Developing Multi-Jurisdictional Task Forces for Major Crimes Investigations

 

This course will be modified to the level of expertise in the audience and can be adapted in the classroom for multiple levels of experience and understanding.

 

Training Goals and Objectives

The goal of the training program is to prepare the Investigator and Investigative Supervisor to conduct and manage a Major Case Investigation from initial response through needed follow-up.

 

The course will be directed at a multi agency approach to a major investigation, specifically homicide/death investigations.  Several areas will be addressed; each area by it self is an area of expertise requiring detailed individual course instruction.

 

In addition, the course will include an intense overview of criminal behavior and the understanding of behavior as it relates to the traditional forms of evidence, i.e., forensic, circumstantial, eyewitness and confession.

Training Audience, Format and Content

This course is intended for various experience investigators, evidence technicians, supervisors, and prosecution attorneys. It also has great value to the patrol officer and new recruit.  The intent of the trainers is to bridge the learning gap obtained throughout a law enforcement career in the area of evaluating crime scenes and help the less experienced officer/investigator to avoid many of the mistakes and pitfalls experience by veteran officers as they progressed in their individual careers.

 

This course is most successful when taught and received with audiences of 50 officers or fewer, but has been given in groups of 400 or more with successful reviews.  The smaller groups enable officers to have more direct dialog with the instructors and the other students.

 

The course is designed in 4 day sessions with day four involving case reviews and consultation of local cases so that the investigator / officer returns from the training with a more concrete understanding of the application of the training material.  The course is generally designed to run from 0830 to 1630 hours daily, but can be manipulated for evenings and extended days as needed.

Day One:

  • Criminal Investigative Analysis

  • Current Investigative Challenges

  • Expanding Traditions in Law Enforcement

  • Case Study: The Robert Ben Rhoades case                   

  • Forms of Evidence

  • Social and Criminal Behavior

  • Interpersonal Communication

  • Case Study:  BTK

Day Two:

  • Developing a Multi-Disciplinary Approach to Major Crime Investigations

  • The Formal Steps of the Investigation

  • The Duties of the Lead Investigator

  • The Investigative Approach

  • Developing Multi-jurisdictional task forces

  • Crime Analysis as an investigative tool

  • The 3 kinds of analysis used by law enforcement

  • What does the Analyst do?

  • Reasons for crime analysis

  • Data Collection

  • Database and database terms

  • Analysis tools

  • Computer software assistance

  • GIS Mapping overview and crime analysis application

  • Developing Crime Bulletins and Briefings

Day Three:

  • Victimology

  • Initial Suspect/Victim Contact Site

  • Crime Scene Analysis

  • Disposal Site

  • Physical / Sexual Assault

  • MO vs. Signature

Day Four:

  • Traits of Violent Offenders

  • Offender Risk Level

  • Ten Filters of Profiling

  • Case applications and presentations

There are no pre – requisites to this course, although students who have already attended the Criminal Investigative Analysis 3-day course can choose to omit day one and the morning session of day two. Students are requested to bring active / cold case investigations involving homicide / rape / questionable death as they will apply learned profiling filters, directly to their case during Case Review. This will enable them to leave the course with knowledge and an actual working product.

Evaluation

The evaluation process will consist of class participation and active involvement in open case review.

 

Cost:  (4) day course consisting of four (8-hour) days:  

 

Limitations / Special Needs:  None

Specific Needs:  Current quality of Laptop projector.  Audio capabilities with mini-8 jack plug-in.  Any audio/visual or POSTC/Academy facility or staff needs will be addressed on a case-by-case basis, but might include the use of an electronic projection unit, VCR, audio or marker board materials.

 

Student Materials

Student materials will involve copies of “Analyzing Criminal Behavior II”, Cooper/King, IQ Publishing, 2001.

 

In addition, the instructors will supply the student with additional resource copies of pertinent information.

 

Depending on student understanding, a wide range of video, audio and PowerPoint presentations will be used in the training session, and the instructors will come prepared with everything they will need to make this an informative, fast-paced learning experience.  The materials will range from commercially driven video to personal interviews conducted by the instructors with some of America’s most dangerous murders, rapists and violent offenders.

 

Detailed lesson plans are available as needed, but copies of the PowerPoint presentations and crime scene photographs cannot be supplied with this document.

 

Due to publishing restrictions, these training materials are not enclosed for a review!

 

Evaluations of Past Courses

Evaluations of past presentations are available upon request if this material and telephonic interviews are not satisfactory. 

 

In addition, we are happy to provide the names of references from all across America to assist you in your decision.

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