Course Description: This 2-day course is designed for investigators, detectives, and crime scene personnel. Students will be provided with camera kits for this hands-on training. Using photography to document, evidence and scene processing will be accomplished during practical scenarios. Proper photographic coverage of latent fingerprints, human skin, and challenging surfaces will be accomplished. Participants are […]
Course Description: This course examines a very specific mindset when applied to the interview process. One in which the veracity of accuser may be questioned. The process of the inquiry will be examined as it may differ from traditional interview strategies and techniques. Interviewer mindset will be addressed, as it pertains to this type of […]
Course Description: This course introduces the strategic use of stories, parables and suggestions in the compliance-gaining interview. Third Voice, an advanced interviewing methodology that uses stories, parables and indirect suggestions to support productive communication during investigative interviews. Participants will examine the psychological principles underlying indirect communication and learn how to strategically apply narrative techniques to […]
Course Description: This introductory class is designed for patrol officers or community corrections officers who routinely interview suspects, victims, and witnesses during an initial investigation. In an interview, as a communication event, the interviewer has a number of established goals: gather data or information from the interviewee; determine whether the interviewee is truthful and, if […]
Course Description: This course is designed to educate law enforcement officers about people in crisis and how to assist the ‘consumer’ and/or relatives or friends of the crisis consumer calling […]
Course Description: This course is intended to ease an officer’s transition from the academic setting to the performance of general law enforcement or detention duties. Although an officer graduating from the Basic Law Enforcement Training (BLET) or Detention Officer Certification Course (DOCC) has received a thorough introduction to basic law, enforcement and/or detention subjects, that […]
Course Description: There are few who escape being touched by the tragedy of suicide in their lifetimes. Suicide is the eleventh leading cause of death in the United States, killing approximately 38,000 people each year compared to the 18,000 who are murdered. A suicide may be influenced by psychological, biological or social factors as well […]
Course Description: Course Description: Combined with the principles addressed in the Course on Recruitment, Selection, and Hiring this course will focus in on the specifics of the background investigation as required by the North Carolina Criminal Justice Education and Training Standards Commission and the North Carolina Sheriff’s Education and Training Standards Commission for law enforcement […]
Course Description: This course introduces the exculpatory interview as a structured investigative interviewing approach that evaluates both inculpatory and exculpatory information while reducing the impact of cognitive bias. Participants will learn how to apply investigative techniques that test competing explanations, assess information through corroboration and evidence triangulation, and support objective, evidence-based decision-making. The course also […]
Course Description: Conducting an interview with the victim of a crime is of paramount importance to every investigator. When the interview involves a victim of a traumatic event such as sexual assault, the investigator is faced with the added difficulty of dealing with an extremely emotionally distraught victim. This course of instruction will provide the […]
Course Description: This course provides participants with practical experience and strategies for effectively communicating on camera in preparation for press conferences, media interviews, and public speaking events. The training includes relevant and timely subject matter, given the current climate in the country involving police-media relations, and exposes police commanders and executives to the elements necessary […]
Course Description: This course is designed to provide an overview of the duties and responsibilities of the first responders and the importance of the team concept during a violent crime investigation. Proper crime scene boundaries and how to identify primary and secondary scenes will be examined. Other topics covered include types of death and violent […]