Detection Equipment for Law Enforcement Course (DELE) PER-244 

Version 1.0 09-20-06 Course Description 

This WMD Radiological/Nuclear operations-level course will be delivered throughout the nation 

to jurisdictions approved by DHS/Domestic Nuclear Detection Office, Grants and Training 

Office, and the Centralized Scheduling and Information Desk. 

Course Description: The Detection Equipment 

for Law Enforcement (DELE) Course will prepare 

state and local law enforcement agencies to detect 

and report terrorist attempts to import, possess, 

store, transport, develop, or use radiological or 

nuclear material. DELE will teach individual patrol 

officers and detection-and-interdiction teams to 

detect, verify, locate, measure, identify, assess, 

and, if warranted, report radiation and radioactive 

material. DELE will prepare the local law 

enforcement team, upon the discovery of suspected 

illicit radioactive material, to seamlessly progress 

from detection through alarm resolution to search 

and response, in conjunction with regional and 

national assets. This course is designed to train law 

enforcement and public safety officers to employ 

department-issued personal radiation detectors 

(PRDs) and radiation isotope identification devices 

(RIIDs) within the bounds of the jurisdiction/ 

agency operational environment, procedures, and 

legal considerations. The course provides extensive 

hands-on practice with radioactive materials 

including combinations of innocent bulk cargo, 

simulated nuclear medical patients, industrial 

devices, and nuclear materials. This course 

includes all material covered in the PRD course, 

PER-243. 

Equipment: PRD and RIID instruments used in 

this course are owned and issued by the responder 

organization. The responder organization will 

provide PRDs for student use in the course, 

preferably one per student. CTOS may provide a 

limited number of RIIDs to supplement responder 

organization’s RIIDs during the course. 

Prerequisites: Attendees should be law 

enforcement and public safety officers who are 

issued a PRD and RIID, and whose duties place 

them in locations where illicit radiological/nuclear 

material may be hidden, transported, assembled, 

and/or employed by terrorist elements. There are 

no specific course prerequisites. 

Target Audience:

• Law enforcement officers 

• Law enforcement supervisors 

• Public safety officers 

• Public safety supervisors 

Target Audience (Cont.): 

• Other skilled personnel that provide 

immediate support services during 

prevention and deterrence of 

radiological/nuclear detection and 

interdiction operations. 

Course Length: 24 hours (three 8-hour days)

Course Scheduling: Coordination between CTOS 

and the jurisdiction/organization is required at least 

eight (8) weeks prior to course delivery. 

Disciplines Most Likely to Benefit from this 

Training: 

• Law Enforcement 

• Emergency Medical Services 

• Fire Service 

• Hazardous Materials (HazMat) 

• Public Works 

Performance Standard: Using the job aid 

provided, pass a written test with score of 70% or 

higher. Complete practical exercises in 

employment of a PRD and RIID to detect, verify, 

locate, measure, and identify actual radioactive 

material on persons (mannequins), packages, 

containers, vehicles, and facilities to an instructorcorrected standard of 100%.

Certificate: Certificate of Completion is issued 

upon successful completion of the course. 

Eligibility: It is the responsibility of the 

jurisdiction to select course participants. 

Course Delivery: Delivered by a Mobile Training 

Team (MTT) at participant locations.

Cost: All training and course materials are 

provided at no cost to eligible participants. 

Enrollment Information: In order to attend a 

training class delivered by one of the 

DHS/Domestic Nuclear Detection Office, or DHS 

Grants and Training partners, a request must be 

provided to the designated DHS State 

Administrative Agent (SAA) training point of 

contact. For the Training POC in your area, contact 

the DHS/G&T Help Line at: 800-368-6498. 
Detection Equipment for Law Enforcement Course (DELE) PER-244 

Version 1.0 09-20-06 Course Description 

Contact Information:

For more specific information regarding this 

course, contact the following: 

Registration Desk 

National Security Technologies LLC

Counter Terrorism Operations Support (CTOS) 

Program 

DOE/NNSA/NSO 

P. O. Box 98521, M/S CF126 

Las Vegas, NV 89193-8521 

(TEL) 702-295-3224 

(FAX) 702-537-2639 

Email: CTOSREG@nv.doe.gov 

More information can be found at the 

DOE/NNSA/NSO Web site: 

www.nv.doe.gov/combatingterrorism