Detection Equipment for Law

Enforcement Course (DELE) PER-244

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Enforcement Course (DELE) PER 244

This operations-level preventative radiological and nuclear detection (PRND) course is delivered 

throughout the nation to jurisdictions approved by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security/ 

Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DHS/DNDO), Federal Emergency Management Agency/ 

National Preparedness Directorate (FEMA/NPD), and the Centralized Scheduling and Information 

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Course Description:

The Detection Equipment for Law Enforcement (DELE) Course prepares 

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 teaches individual 

patrol officers and their supervisors to detect, verify, locate, 

measure, identify, assess, and, if warranted, report radiation 

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and radioactive material. DELE prepares 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 Operatidepartment-issued personal radiation detectors (PRDs) and 

radiation isotope identifier 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 is a “live agent” course using actual radioactive and nuclear 

materials The course is designed and monitored so that attendees receive only minor radiation 

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Officer locating radioactive material with a RIID

materials. The course is designed and monitored so that attendees receive only minor radiation 

doses (lower than a chest X-ray or a typical round-trip airline flight across the U.S.) This course 

includes all material covered in the PRD course, PER-243. This course complies with ANSI 

N42.37-2006, “American National Standard for Training Requirements for Homeland Security 

Purposes Using Radiation Detector Instrumentation for Interdiction and Prevention.”

Equipment:

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PRD and RIID instruments used in this course are owned and issued by the responder 

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organization. The responder organization will provide PRDs for attendee use in the course, 

preferably one per attendee. The Counter Terrorism Operations Support Program (CTOS) may 

provide a limited number of RIIDs to supplement responder organization’s RIIDs during the 

course. Contact the Registration Desk for current course availability on specific models of PRDs 

and RIIDs.

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Examples of some RIID Instruments taught in this course
Cost, Course Length, and Delivery:

All training and course materials are provided at no cost to eligible participants. This course is 24 hours 

(three 8 hour days) All training is provided at participant locations by a Mobile Training Team (MTT)

Target Audience:

◊ Law enforcement officers

◊ Law enforcement supervisors

◊ Public safety officers

◊ Public safety supervisors

◊ Other skilled personnel that provide immediate 

Eligibility:

It is the responsibility of the jurisdiction to 

select the course participants.

Certificate:

A certificate will be issued upon successful 

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(three 8 hour days). All training is provided at participant locations by a Mobile Training Team (MTT).

◊ Other skilled personnel that provide immediate 

support services during prevention and 

deterrence of radiological/nuclear detection and 

interdiction operations

Course Scheduling:

Coordination between Counter Terrorism 

Operations Support (CTOS) and the hosting 

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completion of the course, acknowledging 2.4 

continuing education units (CEUs) through the 

University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). A 

letter verifying CEUs can be provided upon 

request by contacting the Counter Terrorism 

Operations Support (CTOS) registration desk.

Prerequisite:

Attendees should be law enforcement, public safety 

officers, and other personnel who are issued a PRD and 

a RIID, whose duties place them in locations where illicit 

radiological/nuclear material may be hidden 

jurisdiction is required at least eight (8) weeks prior

to the course delivery.

radiological/nuclear material may be hidden,

transported, assembled, and/or employed by terrorist 

elements.

Enrollment Information:

In order to attend a training class delivered by one of the 

FEMA/NPD Training Partners, a request must be 

provided to the designated DHS State Administrative 

Using a RIID to determine if material is illicit

Agent (SAA) Training point of contact. For the training

coordinator in your area, contact the FEMA/NPD Help 

Line at 800-368-6498.

Determining if a legitimate radioactive material 

is being used to mask illicit nuclear material.

For More Information, Contact the Registration Desk at:

National Nuclear Security Administration/Nevada Site Office

Counter Terrorism Operations Support Program

P.O. Box 98521, M/S NLV126, Las Vegas, NV 89193-8521

702.295.3224 • 702.537.2639 Fax

E-mail: ctosreg@nv.doe.gov

www.nv.doe.gov/combatingterrorism

DOE/NV--1249-REV1

July 2008