Options for further action

Criteria

Students who enrol on this course must hold a Btec Level 3 Award or a Level 3 Certificate in Foot & Mobile Surveillance or can verify that they have been carrying out operational surveillance for a minimum of 12 months.

Assessment

You will be assessed by observation and will be required to produce written work whilst you manage, brief and debrief a surveillance team. This is not an automatic pass course and the criteria for a pass is very stringent.

Course Dates:

22^nd – 26^th October 2012

Course Costs are not yet confirmed but likely to be in the region of £790.00 + vat

RIPA For Dummies

Over the past few weeks there have been various posts on a number of investigative related forums where there have been discussions about trespass, deploying trackers, using telephoto lenses, lifting bins, putting cameras on a house etc etc.. and every time someone pipes up ‘..but isn’t that illegal under RIPA..’

In simple terms: NO IT DOESN’T!

Now then, to put it into simple terms, you can do what the hell you like in the commercial world (beg, borrow, steal, rape, murder, carry out surveillance…) and RIPA has got absolutely nothing to do with it. Absolutely nothing, zero, zilch..

RIPA ONLY concerns YOU if you are employed by (or acting on behalf of) one of these public bodies listed (please read carefully now):-

• Charity Commission
• Criminal Cases Review Commission
• Common Services Agency for the Scottish Health Service
• A county council or district council in England, a London borough council, the Common Council of the City of London in its capacity as a local authority, the Council of the Isles of Scilly, and any county council or county borough council in Wales

• Department for Transport, for the purposes of:
• o Marine Accident Investigation Branch
• o Rail Accident Investigation Branch
• o Air Accidents Investigation Branch
• o Maritime and Coastguard Agency

• A district council within the meaning of the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972
• Department of Agriculture and Rural Development for Northern Ireland
• Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment for Northern Ireland (for the purposes of Trading Standards)
• Department of Health (for the purposes of the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency)
• Department of Trade and Industry
• Environment Agency
• Financial Services Authority
• A fire and rescue authority
• Fire Authority for Northern Ireland
• Food Standards Agency
• Gambling Commission
• Gangmasters Licensing Authority
• Government Communications Headquarters
• Health and Safety Executive
• HM Revenue and Customs
• Home Office (for the purposes of the UK Border Agency)
• Independent Police Complaints Commission
• Information Commissioner
• A Joint Board where it is a fire authority
• Ofcom
• Office of Fair Trading
• The Pensions Regulator
• Office of the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland
• Port of Dover Police
• Port of Liverpool Police
• Post Office Investigation Branch
• Postal Services Commission
• NHS ambulance service Trust
• NHS Counter Fraud and Security Management Service
• Northern Ireland Ambulance Service Health and Social Services Trust
• Northern Ireland Health and Social Services Central Services Agency
• Royal Navy Regulating Branch
• Royal Military Police
• Royal Air Force Police
• Scottish Ambulance Service Board
• A Scottish council where it is a fire authority
• Scottish Environment Protection Agency
• Secret Intelligence Service
• Security Service
• Serious Fraud Office
• The special police forces (including the Scottish Drug Enforcement Agency)
• The territorial police forces
• Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust

Please note: CPO, Surveillance Dude, Private Eye, Dog Handler is NOT on the list. If you are not acting on behalf on any of the above, never mention RIPA again for the duration of your natural life.

If you are one of those people who, on their investigation / security websites state: ‘Our company complies with the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 and the Human Rights Act 1998…blah blah, I challenge you, will call you a big liar and stand back from the heat as your pants catch fire.

It’s so simple people, if you are not on the above list, forget RIPA as if you have never heard of it. Simples..

Rural Surveillance Training

Our rural surveillance course has been extended from three to four days. This course offers a BTEC Level 3 Award in Rural Surveillance Skills.

The next open course is scheduled for 11th - 14th June 2012.

Hidden Technology Systems International

ISS form a strategic link with Hidden Technology combining technical training in the use of tracking equipment and conventional surveillance training.

During surveillance training with their Police, Government and Enforcement Agency clients, equipment supplied by HTSI is deployed to enhance conventional surveillance techniques.

Further details about HTSI can be found here www.hiddentec.com

Open Source Intelligence Training

This two day open source intelligence course is for researchers, investigators and enforcement officers to gather intelligence and information via the internet.

This open source internet training will give the investigator the knowledge to research individuals, companies, organisations and internet traffic.

Over the two days you will carry out hands on research. The subjects covered include:-

# Understanding the Internet
# Understanding email traffic
# Obtaining the identity of email sender & recipients
# Effective use of search engines
# Searching social networking sites, forums and blogs
# Open sources of information and intelligence
# Research of telephone numbers, addresses and individuals
# Research of company and business information
# Identity of website ownership
# Setting up covert websites and email addresses
# Monitoring of websites and keywords of special interest

This course is taught by internet intelligence experts, it is not just a 'Google It' course.
Dates:  24th & 25th October 2011 in Skipton and 1st & 2nd February 2012 in Central London and 14th & 15th March 2012, Cost £280.00 plus VAT

Surveillance Training - South Africa

Together with Delta One International of Johannesburg, South Africa, we are running a 6 day surveillance awareness and detection course on Saturday 26th March 2011.

The course is being run in Johannesburg.

If you wish to book on this course please contact Delta 1 International via their website Delta One International

Surveillance Detection Training - Sweden

Together with Heimrisk Services of Sweden, we are running a 3 day surveillance detection course on Friday 26, 27 & 28th August 2011.

The course is being run in the Fargelanda area north of Gothenberg. 

If you wish to book on this course please contact Heimrisks via their website Heimrisks Services