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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

Course Description: A comprehensive overview of psychopathy, covering its etiology, traits, and behavioral and criminal manifestations. The course also examines six personality dimensions — honesty, emotionality, extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, and openness — and how they inform profiling of victims and perpetrators of violent crime. Instructor: Blue Line Group Date: February 18, 2027 Time: 8:00 a.m.-5:00 […]

Course Description: Today's policing profession demands a new and bold approach to Customer-Centric Policing. This eight-hour highly interactive course is designed to give the participant an opportunity to discover how […]

Course Description: This course will explore best practices innovative approaches and practical techniques to overcome challenges and enhance the recruitment and retention efforts for the next generation in public safety. […]

Course Description: By its very nature, most sexual assaults occur in private, that is without witnesses to the crime and occur when there is some kind of relationship between the offender and the victim. The defense is “nothing like that happened” or the victim consented rather than revisited. Additionally, victims may wait before reporting the […]