
Warrior Tactics for Law Enforcement
1 Day $250.00
Warrior Tactics for Law
Enforcement
is designed to
give officers simple and effective techniques that are easily
practiced and remember and that are tailored to the individual
officer that they can use to defend themselves from unarmed,
knife, and gun assaults.
The training
will also raise the awareness level police officers and help
them recognize indicators of possible violent attack, while
simultaneously teaching the officers to react swiftly and
confidently to those threats to end a situation as quickly and
safely as possible. These techniques will help to make officers
more aware of their surroundings and be more confident in their
abilities while they are working.
Officers will learn:
Pre-Assault
Indicators: Suspects’ actions and attitudes.
Maintaining constant and proper levels of awareness while on
duty
How to “Own a Situation”: Officers’ actions and attitude
Proper falling/blocking techniques
Knowing where and how to strike an attacker
Subject
control
Unarmed self-defense
Defense against knife attacks
Defense against gun techniques
Reasonable Tactical Advantage: Right to place suspect at
tactical disadvantage
Officers will
train their minds to recognize indicators of assault and others that
“just aren’t right” and then act swiftly and confidently to end the
situation as soon and as safely as possible.
OFFICERS NEED TO WEAR
LOOSE/COMFORTABLE CLOTHING FOR PRACTICALS AND MAT WORK
Leadership on the Line
1 Day $200.00
This one-day dynamic leadership
seminar will focus on the concept of “adaptive change” and those
leadership principles needed by law enforcement leaders and
executives to successfully lead their organizations. This course
will provide participants with leadership concepts taught at the
Georgetown Public Policy Institute, Georgetown University,
Washington, DC and the John F. Kennedy School of Government at
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. The seminar is designed to
challenge leaders with alternative leadership methods to enhance
both personal and professional growth. The concept of “followership”
and helpful hints for law enforcement leaders will also be reviewed.
Leadership styles, lessons learned, understanding the effects of
body language with subordinates, and how to effectively manage
direct reports are other areas of concentration. A short practical
exercise entitled “The Jungle” will help illustrate key leadership
points for the law enforcement leader. The seminar will be held at
off-campus venues for maximum student participation, which includes
a “networking lunch” and motivational speaker. Each participant will
also be provided with a copy of the book “Leadership on the Line” by
Marty Linsky. Metaphors extracted from Linsky’s book will be
discussed during the seminar.
Serial Rape Investigative Strategies
1 Day $200.00
Though serial rapes are not
prevalent in society, it is not an uncommon occurrence for a law
enforcement agency to have at least one or two incidents of serial
rape during the course of an officer’s career. This course will
examine investigative theory and common myths associated with serial
rape. Victimology and rapist typologies will be explored.
Interrogation approaches for the serial rapist and the importance of
theme development for interviews and interrogations is another area
of exploration. Geographical profiling and linkage analysis will be
examined along with the significance of items taken from the crime
scene. Task force creation and management requirements along with
the establishment and oversight of the “war room” will be explained.
The need for collaboration and a multi-disciplinary approach will be
further explained to students. The importance of the media, crime
stoppers, and the neighborhood canvass will be discussed as well as
DNA and CODIS challenges. The course will provide investigators with
the necessary investigative steps to properly investigate these
complex cases. Detailed case studies will be reviewed to illustrate
how to effectively investigate incidents of serial rape and
neutralize the serial rapist.
Advanced Homicide Investigation
4 Days $500.00
This course will focus on
equivocal death investigation and how to successfully resolve the
most complex homicide cases. Lead investigator 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 proper case management. The concepts of
“linkage”, “linkage blindness”, “time and distance”, and “crime
scene staging” will be explored. Crime scene reconstruction
techniques and interrogation strategies for the homicide suspect
will be taught. “Japanese” and “Dutch” law enforcement perspectives
will be compared to United States law enforcement investigative
methods and procedures. The importance of theme development during
the homicide interview is another area of concentration. Child
deaths, cold case investigations, and autoerotic deaths will be
reviewed as well as the importance of recognizing “post offense
behavior.” The importance of the neighborhood canvass, especially as
related to the proper sequence of interviews to be conducted will
also be examined. The conduct of death and homicide cases in hostile
environments will be discussed. Common mistakes in homicide
investigations and the need for an “investigative conference” will
be identified. Lead development and the concept of “documentation
dissection” will be explained through practical exercises. Several
case studies will be evaluated to illustrate how complex homicide
cases can be resolved.
