Who May Attend: This course is open ONLY to law enforcement
Location: Milpitas - Holiday Inn/Suites, 1100 Cadillac Ct., Milpitas, CA 95035 (408) 240-8000
Certified: California POST Plan IV (Student travel & per diem)
Semester Units: One Unit through Gavilan College
Presenter: "The Academy" - South Bay Regional Public Safety Training Center
Coures Fee: $1,400
The Academy's Course Flyer: The Academy's Flyer
To Reserve a Seat: Call "The Acdemey" @ (408) 229-4299
Course Description: This is a 40 hour course for front line law enforcement professionals who are responsible to manage, document, collect and preserve crime scene evidence. The instructors will be highly trained and experienced FBI Special Agents (retired) who have many years of hands-on experience at major crime scenes. They managed the crime scenes in such cases as the UNABOMBER (Ted Kaczynski), the Polly Klaas Kidnapping and Murder Investigation, the Oklahoma City Federal Building Bombing and the World Trade Center bombings.
This course is designed to maximize “hands-on” training and student participation. Students will experience the many facets of processing a crime scene using the latest techniques and technology. Topics include…
- Crime Scene Management and Documentation
- Techniques for Sketching the Crime Scene
- How to Properly Photograph the Features of a Crime Scene to include Night-Time Photography Painting-with-Light Techniques, and LASER Shooting Scene Reconstruction Techniques
- Techniques for the Photography and Recovery of Latent Fingerprints
- Forensic Uses of Forensic Light Sources (ALSs)
- Collection of Biological Fluids/DNA
- Collection & Preservation of Firearm Evidence and Scene Trajectory & Reconstruction Techniques
- Metal Detector Techniques & Procedures at the Crime Scene
- Recovery of Hair, Fiber and Other Trace Evidence
- Techniques to Recover Shoeprint, Tire Print and other Impression Evidence
- Collection & Preservation of Computer Medium - Digital Evidence
- Collection & Preservation of Questioned Document Evidence
- Preparation and Submission of Evidence to a Laboratory
- Elements of a Successful CSI Witness - Preparing to Present Physical Evidence in a Court of Law
- Crime Scene Safety Considerations
Practical exercises will highlight each topic for the participants to experience the techniques and processes. A final major mock crime scene practicum will challenge the participants to utilize the skills taught and developed during the training.
Register early due to limited enrollment. Students are strongly encouraged to bring any equipment they utilize on a day-to-day basis at crime scenes (such as camera equipment). Expendable supplies and other crime scene equipment will be provided by the instructors.
Included in the course are the following...
- Three ring binder containing copies of presentations, training material, and job aids
- Course completion certificate
Questions: E-mail Mike Stapleton for more information.
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