About the Course
This 3-day 24-hour class is designed for law enforcement (Detectives, supervisors, patrol officers, DA investigators, prosecutors, and anyone who might be involved in a homicide investigation). The class will cover basic homicide investigations. The participants will start with when the call is received and go through investigative strategies all the way to courtroom testimony. The class will cover what the patrol officers’ responsibilities are at the scene, detectives’ responsibilities, how to read the crime scene, interview strategies, forensics advances, how to handle, transport, and store forensic evidence, new advances in DNA and familial DNA testing. Previously worked cases will be provided for participants to work through gaining hands-on experience.
About the Course
This 4-day 32-hour class is designed for law enforcement (Detectives, supervisors, patrol officers, DA investigators, prosecutors, and anyone who might be involved in a homicide investigation). The class will cover basic homicide and cold case investigations. The participants will start with when the call is received and go through investigative strategies all the way to courtroom testimony. The class will cover what the patrol officers’ responsibilities are at the scene, detectives’ responsibilities, how to read the crime scene, interview strategies, forensics advances, how to handle, transport, and store forensic evidence, new advances in DNA and familial DNA testing. Cold cases investigation will be covered from picking out the case to courtroom testimony. Previously worked cases will be provided for participants to work through gaining hands-on experience.
About the Course
This 2-day 16-hour cold case investigation class is designed for law enforcement (detectives, supervisors, patrol officers, DA investigators, prosecutors, and anyone who might be involved in a cold case investigation). The class will cover why cases grow cold, reviewing and reorganizing the case file, the pros and cons or working cold cases, interviewing witnesses many years after the offense, setting up strategies and interviewing the suspect, forensic evidence, how to handle and store forensic evidence, new advances in DNA and familial DNA testing, how to set up a cold case unit, what skills a cold case investigator needs, reading crimes scene photos, working with prosecutors, and testifying in court on a cold case.
Several case studies will be reviewed.