Burglary & Property Crimes Investigation (24 hours)
Cost: $350.00
This class will provide the
investigator with advanced and proven methods of investigating
residential and commercial property crimes. Investigative techniques
will be presented focusing on property related crimes. Topic areas
will include: arriving at the scene (the preliminary steps),
interviewing the victim, witnesses, and the suspect, evidence
collection, crime scene investigations, undercover and sting
operations, informant issues, follow-up procedures, prevention,
tracking of stolen property, and community involvement. Practical
exercises will be conducted throughout the course and a class
discussion on current cases that the students have been assigned to
investigate.
Homicide Investigation (24 hours)
Cost: $350.00
You will learn a systematic
process for handling the crime scene from the initial approach
through scene documentation and evidence collection. The student
will be introduced to wound interpretation, bloodstain pattern
analysis and crime scene reconstruction. Different motivators for
murder will be identified and compared to case examples. Also,
follow-up investigative procedure and techniques will be identified.
Undercover Operations (8 or 16 hours)
Cost: $150.00/$250.00
This class will focus
on undercover operations and the requirements needed to successfully
operate as an Undercover Agent (UCA). Appropriate backstopping
requirements as well as the establishment of a fictitious persona
will be discussed. The concepts of shallow cover and deep cover UCA
will be explored. A special emphasis will be placed on informant
recruitment and the utilization of informants during undercover
evolutions. The utilization of props and non-traditional
investigative techniques will also be reviewed. The functions of how
to initiate and manage an undercover operation (i.e.
problem/objective, scenario, participating agencies, undercover
operatives, funding, legal considerations, etc.) will be fully
examined. Several case studies will be evaluated to identify lessons
learned and best business practices. Practical exercises to
demonstrate methods learned during the class will conclude this
block of instruction.
Non-Traditional Investigative
Techniques for Homicide Cases (8 hours)
Cost: $250.00
This class will focus
on non-traditional investigative techniques that can be used for
contemporary as well as cold case homicide investigations.
Undercover techniques designed to legally acquire both physical
and/or testimonial evidence will be discussed. Viable undercover
scenarios for the covert acquisition of DNA and other physical
evidence will be examined. Interrogation strategies and the concept
of "sequencing interviews" will be explored as well as the concept
of "seeding the room" and theme development during the interrogation
of homicide suspects. Case studies will be examined to demonstrate
how these non-traditional investigative techniques can be
successfully incorporated into active homicide cases.
Fundamentals of the Investigative Process
(24 hours or 40 hours if basic CSI techniques are desired)
Cost: $350.00/$550.00
This
course is designed to assist the new investigator or the patrol
officer who has to manage a felony investigation. The qualities of a
successful investigator will be identified and discussed. The
preliminary and follow-up investigative steps that apply to the
majority of investigations will be broken down and systematically
examined. Crime scene management, forensic issues, interviewing,
statement taking, eyewitness identification, investigators summary
and felony file preparation will be the course focal points. An
exercise will reinforce the classroom lecture and discussion as you
evaluate a case and identify the necessary steps to correct the
investigation. This course will prepare you for more specialized
training.
Death and Homicide
Investigation (40 hours)
Cost: $550.00
You will
be shown the various types of natural, accidental, suicidal and
homicidal deaths you may encounter along with proven investigative
strategies for each type of case. You will learn a systematic
process for handling the crime scene from the initial approach
through scene documentation and evidence collection. Also, you’ll
see how the latest technology and forensic sciences can assist you
in your investigation. Different motivators for murder will be
identified and compared to case examples. Also, follow-up
investigative procedure and techniques will be identified.
