Training

Crime Scene Investigation Course (80 Hours)

The Crime Scene Investigation Course is for Crime Scene Investigators, Evidence Technicians, Detectives, Investigators, Uniformed Officers and anyone who has the responsibility of processing a crime scene, identifying, documenting, collecting and/or processing physical evidence.  The student will learn the necessary skills to identify, document, collect and process various types of evidence that may be encountered at a crime scene.  This course will be both challenging and demanding.  Almost all blocks of instruction will be followed by hands on exercise or exercises to reinforce the lecture materials, with a majority of the exercises including photography as part of the exercise. Some of the exercises will be as simple as writing a description from a photograph to as complex as actually utilizing various fingerprinting and sketching techniques.  The attendees will learn the various techniques to document evidence, which includes note taking, photography and sketching.  The attendees will then progress into various methods used to locate evidence. The attendees will learn the various types of physical evidence and the appropriate methods used to document the particular evidence.

Crime Scene Investigation 1 Course (43 Hours)

Understanding that some agencies find it very difficult to schedule investigators for a two week course, the Crime Scene Investigations 1 and Crime Scene Investigations 2 courses break the two week course into two separate one week courses.  The Crime Scene Investigation Course is for Crime Scene Investigators, Evidence Technicians, Detectives, Investigators, Uniformed Officers and anyone who has the responsibility of processing a crime scene, identifying, documenting, collecting and/or processing physical evidence.  The student will learn the necessary skills to identify, document, collect and process various types of evidence that may be encountered at a crime scene.  This course will be both challenging and demanding.  Almost all blocks of instruction will be followed by hands on exercise or exercises to reinforce the lecture materials, with a majority of the exercises including photography as part of the exercise. Some of the exercises will be as simple as writing a description from a photograph to as complex as actually utilizing various fingerprinting and sketching techniques.  The attendees will learn the various techniques to document evidence, which includes note taking, photography and sketching.  The attendees will then progress into various methods used to locate evidence. The attendees will learn the various types of physical evidence and the appropriate methods used to document the particular evidence.

Crime Scene Investigation 2 Course (40 Hours)

Understanding that some agencies find it very difficult to schedule investigators for a two week course, the Crime Scene Investigations 1 and Crime Scene Investigations 2 courses break the two week course into two separate one week courses.  The Crime Scene Investigation Course is for Crime Scene Investigators, Evidence Technicians, Detectives, Investigators, Uniformed Officers and anyone who has the responsibility of processing a crime scene, identifying, documenting, collecting and/or processing physical evidence.  The student will learn the necessary skills to identify, document, collect and process various types of evidence that may be encountered at a crime scene.  This course will be both challenging and demanding.  Almost all blocks of instruction will be followed by hands on exercise or exercises to reinforce the lecture materials, with a majority of the exercises including photography as part of the exercise. Some of the exercises will be as simple as writing a description from a photograph to as complex as actually utilizing various fingerprinting and sketching techniques.  The attendees will learn the various techniques to document evidence, which includes note taking, photography and sketching.  The attendees will then progress into various methods used to locate evidence. The attendees will learn the various types of physical evidence and the appropriate methods used to document the particular evidence.

Bloodstain Pattern Analysis 1 Course (40 Hours)

This is the first course in Bloodstain Pattern Analysis where the attendees will learn a variety of concepts associated with blood and bloodstains.  This course provides the scientific and mathematical background for Bloodstain Pattern Analysis.  This course is the first step in the training progression for an individual to become a Bloodstain Pattern Analyst.  Attending this course alone does not qualify an individual to be a Bloodstain Pattern Analyst.

Bloodstain Pattern Analysis 2 Course (40 Hours)

This course is currently being developed.

Shooting Incident Reconstruction 1 Course (40 Hours)

The documentation of a shooting incident may allow for additional investigative information to be identified, such as the parameter of where the shooter and/or victim were at the time of the shooting.  Attendees will use the techniques taught in the shooting incident documentation course to perform various exercises to collect the necessary documentation of the shooting incident, then will take this data and examine the data in an effort to reconstruct the incident.

This information, if properly documented may be used at a later date as part of a shooting incident documentation / reconstruction or complete crime scene reconstruction.  A shooter may indicate they were in a particular location when they fired a shot or shots.  Their information may initially indicate a self-defense or accidental situation.  Simple examination of the bullet defects may seem consistent with such information; however the shooting incident reconstruction may prove differently.  The attendees will learn the documentation required of each bullet defect within a shooting scene.  The attendees will also be provided the scientific and mathematical tools necessary provide an analysis of the shooting incident.

Shooting Incident Reconstruction 2 Course (40 Hours)

This course is currently being developed.

Crime Scene Reconstruction 1 Course (40 Hours)

This course is currently being developed.

Crime Scene Reconstruction 2 Course (40 Hours)

This course is currently being developed.