SURREPTITIOUS ENTRY OPERATIONS

SURREPTITIOUS ENTRY OPERATIONS consists of a focused 40 hour program of formal instruction and intense hands-on-the-locks PRACTEX’s relating to the opening of the majority of key operated locks likely to be encountered by an officer or operator ordered to conduct a covert, or surreptitious entry on behalf of his agency, pursuant to a valid court, or military order.  Specific instruction will be provided on lock picking, lock by‑pass and other acceptable covert, surreptitious or clandestine entry neutralization measures to include key impressioning and lock modifications. 

• August 10 - 14, 2009 ♦ New Orleans, LA
• October 05 – 09, 2009 ♦ New Orleans, LA
• October 19 – 23, 2009 ♦ Fayetteville, NC
• November 16 – 20, 2009 ♦ Ft. Lauderdale, FL
• March 15 – 19, 2010 ♦ Clarksville, TN
• May 03 – 07, 2010 ♦ Alexandria, VA
• June 21 – 25, 2010 ♦ Ft. Lauderdale, FL
• September 13 – 17, 2010 ♦ Jacksonville, NC

SURREPTITIOUS ENTRY OPERATIONS, LEVEL II   is a 40 plus hour course which will provide the Technical Surveillance Specialist, officer, or operator who has successfully completed the Basic TSS entry course, or possesses equivalent lock training, with expert skills in several new surreptitious entry areas.  Emphasis is placed on refining and enhancing the student’s ability to identify and neutralize locks and locking devices using a variety of new lock picking and lock by-pass techniques and tools.  Special emphasis is given to making a variety of field expedient lock and car opening tools out of readily available COTS supplies and materials.  Additional instruction will include the manipulated opening of personnel access systems; key casting techniques; lock “bumping” techniques to include making bump keys; and the manipulated opening of Group II type combination locks. Considerable time is also devoted to the covert opening of luxury vehicles equipped with high-security locks and locking devices.

• June 28 – July 2, 2010 ♦ Ft. Lauderdale, FL

PLANNING & CONDUCTING SURREPTITIOUS ENTRY OPERATIONS is a program which teaches each student how to carefully plan, supervise and conduct surreptitious or secret entry operations in support of court ordered law enforcement, or special covert military operations.  This 40 plus hour course includes detailed instruction on the preparation of comprehensive covert entry operation plans.  The instructors for this program are without equal! This course requires the participants to plan and conduct actual PRACTEX surreptitious entry operations of specific target vehicles, containers, commercial offices, boats & vessels, aircraft, and aircraft hangers and residential structures. Students accepted for enrollment in this course must have a thorough working knowledge and understanding of the techniques and skills necessary of a surreptitious entry operative who is required to conduct officially sanctioned covert entrees.  This is by design an intense and stressful program which will require total commitment by each participant.

• May 17 – 21, 2010 ♦ Alexandria, VA

NEUTRALIZATION OF FOREIGN LOCKS & LOCKING DEVICES  This 40 plus hour, one (1) week POI focuses entirely on foreign (non-U.S.) locks & sophisticated locking systems used throughout the world.  Students will be taught how to neutralize, through picking, the difficult multiple lever locks with false gates; how to by-pass others that cannot be easily picked; how to decode and make a properly cut key for the high security “Free Spinning” disc tumbler locks; special foreign lever lock key impressioning techniques; how to use foreign key codes, key blanks, and key cutters; specialty tool making, and countless other skills.  This POI is taught by a retired Master-Level foreign Locksmith & very experienced clandestine entry operator.  

• October 26 – 30, 2009 ♦ Fayetteville, NC
• May 10 – 14, 2010 ♦ Alexandria, VA
• September 20 – 24, 2010 ♦ Jacksonville, NC