Spoor: Spoor means a set of tracks laid upon the ground and visible to a tracker. For example, "following the spoor." Spoor is totally interchangeable with the words "tracks", "trail", and "set of prints".

Follow-up: A follow-up is the physical act of a tactically trained tracker or tracking team, following a set of tracks on the ground made by a fugitive or fugitives. For example, "The follow-up commenced at first light."

Tracking Team: When tracking or conducting a follow-up of armed and dangerous fugitives, a four-man tracking team is employed. A Tracking Team consists of a tracker, two Flank Trackers and a controller. It is a trained, self-contained tactical unit which provides its own protection, moves in various formations according to the situation, terrain and vegetation conditions. It is capable of confronting and overcoming most tactical problems it may face whilst deployed on a follow-up.

Tracker: The tracker is a member of a tracking team who is physically looking for and following a set of tracks. * NOTE: A tracker is NOT, and at no time should be used as, a "Point Man". His sole task is to search for and follow the spoor.

Controller: The controller is the person who controls a follow-up and is responsible for its tactical decisions, movement , formations and the general conduct of the team. He moves behind, but always in visual contact with the Tracker and provides the Tracker with close in defense and protection. Additional duties include rear protection, map reading, communications, and marking the last known spoor (LKS). He can also assist the tracker when conditions are difficult and a second tracker will speed up the follow-up.

Flank Tracker: There are two flank trackers in a tracking team, one positioned on each side and slightly ahead of the tracker. Their primary function is to protect the Tracker and Controller from ambush and to assist in the search for lost spoor. Their secondary mission is to undertake close-in recon and the identification of "track traps". They must remain in visual contact with the controller at all times unless deployed on wide 360 searches or recon tasks.

Three-sixty (360): When involved in lost spoor procedures, trackers, under the direction of the controller, systematically move round in a circle in an attempt to locate the lost tracks. This circle is known as a three-sixty, after the 360 degrees in a circle.

Box Search: A planned and systematic search for tracks, either at the commencement of a follow-up or when tracks are lost and cannot be found by standard lost spoor procedures. Natural lines which surround the area are identified from the map and systematically searched for evidence of tracks cutting that line.

Quarry: This word is used as an alternative to "fugitive", "target", or "the pursued."

Follow-Up Group: This is a group of armed individuals who accompany a tracking team, always in the rear and in radio contact, to provide additional fire power to the tracking team if the tactical situation requires it.

Command and Control (or Command Post): The Command and Control element of a follow-up is normally static and is the higher formation to which a tracking team reports. It follows the progress of a tracking operation, deploys other teams and assets according to the developing situation, liaison with other organizations, arranges resupply to the tracking teams but does NOT, repeat NOT interfere with the conduct of the teams on the ground.

Active Track: A hot follow-up conducted while the fugitives are still on the move.

Passive Track: A follow-up conducted when the tracks are "cold". Normally used for intelligence gathering purposes or to look for base camp sites.

Time and Distance Gap: The theoretical distance which fugitives could move over the ground between the time of the incident and the time which the trackers arrive to commence a follow-up.

Conclusive Evidence: Tracks or other evidence left on the ground which are indisputably left by the fugitives.

Sustaining Evidence: Evidence left on the ground which is inconclusive in itself but taken into account with other evidence is considered as likely to have been left by the quarry.

Action Indicator: Foot or body marks left upon the ground indicating that a certain identifiable action has taken place.

Initial Commencement Point (ICP): The point on the ground where a tracking team commences following the spoor. This need not be the site of the incident but could be at another point somewhere along the trail.

Spoor Separation Point: A point on the ground where the fugitive group splits up into more than one distinct group.