Interview and Interrogation
(40 hours)
Cost: Contact us for a quote.
Within an
interview, as a communication event, the interviewer has a number of
established goals:
Gather data or information from the interviewee
Determine specifically, if the interviewee is truthful and if
not, identify the form of the deception.
Transition the interviewee from unwilling to willing.
Toward
this end, the interviewer must have the ability to QUESTION. A
question is an activating event. If the questioning strategy
employed is not productive, then the interviewer must have the
ability to use additional approaches until the strategy most
appropriate to the interviewee is found.
Once the
interviewee begins to talk, the interviewer must be able to DETECT
DECEPTION. The form of the deception and the specific elements of
deception have to be identified. The interviewer must have more than
a "feeling" that the interviewee is not truthful. This knowledge
will lead the interviewer to the last necessary skill.
If
deception is detected, the interviewer must have the ability to GAIN
COMPLIANCE. The interviewer must then be able to change the goal of
the interviewee from deceptive to truthful, from unwilling to
willing.
In
summary, the process is this:
Can
the interviewer cause the interviewee to respond?
Once
the interviewee begins to respond, can the interviewer determine
if he is telling the truth?
If
the interviewee is deceptive or noncompliant, does the
interviewer have the ability to gain compliance?
Training
Objectives: As a result of the training the participant will:
Given
circumstances involving an interviewee and the dynamics of a
situation requiring a compliance-gaining interview, present a
considered interviewing strategy;
Having observed a related interview, provide a critique to the
interviewer, highlighting the positive and negative aspects of
the interview and offer a strategy for the enhancement of
persuasive abilities.
Investigative Discourse
Analysis (40 hours)
Cost: Contact us for a quote.
The
systematic analysis of written discourse - statements, transcripts,
letters, etc., can indicate to the investigator (or appropriate
screening personnel) the components requiring additional inquiry in
subsequent interviews and provide additional investigative options
within the investigation itself.
OBJECTIVES:
1. Perform an analysis of a transcript of written discourse
or a transcript of an interview to assess the assertions
provided and the responses to questions.
2. Utilizing the information gained from the analysis,
identify the appropriate areas requiring further inquiry.
3. Develop an appropriate interview strategy to address the
elements requiring further inquiry.
TRAINING
METHODOLOGY: Within the course, all concepts presented will allow
the participant to "do" in order to enhance the learning experience.
Actual transcripts and statements will be analyzed and expanded. The
hands-on methodology is designed to assist toward successful
completion of each objective by each participant.
Introduction to Criminal
Investigative Analysis (Profiling) (16 hours)
Cost: $250.00
The course is designed to provide the investigator
and prosecutor with an overview of investigative analysis
(profiling) as it applies to the investigation of violent crimes.
The student will be able to identify the traits and characteristics
of the violent offender, identify the personality disorders most
often found in violent offenders, and list the availability of
criminal investigative analysis (behavioral science) resources. This
course employs lecture, conference and practical exercises.
Suicide Investigation (16
hours)
Cost: $250.00
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 as
a combination of any of the three. Proving a suicide can be a
difficult task due to family denials, insurance concerns and lack of
an adequate investigation. This course is designed to overcome these
difficulties by presenting you with sound investigative procedures
and recommendations to ensure that a thorough investigation is
conducted.
Introduction to Financial
Crimes Investigation (16 hours)
Cost: $250.00
This
course is in development. It will be geared for the new investigator
who will conduct such investigations as forgery and uttering,
financial transaction card fraud, identify theft, obtaining property
by false pretense and embezzlement.
Child Abuse and Fatality
Investigations (16 hours)
Cost: $250
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 injury from
injuries inflicted by caregivers. The investigator will be
introduced to common patterns of accidental and inflicted injuries
unique to the pediatric age group including head injuries, abdominal
injuries, and skeletal injuries. Other topics to be covered in depth
include neonaticide (the killing of a newborn infant) – in this
segment, unique perpetrator characteristics and investigative
procedures will be emphasized. Findings in cases of
stranger-abduction homicide will be presented. Factitious illness,
also known as Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy will be explained and
illustrated.
