Course detail: Video Surveillance for Drug and Border Investigations

This three-day course teaches the techniques and skills to record surveillance video with camcorders and other video equipment. Students will be exposed to state-of-the-art covert video surveillance systems and be offered the opportunity to use them in realistic hands-on scenarios. The course will focus on both camcorder surveillance and covert video recording systems. It will include planning a successful video surveillance and the situational awareness necessary for safe operations. A night session will show participants multiple techniques for recording surveillance video in low and no light conditions. Participants will learn how to link the audio from covert audio transmitters to their camcorders. Participants will practice using professional microphones with camcorders to record confessions, eyewitness accounts, and victim statements. Numerous hands-on exercises allow students to practice these techniques in the field. 
 
COURSE TOPICS: 
  • The power of video as a source of evidence.  
  • Introduction to video cameras and digital media formats.
  • The elements of video continuity.  
  • Automatic and manual focus. 
  • Optical and digital zoom.  
  • Safely recording surveillance video.  
  • Hands-on daylight surveillance of stationary and moving subjects.
  • Hands-on nighttime surveillance with video, night vision, and IR illumination devices.  Recording quality audio from covert transmitters and other sources.  
  • Safely using and recording with pole and covert cameras.  
  • Using surveillance video during pre-operational briefings.
Register online at: Counterdrug Training

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 Session Information: LE27109F

Schedule: Every day, starting on 09/08/26 and ending on 09/10/26
Times: 08:00am-05:00pm CDT
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REQUIRED EQUIPMENT: Instructor provided equipment is available for all students. Students are encouraged to bring department-issued camcorders, DSLR cameras, night vision devices, and/or covert audio and video devices.

Instructors

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Chris Knowles

Facility Detail

Edwards Campus KLETC Regional Site
12600 Quivira Road - Regents Building
Overland Park, KS 66213