Comments on: Search exercise planners handbook – Part Six http://re-search.org.uk/2009/11/24/search-exercise-planners-handbook-part-six/ The bloke that knows sh!t loads of dead cool stuff about search... Sat, 05 May 2012 08:59:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Johnnie http://re-search.org.uk/2009/11/24/search-exercise-planners-handbook-part-six/comment-page-1/#comment-177 Johnnie Thu, 03 Dec 2009 11:47:23 +0000 http://re-search.org.uk/?p=188#comment-177 A good point Jennie. We tend not to train to find cars because they are massive, are generally parked in places you would expect them, and because the Police are fairly good at finding cars. On a misper search we would definitely brief teams with the car details if the vehicle was missing, so that if they came across say, a red Focus, they could check the index number and radio it in if relevant. At the same time, if the car is missing, they could be anywhere! As this post is about training, I would say that if you need to train your people to detect and recognise a car (a ton and a half of brightly coloured metal) you have other problems. Train them to search for what we search for; Human sized, Human shaped objects. If you are doing ten vehicle searches a year then rethink this, but I don't think you will be. (This also goes for drugs containers, firearms, aircraft parts, or any other nonsense. Train to search for what you are actually searching for, and that is people! A good point Jennie. We tend not to train to find cars because they are massive, are generally parked in places you would expect them, and because the Police are fairly good at finding cars. On a misper search we would definitely brief teams with the car details if the vehicle was missing, so that if they came across say, a red Focus, they could check the index number and radio it in if relevant. At the same time, if the car is missing, they could be anywhere! As this post is about training, I would say that if you need to train your people to detect and recognise a car (a ton and a half of brightly coloured metal) you have other problems. Train them to search for what we search for; Human sized, Human shaped objects. If you are doing ten vehicle searches a year then rethink this, but I don’t think you will be. (This also goes for drugs containers, firearms, aircraft parts, or any other nonsense. Train to search for what you are actually searching for, and that is people!

]]> By: Jennie Webster http://re-search.org.uk/2009/11/24/search-exercise-planners-handbook-part-six/comment-page-1/#comment-114 Jennie Webster Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:19:15 +0000 http://re-search.org.uk/?p=188#comment-114 Would a car be considered a clue? Obviously in the case of a despondent, it would be a very good thing to find to further the search effort, but I suppose mostly the police would be the ones to find the car, as they have the resource to do that. Would a car be considered a clue?

Obviously in the case of a despondent, it would be a very good thing to find to further the search effort, but I suppose mostly the police would be the ones to find the car, as they have the resource to do that.

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