Elements and Performance Criteria
- Operate and maintain surveillance equipment
- Select, operate and maintain surveillance equipment according to surveillance plan, jurisdictional policies, procedures and laws, and operational requirements
- Maintain security of equipment and communications throughout the surveillance operation
- Produce photographs and video footage that meet surveillance operational and legislative requirements
- Connect, use and operate covert communication attachments
- Identify the use by subjects of scanner and interceptor equipment, and make the appropriate response
- Participate in surveillance communication protocols
- Select communications equipment appropriate for the transmission distances required for the surveillance operation
- Identify and use radio communication channels appropriate to the surveillance operation
- Use secure coding equipment and secure transmission modes appropriate to surveillance operational requirements
- Document observations, ensuring communication is clear, concise, accurate, timely and relevant, using surveillance terminology as appropriate