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Patrick Patten

Tactical Woodland Operations

Patrick Patten served as a Law Enforcement Ranger for the National Park Service for 25 years. He has extensive field experience in woodland operations. He served as a Tracker and Tactical Search Advisor on several large-scale manhunts around the country and appeared on several media outlets as an expert tracker. In 2012 he retired as a Lead Instructor from the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center.

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In training, ambushes are detected early by the flankers when utilizing the “Y” formation
While there is always support for having a compass and a paper map, let’s not ignore how the technology of our smartphones can be a priceless aid in investigations
Given the right conditions, you can use tracking to find or eliminate areas where a suspect may be hiding
I borrowed the ‘Watch Out’ concept from the wildland fire-fighting community and have adapted it to woodland manhunts and find them to be an excellent tool