Cartel Traps - The Basics
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About this course
- How often is Cartel Traps - The Basics scheduled?
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- Is Cartel Traps - The Basics available online or on-demand?
- Many titles are offered as virtual or self-paced—check the Upcoming list and the Online/On-Demand pages.
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Course Description
**Cartel Traps: The Basics** is an entry-level vehicle search course designed to give law enforcement officers a strong foundation in conducting thorough, systematic vehicle searches.
Before officers can effectively identify sophisticated hidden compartments, they need to understand **where contraband is commonly concealed and how to properly clear the natural voids already built into a vehicle.** The Basics focuses on those fundamentals and teaches officers how to move beyond a quick visual search and begin recognizing the areas smugglers routinely exploit.
Students learn a **systematic approach to searching vehicles from front to back**, with an emphasis on identifying and clearing commonly overlooked natural voids, recognizing basic indicators of concealment, understanding what should appear factory, and knowing when an area deserves a closer look.
The course uses **real-world photographs, videos, examples, and case studies** to demonstrate common concealment locations and practical search techniques that officers can immediately apply in the field.
Designed with the **patrol officer in mind**, The Basics is an excellent starting point for officers with limited interdiction or vehicle-search experience, while also serving as a valuable refresher for experienced officers who want to strengthen their search fundamentals.
The goal is simple: **stop searching only what you can see and start understanding where you need to look.**
**Build the foundation. Dig deeper. Clear the Voids.**
*Training restricted to sworn law enforcement personnel.*
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Student Feedback
Short sweet and to the point. Great demonstrations.
Great class just to see a very basic overview of how to clear voids and where the most common ones are
This class is phenomenal, has great information, and very helpful. The instructor explains in detail how to accomplish each task and makes the process easy to follow!
This is a great on demand course that should be shown to all new officers and used to refresh veteran officers.
Excellent course that was very well put together and packed a lot of information.
Pretty insightful for just a (basic) course. Realistically there are aspects to it that are more than basic mainly because it shows you how lazy some of our (routine) searches really have been. $50 well spent.
I like the on demand format for this course. During the last video I would have liked to see Jeremy do a complete vehicle search clearing the voids just to show on average how long it takes. With that said still a really informative course
Good quick class to give a more clear picture on common hiding places.
Detailed, succinct instructional on clearing common natural voids. Nothing complicated or fancy. You are immediately able to use the information provided.
The class was super informative! I don’t know a lot about cars but the information was explained in a way that made it easy to understand.