Helps patrol or border agents improve their ability to track movement over rough terrain.
Potential smugglers and terrorists crossing borders do their best to, literally, cover their tracks. Some examples of these countermeasures include covering feet with plastic bags to make footprints less visible or sweeping the ground with vegetation to disguise tracks.
Patrols identify and track the movements of potential terrorists in a given area. This highly specialized tracking skill is known as "SIGN CUTTING" . Tracking individuals who do not want to be found is a nearly impossible task without proper training, and is extremely difficult even with training. A few select individuals show an aptitude for the task and these "expert trackers" excel at tracking, identifying telltale indicators of movement through desert or wooded areas.
Potential smugglers and terrorists crossing borders do their best to, literally, cover their tracks. Some examples of these countermeasures include covering feet with plastic bags to make footprints less visible or sweeping the ground with vegetation to disguise tracks.
Patrols identify and track the movements of potential terrorists in a given area. This highly specialized tracking skill is known as "SIGN CUTTING" . Tracking individuals who do not want to be found is a nearly impossible task without proper training, and is extremely difficult even with training. A few select individuals show an aptitude for the task and these "expert trackers" excel at tracking, identifying telltale indicators of movement through desert or wooded areas.