HOSTED BY: RICHLAND POLICE DEPARTMENT

OVERVIEW:

This is a comprehensive course that covers everything you will need to know to scout, plan, and brief the service of a search warrant. Classroom instruction on scouting principles and techniques, operations orders, and briefing the warrant will be provided. Students will also participate in several practical exercises that use a team and building block approach, culminating with a full target scout, execution plan, and warrant brief. This course will cover everything you need to know to effectively scout and plan warrants, whether patrol level or a high-risk SWAT service.

Training consists of 2 days (16 hours) of instruction that will include, but is not limited to the following topics.

• Scouting methods
• Identifying breach points & hazards
• Contingency planning
• SMEAC order planning format
• Site ID
• Hasty planning
• Briefing formats & resources
• Practical exercises

STUDENT EQUIPMENT REQUIREMENTS:

• LE credentials/ID
• Pen and note taking material
• Laptop computer recommended (a PDF will be provided to attendees prior to class start)

DATES: May 7-8, 2018

CLASS HOURS: 0800-1700

CLASS LOCATION: Richland Police Department, 871 George Washington Way, 99352

TUITION:

• $250 (Payment by check to Trinity Tactical Consulting, LLC – (Preferred address: 2457 N Rhode Island Court, Kennewick, WA 99336). Full tuition payment required for registration.
• Contact Trinity Tactical (trinitytactical@yahoo.com or (509) 820-0315) with student name, rank/position, agency, contact email and phone number.
• Refundable with 30-day notice prior to class date. Student substitution allowed.

INSTRUCTOR BIO:

Wayne DuBois – A police sergeant with more than 21 years of law enforcement experience and active SWAT team member for 20 years. During his career, Wayne has participated in the scouting and planning of hundreds of high and low risk search warrants, and responded to and/or supervised hundreds of critical incidents, including barricaded suspects, armed suicidal subjects, and hostage situations. Prior to law enforcement, Wayne served 4 years on active duty as a ground surveillance systems operator in the U.S. Army, including deployment to Southwest Asia for 6 months during Operation Desert Shield/Storm. Currently he is the Sergeant of a Street Crimes Unit at a municipal police department (2014 to present) and Team Leader for a large active regional SWAT Team (2005 to present). Wayne serves as a Western Region Director for the National Tactical Officers Association (NTOA) and instructs in the NTOA’s Command Cadre. He is a certified instructor in multiple disciplines and has had two published articles on SWAT procedures and operations in a national publication, “The Tactical Edge.” Wayne holds a M.A. in Executive Leadership from Liberty University.