• Instructor: Man Tracker – Talon Wilkerson
• Date: March 24-28, 2025
• Time: 8 a.m.-5 p.m. (day 1, other times will vary)
• Hours: 50
• Location: North Campus, Building N110, Room 128
• Fill out the registration form here 

In this course, students will learn the fundamentals of tracking and how they can apply those principles to their daily tactics.

The course is designed to take an untrained student and turn them into a confident tracker who understands the need for tracking and using the tactical mindset to increase officer safety and achieve successful results in the field.

Topics to be covered:

• Introduction to Tactical Man-tracking
• Glossary of Tracking Terms
• Visual Tracking Indicators and Interpretation
• Human Step Dynamics
• Rules of Tracking
• Roles of a Tactical Man-tracking Team
• Lost Spoor Procedures
• Tracking Team Formations
• Processing and Preserving the Scene and Evidence
• Basic Land Navigation, Compass and Map Reading