Tactical Aerial Law Enforcement Operations Nexus (T.A.L.O.N.)

The TALON Public Safety UAS Search is a 5-day (40-hour) intensive program focused on locating missing persons, suspects, and vehicles in real-world conditions. Building directly on Basic training, students master advanced search tactics, lost person behavior analysis, grid and pattern searching, thermal integration, AI-assisted tracking, and suspect concealment detection.

Graduates leave with the specialized skills and confidence to effectively lead or support search and tracking missions as a highly capable public safety drone operator.

Note: This course is listed under both Police and Fire/SAR sections because it is designed for all three disciplines (Law Enforcement, Fire, and Search & Rescue).

The TALON Law Enforcement UAS Scene Mapping is a 4-day (32-hour) specialized program focused on event overwatch, crime scene documentation, accident reconstruction, and surveillance operations. Students will master advanced mapping and orthomosaic creation, real-time crowd and event monitoring, detailed evidence collection, and the legal requirements for aerial surveillance.

The course emphasizes practical overwatch tactics, thermal integration, and proper documentation procedures so operators can deliver critical intelligence and admissible evidence during complex incidents.

The TALON Law Enforcement UAS Overwatch is a 4-day (32-hour) specialized course focused on real-time aerial surveillance, overwatch, crowd monitoring, and intelligence operations. Building upon the skills developed in Basic and Advanced, students will master long-duration event overwatch, crowd dynamics tracking, critical infrastructure protection, and live aerial surveillance for command staff.

Graduates will gain the ability to provide continuous, high-value aerial surveillance and intelligence support during large events, civil disturbances, tactical operations, and critical incidents while maintaining strict legal compliance and delivering actionable intelligence to ground commanders.

The TALON Law Enforcement UAS Tactical Operator School is an intense 3-to-4 day high-risk training program designed for experienced operators supporting SWAT, barricade, and critical incident operations. Students will master indoor/GPS-denied flight, discreet and covert tactics, barricade and hostage overwatch, advanced thermal deployment, multi-drone coordination, and force-on-force scenario training under realistic stress conditions, while achieving NIST Level 5 (Confined Space) proficiency.

This course prepares operators to safely and effectively integrate drones into high-threat environments while maintaining situational awareness and supporting tactical decision-making.

The TALON Public Safety UAS Search is a 5-day (40-hour) intensive program focused on locating missing persons, suspects, and vehicles in real-world conditions. Building directly on Basic training, students master advanced search tactics, lost person behavior analysis, grid and pattern searching, thermal integration, AI-assisted tracking, and suspect concealment detection.

Graduates leave with the specialized skills and confidence to effectively lead or support search and tracking missions as a highly capable public safety drone operator.

Note: This course is listed under both Police and Fire/SAR sections because it is designed for all three disciplines (Law Enforcement, Fire, and Search & Rescue).

The TALON UAS Structure Fire Overwatch is a 4-day (32-hour) specialized course focused on aerial support during active structure fires. Building on skills from Basic and Advanced, students master rapid size-up from the air, thermal imaging for fire spread and victim location, roof and ventilation assessments, hazardous material identification from above, and coordination with incident command.

Graduates will be able to provide critical real-time intelligence that enhances firefighter safety and improves decision-making during structure fire operations.

The TALON UAS Hazmat Reconnaissance is a 3-day (24-hour) specialized course focused on safe and effective drone operations in hazardous materials incidents. Building on skills from Basic and Advanced, students learn plume tracking, exclusion zone mapping, leak identification, decontamination line monitoring, and safe standoff aerial reconnaissance in contaminated environments.

Graduates will be equipped to support hazmat teams with real-time intelligence while minimizing risk to personnel.

The TALON Public Safety UAS Wildfire is a 3-to-4 day specialized course focused on drone operations in wildland and wildland-urban interface fires. Building on skills from Basic and Advanced, students master large-scale fire mapping, thermal hotspot detection, fire progression tracking, retardant drop assessment, night operations, and coordination with air attack and ground crews.

Graduates will be able to deliver actionable aerial intelligence that improves wildfire suppression efforts and firefighter safety.

The TALON UAS USAR / Collapsed Building Search is a 4-day (32-hour) specialized course focused on drone operations in urban search and rescue and collapsed structure environments. Building on skills from Basic and Advanced, students master safe standoff aerial reconnaissance of unstable structures, NIST Level 5 (Confined Space) proficiency, thermal imaging for victim location in voids and rubble piles, structural integrity assessment from the air, void space mapping, and real-time coordination with technical rescue and USAR teams.

Graduates will be equipped to provide critical aerial intelligence that enhances rescuer safety, speeds up victim location, and improves decision-making during complex collapse, earthquake, explosion, or heavy rescue incidents.