Surveillance Detection Training

Homeland Security Kicks off Three-Day Surveillance Detection Training

JEFFERSON CITY, May 22, 2007-Missouri’s Office of Homeland Security is hosting a three-day Surveillance Detection Training program beginning today to provide individuals with a framework to gain the ability to detect surveillance operations.

As a former FBI agent with 23 years of intelligence gathering and counter terrorism experience, Homeland Security Coordinator Paul Fennewald felt it was important to bring this type of training to Jefferson City.

“In every terrorist attack that I have either responded to, or are familiar with, terrorists have conducted extensive surveillance of their targets prior to the terrorist attack,” Fennewald said. “This surveillance activity is one of the few easily recognized, but often overlooked indicators that terrorists are planning an attack. The ability for both law enforcement and our critical infrastructure partners to recognize this activity is key to preventing terrorism, and one reason I am especially thankful we can offer them this training to enhance Missouri security."

U.S. Department of Homeland Security officials teach the course designed to familiarize
students with basic attack cycles and recognizing attack situations. The course is task oriented requiring students to demonstrate skills learned and apply knowledge to a stimulated event. After the course is complete the student should have the ability to develop and implement a surveillance detection operation based on the guidelines presented in the course and be able to identify surveillance being conducted.

The course is organized into five instruction modules including:
Module 1-Administrative, Module 2-Facility Attacks, Pre-incident Indicators, Vulnerability Analysis, Module 3-Hostile Surveillance Positions, Module 4-Security Planning, Observation Skills, Module 5-Surveillance Detection Validation Exercise.

*News Release*
*Public Safety*	Matt Blunt, Governor	Mark James, Director
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information, please contact: Terri Durdaller Communication Director Work:(573) 751-4819 Cell: (573) 301-2023
Homeland Security Kicks off Three-Day Surveillance Detection Training JEFFERSON CITY, May 22, 2007-Missouri’s Office of Homeland Security is hosting a three-day Surveillance Detection Training program beginning today to provide individuals with a framework to gain the ability to detect surveillance operations. As a former FBI agent with 23 years of intelligence gathering and counter terrorism experience, Homeland Security Coordinator Paul Fennewald felt it was important to bring this type of training to Jefferson City. “In every terrorist attack that I have either responded to, or are familiar with, terrorists have conducted extensive surveillance of their targets prior to the terrorist attack,” Fennewald said. “This surveillance activity is one of the few easily recognized, but often overlooked indicators that terrorists are planning an attack. The ability for both law enforcement and our critical infrastructure partners to recognize this activity is key to preventing terrorism, and one reason I am especially thankful we can offer them this training to enhance Missouri security." U.S. Department of Homeland Security officials teach the course designed to familiarize students with basic attack cycles and recognizing attack situations. The course is task oriented requiring students to demonstrate skills learned and apply knowledge to a stimulated event. After the course is complete the student should have the ability to develop and implement a surveillance detection operation based on the guidelines presented in the course and be able to identify surveillance being conducted. The course is organized into five instruction modules including: Module 1-Administrative, Module 2-Facility Attacks, Pre-incident Indicators, Vulnerability Analysis, Module 3-Hostile Surveillance Positions, Module 4-Security Planning, Observation Skills, Module 5-Surveillance Detection Validation Exercise.
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