Cold Case Homicide
Investigation (24 hours)
Cost: $400.00
This
course is designed to provide the investigator with an overview of
the cold case methodology and protocol. A wide range of
investigative steps, to include the use of non-traditional
investigative techniques and the latest forensic techniques will be
covered in depth during the course of instruction. Upon completion
of this course, the investigator will have a sound knowledge of how
to prepare and conduct a cold homicide investigation.
Narcotics Investigations
Techniques (28 hours)
Cost: $300.00
The
Narcotics Investigation Techniques course is designed for officers
and agents who have been recently assigned or will soon be assigned
the duties of investigating violations of the Controlled Substances
Act and related crimes. The course will cover topics including; case
initiation, case management, managing confidential sources of
information, undercover operations and risk management. The course
will include short duration practical exercises, and scenario based
operations planning and presentations.
Physical and Technical
Surveillance (24 hours traditional)
Cost: $300.00
The
Physical and Technical Surveillance course is designed for those
officers and agents who are responsible for covert physical
surveillance operations and the use of technical surveillance
equipment. Students will be exposed too and trained on the latest
audio and video transmitters, receivers, repeaters and recorders,
GPS tracking devices and countermeasure detection instruments. The
course will involve multiple scenario based practical exercises
utilizing state of the art equipment. Participants are also
encouraged to bring their own department equipment for use in
practical exercises.
Sexual Assault Investigation
(16 hours)
Cost: $250.00
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 crime
to the police. These circumstances may make it very difficult to
successfully prosecute the offender for his crimes.
Research
and experience has shown that the completeness and accuracy of
victims’ accounts are important factors in whether or not the case
is solved. However, victims’ reports of crimes, particularly
involving sexual assault and domestic violence, are sometimes known
to be incomplete and partially incorrect, often viewed by others as
"unreliable". This course will explore the ways of determining when
a victim or witness is mistaken or has memory gaps due to fear,
anger, shame, guilt, psychological and physical trauma, and alcohol
and drug intoxication.
Also
covered in depth are various investigative techniques including
pretext telephone calls, search warrant applications, victim
interviews, compliant victims of sexual assault, late reported
sexual assaults, case preparation to present for prosecution.
Particular attention is given to investigation of "late reported"
sexual assaults.
Criminal Sexuality (8 hours)
Cost: $150.00
This
course includes a discussion of the myths and misconceptions the
public has about the crime of rape and how those misconceptions
affect the investigation from victim interview to jury presentation.
Also included are the thinking errors of the sex offenders
themselves and how they use those errors to rationalize and justify
their behaviors. This course focuses on sexual offenders who
primarily target adult women, their method of operation and the
typologies of rape and rapist.
Sexual Victimization of
Children (8 hours)
Cost: $150.00
This
course is similar to Criminal Sexuality; however it focuses on those
offenders who target children. It distinguishes the difference
between the mental health/clinical descriptions and the forensic/law
enforcement descriptions of sex offenders who sexually assault
children. An evaluation of the different types of pornography, and
how they relate to sexual assault, is also discussed in depth. Also
included is a review of offenders who have been labeled as "internet
predators" and how they use the internet to facilitate the sexual
victimization of children.
Criminal Sexual Paraphilia’s
(8 hours)
Cost: $150.00
This
course consists of an in-depth examination of the relationship of
sexual paraphilia’s (sexual perversions) and sexual assault. It
includes a discussion of the differences between the clinical
identifications as outlined in the Diagnostic Manual of Mental
Disorders (DSM-IV-TR) and the forensic identification of criminal
sexual paraphilia’s, which are often seen, but not recognized, in
sexual assault. This will include the most likely indicators of
escalation toward violent sexual assault, including the most
dangerous of sex offenders, the criminal sexual sadist.
