Public Safety An Animal Tracking Study Group for nature enthusiasts, biologists, naturalists, scouts, etc. Virtually anybody with enough motivation and discipline can become an accomplished tracker. All training is free to SWAT members. In addition, professional P.O.S.T. certified and college credit tracking training opportunities are available at team member's own expense. Any interested individual, eighteen years of age or older, is eligible for membership in SWAT and may join by attending a meeting or training and paying Association dues.
Dues are currently eighteen dollars per year.
SWAT members may participate in the Search and Rescue Tracking Unit, and become involved in this vital, volunteer emergency services group. Members with legitimate law enforcement or military affiliations may participate in SWAT's Law Enforcement Tracking Unit for tactical and investigative tracking. There is also need for support members who may or may not necessarily be interested in becoming trackers, but who are needed for vital support functions. In Honor of Our Friend and Fellow Tracker Jonathan Winker Jonathan Winker and his narcotics canine during a Spring 2000 SWAT training Jonathan was a veteran of the United States Navy, an officer with the Navajo County Adult Probation Div., and a Tracker with SWAT's Law Enforcement Tracking Unit. Jonathan passed away in October 2000.