FOOT

SURVEILLANCE
 following the subject on foot without being
detected.
 Goals:
1. Describe each form of foot surveillance.
2. Identify the principles and techniques that foot
surveillants use.
3. Identify the methods and techniques that
surveillants use to test for and evade
surveillance detection.
4. Discuss the challenges of foot surveillance.
5. Explain indicators of foot surveillance.
6. Analyze various foot surveillance positions and
evade detection.
FIVE (5) TECHNIQUES OF
FOOT SURVEILLANCE 
1. One-man surveillance
2. Two-man or AB
Surveillance
Technique:

1. One-man Surveillance

T A
Technique:

1. One-man Surveillance

T A
Technique:

2. Two-man or AB Surveillance

T A B

Figure 1
Technique:

A
B

Figure 2
Technique:

B
A

Figure 3
Technique:

A
B

Figure 4
Technique:

3. Three-man or ABC
Surveillance
C
T A B

Figure 1
Technique:

C
A B

Figure 2
Technique:

A B C

Figure 3
Technique:

A B
C

Figure 4
Technique:

4. Leapfrog
Surveillance
5. Progressive
Surveillance
FOOT SURVEILLANCE
DETECTION
Techniques Use to Test for
 Stopping abruptly and looking for the rear.
Casually looking around.
 Reversing course and retracing steps.
 Boarding buses and alighting just before the
bus leaves.
 Riding short distances on a bus.
 Entering a building and leaving immediately via
another exit.
Continuation:

 Stopping abruptly after turning a cover.

 Watching reflections in shop windows.
 Walking slowing and rapidly at alternate
Intervals.
 Dropping a paper to see if anyone retrieves it.
 Stopping to tie a shoestring and looking
behind.
 Arrangement with another member to be in a
shop or other places to watch for possible
detection.
Techniques use to Evade Detection
 Jumping off a bus/train just as doors are about
to close.
 Leaving a building through the rear/side exit.
 Losing oneself in crowd.
 Entering theatres and immediately leaving
through an exit.
 Using decoys.
Continuation:

 Using traps. eg. use of dead ends or blind alley

 Taking the last taxi at a stand.
 Changing clothing.
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PRESENTATION