At the end of the seminar you will know how to plan a successful protective
operation and how to carry out advance word, reconnaissance and counter-
surveillance in order to recognize perpetrators in advance.

Introduction

- Purpose and aim of operation planning
- Tasks

Intelligence gathering

- Which information are needed prior to the beginning of the operation ?
- Where to get them ?

Budget

Threat assessment

Logistics

- Staff
- Equipment
- Means of transport
- Permanent and temporary instalations

Criterias for the selection of

- Accomodation
- Venues
- Means of transport
- Routes

Control visit at different sites

- Period of time
- Controlling the site
- Control visit report

Operation plan

- Purpose
- Elements
- Writting the operation plan

Establishing security procedures

- Standart (SOP)
- Emergency (EOP)
- Distribution of functions inside the detail

Introduction

- Purpose and aim of reconnaissance and countersurveillance (protective surveillance)
- Tasks of the enforcing units

Forms of reconnaissance

- Route reconnaissance
- Instalation reconnaissance
- Area reconnaissance

Reconnaissance measures

- Pre- and past event reconnaissance
- Covert / open
- Stationary / mobile

Carrying out reconnaissance

- Recognizing surveillance vantage points, choke points and weaknesses of routes
  and instalations
- Splitting of reconnaissance sectors
- Flow chart, color system, dictating machine, optical means and computers as support
- Suspicious signs, recognizing surveillance attempts (terrorist surveillance tactics) and
  countersurveillance
- Writting the reconnaissance report

Final exercise in and around the city of Munich

- Planning the operation
- advance work, reconnaissance and countersurveillance

The seminar goes on for three day (36 hours). 

Participants must present a certificate issued by the police, statting that the holder
has no criminal record (not older than three months).