Course Description: A refresher on the seated battery of standardized field sobriety testing (SFST) was developed to address a number of issues faced by marine patrol officers. These issues involve having a suspect perform balance-related tests after being on the water for all or part of the day, as well as transporting suspects on the […]
Course Description: This course will focus on equivocal death investigations, how to successfully resolve the most complex homicide cases, and how to handle equivocal death cases. The lead investigator's roles and responsibilities, including administrative requirements and prosecutorial considerations, will be identified. Advanced, investigative techniques will be applied to investigative theory, along with an emphasis on […]
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 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 for assistance. Instructor: Vaya / Barbee Date: January 11-15, 2027 Time: 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Hours: 40 Location: Concord Police Department, Room Kannapolis Room Fill out […]
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 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 […]
Course Description: The investigator will learn the common presentations and scene findings in cases in sudden natural deaths including infectious diseases and inherited conditions. Sudden, Unexplained Death in Infancy will be covered in depth, with emphasis on important interview questions, scene investigations and autopsy findings. The investigator will learn to differentiate common accidental patterns of […]
Course Description: The successful use of forensic genetic genealogy (FGG), aka investigative genetic genealogy (IGG) to, solve cold cases has recently created a revolution in forensic identification. This workshop discusses how the revolution came about, its limitations and capabilities and case studies of varying complexities that illustrate how FGG can be used for cold casework. […]
Course Description: This course examines lust-motivated crimes, including an overview of fetishes and paraphilias. It offers in-depth study of rapists, sexual sadism, necrophilia, and mutilation to help investigators identify, interpret, and link sexual assaults and homicides. An indispensable course for understanding serial murder. Instructor: Blue Line Group Date: February 17, 2027 Time: 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. […]