Thinking Errors of Sexual
Offenders (8 hours)
Cost: $150.00
Sexual
offenders use ‘thinking errors’ to give themselves permission,
justification and validation of the offending behaviors. By
understanding these thinking errors, strategies and tactics can be
developed to recognize their deception and overcome their defenses
during interviews and interrogations.
Violent Crime Profiling –
Behavioral Aspects of Crime Scene Reconstruction (8 hours)
Cost: $150.00
This is
an introduction to the technique of criminal investigative analysis
(profiling) as it is applies to death investigations. Included is a
brief history of the technique and the so-called differences between
inductive, deductive and the investigative psychology of criminal
profiling. The course focuses on the various motives for murder and
how by identifying the motive as displayed in the crime will reduce
the size of the suspect pool.
Also
included will be how the behavior exhibited by the offender at the
scene can be used to determine what kind, if any, defense the
offender may claim, such as self-defense, not guilty by reason of
insanity, or guilty but mentally ill.
The
students will review various crime scenes and autopsy photographs
lab reports and background information of each victim and offer an
analysis regarding the sequence of events, motive and any possible
defenses.
Inside the Mind of the Violent
Offender (8 hours)
Cost: $150.00
Why do
"normal" people commit violent acts? Are they mentally ill,
driven to it, just snap or are just plain evil?
This
course is an examination of the motives, traits and characteristics
of the violent offender and the personality disorders and mental
illnesses most often found in those individuals who commit violent
crimes. Affective vs. predatory violence, motive and intent are
examined including an in-depth examination of the differences
between the clinical Anti-Social Personality and the Criminal
Psychopath. Recognizing and understanding these individuals can be
very helpful to those who have to interview suspects, victims and
witnesses to violent crime.
Domestic Violence – From
Obsessive Love to Murder (8 hours)
Cost: $150.00
Domestic
Violence, Marital or Spousal Rape, Abusive Spouses are terms often
used to explain assault, rape, stalking and murder between spouses
and other intimates. This course will identify and explain the
behaviors of both the offender and the victim and how their
interaction can lead from jealously, to obsession, to anger, to rage
and murder. This course also includes what is often described as
"workplace violence" which more often than not, is violence between
intimates that occurs at the workplace rather than the home.
Stalking and Stalking
Behaviors (8 hours)
Cost: $150.00
This
course examines the various types of stalkers, their methods of
operation and motivations. Investigative techniques, interview
strategies, assessment of dangerousness and case management will be
discussed, from arrest to involuntary mental health commitments.
Threat Assessment (8 hours)
Cost: $150.00
This
course examines those individuals who communicate threats or other
"unusual" communications to others, be they political or public
figures, celebrities or "average citizens". This includes the
identification of the offender, motivation, evidence of mental
illness and threat management. This course emphasis is identifying
the difference between those who make a threat and those who pose a
threat. This course includes specific case studies such as
stalking/threatening political and media persons, mentally ill
threateners and anti-government "true believers."
The School Rampage Shooter (8
hours)
Cost: $150.00
What
causes a "normal" teen to becoming a mass murderer? Can they be
predicted and prevented? This course examines the various theories
of the cause of school shooters, warning signs, assessment and
interventions. This course can stand alone or be combined with the
course on threat assessment. This course can also include case study
presentations of two would be mass murderers. One who planned to use
homemade destructive devices rather than firearms, another 14 years
old and was subsequently tried as an adult.
Interviews and Interrogation;
Detection & Overcoming Deception (8 hours)
Cost: $150.00
This
course will explore the various ways of determining when a witness,
victim or suspect is not telling the truth, more importantly, not
telling the whole truth. The first part will cover the
various techniques; statement analysis, kinesics (body language),
behavioral analysis, and neuralinguestics, to not only determine if
an individual is being deceptive, but how to overcome the deception
and obtain admissions and confessions. The second part will explore
the various personality disorders most often seen in individuals
who, more often than not, are involved in criminal behaviors
(anti-social, narcissistic, borderline, paranoid,
obsessive-compulsive) with a special emphasis on the criminal
psychopath. These individuals pose a special challenge during an
interview as their "disorders" make it easier to lie and often mask
their stress of telling a lie.
