Response to Suspicious Objects - Virtual Learning
Course Methodology
The course delivery is focused to meet the needs and learning styles of the delegates and shall be delivered through a number of methods:
- Practical exercises and a desk top exercise following a hypothetical incident
- Discussions
- Presentations
The course content is emphasized through practical application of the skills.
Course Objectives
At the end of this Gulf Rowad training course on Response to Suspicious Objects, you will learn to:
- Understand the principles of effectively responding to reports of suspicious objects
- Provide the key initial actions to ensure officer and public safety
- Manage a scene with effective health and safety, evidence gathering and scene preservation
- Facilitate effective management of the incident through a Command and Control mechanism
- Work in a Joint Services arena of operation through agreed principles
- Deal effectively with witnesses, suspects, and the general public
- How to apply HOT Principles
- Explain the National Decision-Making Model and how it impacts on Command Decisions
Target Audience
This training course is ideal for Police and Civil Defense First Responders. It is suitable for junior to middle rank officers who manage response to operational incidents and who manage incident scenes. It would benefit Senior Officers who supervise or mentor junior officers who perform this role.
This training course is suitable to a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:
- First Responders
- Lieutenants
- Captains
- Majors
- Lieutenant Colonels
- Colonels
Target Competencies
Organisational Impact
The organization will acquire a thorough understanding of the principles and practices required in effective response to reports of suspicious objects to ensure safe and positive outcomes.
- Establish standardized procedures of responding to reports of suspicious objects
- Enhance public trust and confidence in the organization’s ability to manage incident scenes
- Develop standardized protocols for containment at incident scenes
- Improve knowledge of staff in managing initial response and develop awareness of risk to ensure officer safety
- Build in organizational resilience for Major Scene Managers
- Less days lost through accidental injury to officers
- Reputational Integrity through enhanced confidence and trust of Government Departments
Personal Impact
Delegates will gain skills in safely managing scenes, co-working with other agencies and considering and processing hypotheses in investigation.
- Awareness of the critical challenges of initial responding to reports of suspicious objects
- Identifying resources, experts and other supporting specialists that can maximize effective management of scenes of suspicious objects
- Understanding the processes and discipline required to successfully contain scenes involving suspicious objects
- Understanding managing and sequencing the roles and responsibilities for all those engaged in scene examination
- Development in working in a multiagency situation with standardized command structure
- Enhanced knowledge of managing Health and Safety
- Developing skills in a decision-making process that can be applied to variety of situations
Course Outline
Defining a Suspicious Object and Principles of Response
- Definition of Suspicious Object
- Introduction to Desktop exercise
- HOT Principles
- Deployment priorities and considerations
- Response Principles
Deployment, Containment and Scene Management
- Approach to Incident scene considerations
- Information gathering and harvesting
- Containment Specific for Suspicious
- Containment and exercise
- Major Suspicious Object Incident
- Scene Management
Decision Making Model, Managing Risks and Command and Control
- Sketches and Scene Recording considerations
- Command and Control
- Safe Scene considerations
- Managing Risks
- NDMM National Decision-Making Model
Principles of Multi Agency Working and Initial Investigations
- Multi agency working and JESIP Principles (Joint Emergency Interoperability Principles)
- Golden Hour of Investigation and Lines of Enquiry
- Effective Management of Investigation Process at Scene
- Locard’s Principle of Exchange
- Idealized Decision-making Model
Management of Witnesses and Suspects
- Witness Management
- Hypotheses
- Witness Management
- Suspect Management
2026 Schedule & Fees
| Date | City | Language | Price | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Jun - 02 Jul, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 28 Jun - 02 Jul, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 05 Jul - 09 Jul, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 05 Jul - 09 Jul, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 12 Jul - 16 Jul, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 12 Jul - 16 Jul, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 19 Jul - 23 Jul, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 19 Jul - 23 Jul, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 26 Jul - 30 Jul, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 26 Jul - 30 Jul, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 02 Aug - 06 Aug, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 02 Aug - 06 Aug, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 09 Aug - 13 Aug, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 09 Aug - 13 Aug, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 16 Aug - 20 Aug, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 16 Aug - 20 Aug, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 23 Aug - 27 Aug, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 23 Aug - 27 Aug, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 30 Aug - 03 Sep, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 30 Aug - 03 Sep, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 06 Sep - 10 Sep, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 06 Sep - 10 Sep, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 13 Sep - 17 Sep, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 13 Sep - 17 Sep, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 20 Sep - 24 Sep, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 20 Sep - 24 Sep, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 27 Sep - 01 Oct, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 27 Sep - 01 Oct, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 04 Oct - 08 Oct, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 04 Oct - 08 Oct, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 11 Oct - 15 Oct, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 11 Oct - 15 Oct, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 18 Oct - 22 Oct, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 18 Oct - 22 Oct, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 25 Oct - 29 Oct, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 25 Oct - 29 Oct, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 01 Nov - 05 Nov, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 01 Nov - 05 Nov, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 08 Nov - 12 Nov, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 08 Nov - 12 Nov, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 15 Nov - 19 Nov, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 15 Nov - 19 Nov, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 22 Nov - 26 Nov, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 22 Nov - 26 Nov, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 29 Nov - 03 Dec, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 29 Nov - 03 Dec, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 06 Dec - 10 Dec, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 06 Dec - 10 Dec, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 13 Dec - 17 Dec, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 13 Dec - 17 Dec, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 20 Dec - 24 Dec, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 20 Dec - 24 Dec, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 27 Dec - 31 Dec, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 27 Dec - 31 Dec, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
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