Covert Skills

Ruadan’s chief investigator, Terry Spamer, has developed Ruadan’s unique investigative method by applying the training he himself received from UK law enforcement agencies to the field of animal protection. All Ruadan investigators follow this method and all our training courses aim to make the relevant techniques accessible to animal welfare activists, investigators and volunteers.

Terry Spamer’s cv includes training in:

• Mobile & Foot Surveillance, level 1

  (UK Police National Crime Squad)

• Undercover / Test Purchasing

  (Organised Crime Group, New Scotland Yard Police)

• Urban Surveillance

  (UK Special Branch & 14th Intelligence Company Counter Terrorism)

• Covert Rural Observations & Operational Planning

  (22 Special Air Service Regiment, SAS)

• Covert Photography

  (UK Police National Crime Squad)

• Criminal Interviewing

  (UK Police Criminal Investigations Department)

• Managing Covert Human Intelligence Sources

  (West Midlands Police)

• Advanced Driving, level 1

  (North Wales Police)