The Psychological Autopsy and
Equivocal Death Analysis (8 hours)
Cost: $150.00
An
equivocal death is a death where the manner of death (homicide,
suicide, accident, natural) is of doubtful nature or has different
meanings of equal possibility. The psychological autopsy is an
effort to determine the victim’s psychological intent by
reconstructing the deceased behavior, communications, history,
habits and personality traits.
This
course will examine how to make the determination of the manner of
death based upon the medical, physical and psychological evidence.
Is the death consistent with homicide, suicide or accident?
Leadership on the Line
1 Day $200.00
This
one-day dynamic leadership seminar will focus on the concept of
“adaptive change” and those leadership principles needed by law
enforcement leaders and executives to successfully lead their
organizations. This course will provide participants with leadership
concepts taught at the Georgetown Public Policy Institute,
Georgetown University, Washington, DC and the John F. Kennedy School
of Government at Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. The seminar is
designed to challenge leaders with alternative leadership methods to
enhance both personal and professional growth. The concept of
“followership” and helpful hints for law enforcement leaders will
also be reviewed. Leadership styles, lessons learned, understanding
the effects of body language with subordinates, and how to
effectively manage direct reports are other areas of concentration.
A short practical exercise entitled “The Jungle” will help
illustrate key leadership points for the law enforcement leader. The
seminar will be held at off-campus venues for maximum student
participation, which includes a “networking lunch” and motivational
speaker. Each participant will also be provided with a copy of the
book “Leadership on the Line” by Marty Linsky. Metaphors extracted
from Linsky’s book will be discussed during the seminar.
Serial Rape Investigative
Strategies
1 Day $200.00
Though
serial rapes are not prevalent in society, it is not an uncommon
occurrence for a law enforcement agency to have at least one or two
incidents of serial rape during the course of an officer’s career.
This course will examine investigative theory and common myths
associated with serial rape. Victimology and rapist typologies will
be explored. Interrogation approaches for the serial rapist and the
importance of theme development for interviews and interrogations is
another area of exploration. Geographical profiling and linkage
analysis will be examined along with the significance of items taken
from the crime scene. Task force creation and management
requirements along with the establishment and oversight of the “war
room” will be explained. The need for collaboration and a
multi-disciplinary approach will be further explained to students.
The importance of the media, crime stoppers, and the neighborhood
canvass will be discussed as well as DNA and CODIS challenges. The
course will provide investigators with the necessary investigative
steps to properly investigate these complex cases. Detailed case
studies will be reviewed to illustrate how to effectively
investigate incidents of serial rape and neutralize the serial
rapist.
Advanced Homicide
Investigation
4 Days $500.00
This course
will focus on equivocal death investigation and how to successfully
resolve the most complex homicide cases. Lead investigator 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 proper case management. The concepts of
“linkage”, “linkage blindness”, “time and distance”, and “crime
scene staging” will be explored. Crime scene reconstruction
techniques and interrogation strategies for the homicide suspect
will be taught. “Japanese” and “Dutch” law enforcement perspectives
will be compared to United States law enforcement investigative
methods and procedures. The importance of theme development during
the homicide interview is another area of concentration. Child
deaths, cold case investigations, and autoerotic deaths will be
reviewed as well as the importance of recognizing “post offense
behavior.” The importance of the neighborhood canvass, especially as
related to the proper sequence of interviews to be conducted will
also be examined. The conduct of death and homicide cases in hostile
environments will be discussed. Common mistakes in homicide
investigations and the need for an “investigative conference” will
be identified. Lead development and the concept of “documentation
dissection” will be explained through practical exercises. Several
case studies will be evaluated to illustrate how complex homicide
cases can be resolved.
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