Basic Criminal Investigation & New Detective Training
| Number: | 243 |
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| MemberFee: | No Fee For MTU 8 Members, $375 for Non-Members |
| Contact: | 309-268-8430 or mtu8training@heartland.edu |
| Objectives: | This five-day course is a comprehensive overview for the law enforcement officer who has recently become assigned the crucial task of conducting supplemental investigations of suspected criminal offenses. During this course, the student will also be exposed to various injury, death, homicide, sensitive sexual battery cases. Also included in this course will be several post-mortem examination photographs and videotape segments, as well as injury, death and homicide scenes through slides and videotapes from actual closed cases. This part of the course will be VERY GRAPHIC AND INTENSE. Beginning the Criminal Investigation: Defining crime, Evidence & scene issues, Investigative training skills required, The investigator's responsibilities, The preliminary inquiry * The Crime Scene: Fourth amendment considerations, Judicially created exceptions, Search warrant requirements, Crime scene search & protection of area, Evidence maintenance * Injury and Death Investigations: Motives for murder, Classifications of homicide, Evaluation of information from the autopsy, Time of death considerations, Wound information and evidence, Firearms, Blunt force trauma, Incisions, Stabbing, Offender injuries from self-wounding, Suicide investigations, Autoerotic Asphyxia & "The Choking Game" * Sex Crimes: The basic principles of deviant sexual behavior, Paraphilias, 32 Investigative strategies for investigating sex crimes * The Supplemental Investigation: Where your investigation begins, Legal issues involving the investigation, Goals and objectives of a successful investigation, The importance of the post-arrest investigation, Solvability factors, case filtering, Studies impacting criminal investigations, Sources of information, Knowing and utilizing the resources available to you, Conducting successful lineups, Analytical tools and the Internet, UCR / NIBRS * Robbery Investigations: Overview & elements of robbery investigations, Legal considerations of robbery investigations, Robbery classifications, Investigative strategies, Crime prevention and education * Property Crime Investigations: Identity Crimes, Investigative Techniques & Resources, Confidence games, 7 deadly scams, Miscellaneous thefts, The Ponzi scheme, Burglary, Fraudulent complaints, Recovery of stolen property * Police-Media Relations: Legal and moral responsibilities of law enforcement, Quotable quotes, The role of the media, Case law involving First and Sixth Amendment rights, Four types of contact with the media * The Interviews: Introduction to interviewing, Witness reliability issues, The innocence project, Witness types, Special circumstances, Elderly victims/witnesses, Child victims/witnesses, Impaired victims/witnesses * Conducting Interrogations: Goals of the interrogation, Legal guidelines, Fifth and Sixth Amendment rights, U.S. Supreme Court Decisions, Planning and documenting the interrogation * Crimes Involving Computers: Categories of computer crimes: Search warrants, Exceptions to search warrants, Recovery procedures, Evidentiary issues, Resources for investigating computer crimes * Management of Your Cases: Prioritizing your case loads, Recommendations for submissions to the prosecutor * Case Study: Florida Serial Homicide Investigation - Aileen Wuornos * Instructors: Brian Jarvis is a 30-year veteran Law Enforcement Officer and Investigator, who recently retired at the rank of Chief of Police in the Town of Chester, New York, a suburban community located 40 miles north of New York City. During his law enforcement career, Brian has been involved in investigations in both New York State and the State of Florida. While in Florida, Brian served as an investigator in the Major Crimes Unit of the Marion County Sheriff's Department and was later promoted to Sergeant and served as the supervisor for the Major Crimes Unit. The unit was responsible for the investigation of all violent crime in the county, as well as white-collar crime and fraud. After returning to New York and earning the position of Chief of Police, Brian remained active in the investigative field, and supervised the investigation of all violent crime in his jurisdiction. Brian is a founding member and adjunct instructor at the Orange County (NY) Police Academy. Brian graduated with honors from the University of Phoenix with a degree in Business Information Systems. / Captain Thomas Tittle became a member of the Marion County Sheriff's Office in 1977 and was assigned to the Civil Division. Since then he has held assignments within the following areas: Patrol Division, Street Crimes, Property Crimes, Major Crimes, Training Director, Community Relations, D.A.R.E. Officer, Drug Unit and Communications. Prior to the Juvenile Division, Captain Tittle was in charge of a District Station where he supervised uniformed patrol officers and a district detective. Additionally, he was on the S.W.A.T. for 13 years with his last assignment as a Team Leader. During Captain Tittle's tenure in investigations, he has investigated numerous major crimes, drug cases and property crimes, including, but not limited to: sexual assaults (children and adults), child abuse, robberies, suicides, death investigations including homicides, crimes against persons, and vice cases. Captain Tittle holds an Associate of Arts degree from Central Florida Community College in Ocala, Florida. He also holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of West Florida in Pensacola, Florida. Additionally, he is a graduate of the Southern Police Institute in Louisville, Kentucky. He has attended numerous courses in Death Investigations, Sex Crimes, DEA School, Sniper school, SWAT courses and Domestic Relations. Captain Tittle is an adjunct instructor at the Central Florida Community's Criminal Justice Institute where he has instructed firearms, driving, domestic violence, crisis intervention and interviews & interrogations techniques and crimes against the elderly. Captain Tittle has had articles published in; The Florida Police Chief entitled, "Ice-Breaking, The Child Pre-interview", American Police Beat and Inside School Safety and has self published six law enforcement training manuals. His most recent article, "Juvenile Sexual Offenders", appeared in the May 2003 issue of The Florida Police Chief. Furthermore, Captain Tittle has a publication in The Florida Police Chief on Domestic Violence in the Spring of 2004. This article examined the last 10 years of reported Domestic Violence to law enforcement and potential trends to come. ** Non-MTU 8 members need to contact PATC at www.patc.com to register ** Course hours: 8:00a-5:00p on 4/12-4/15, 8:00a-12:00p on 4/16/10 |
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