Cartel Traps - The Basics
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About this course
- How often is Cartel Traps - The Basics scheduled?
- New sessions appear as soon as providers post them.
- 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.
- Will I receive a certificate or POST credit?
- Varies by provider and state—see the class page or contact the organizer.
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
Jeremy’s on demand basics course was short and sweet, but packed with a ton of great and helpful information.
This is a great course on how to easily clear and find all the dead space in a vehicle.
loved it. To the point amd helped me locate more voids than usual.
I just completed the online on-demand course "Criminal Interdiction: Clear the Voids" with the legendary Jeremy Bedingfield, and it was fantastic! Jeremy’s expertise and engaging teaching style made complex topics easy to understand. The c…
The Cartel Traps "Basics" provided a good general overview of locations and how to clear them. I look forward to attending Cartel Traps for a more in depth course.
This is a great entry level basic vehicle search course. A well laid out and easy to follow lesson plan.
Worth every penny. I have nearly 20 years of drug investigative experience and I still learned a few new things from this training.
A lot of good tips on how to easily search some areas I have found to be difficult in the past
Great class when it comes to learning the basics of vehicle searches. There is no telling how much contraband I’ve missed, can’t way to apply this stuff.
Great class when it comes to learning the basics of vehicle searches. There is no telling how much contraband I’ve missed, can’t way to apply this stuff.