Death Investigations

Certification

This course is certified by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board.

Training Mandates

• Constitutional Use of Law Enforcement Authority (2.0 hrs.)
• Human Rights (0.5 hrs.)
• Procedural Justice (3.5 hrs.)
• Lead Homicide Investigator (8.0 hrs.) & (1.0 hr.) Scenario Based Credit

Description

In Death Investigations, law enforcement officers will gain a comprehensive understanding of their roles in death investigations and their essential collaboration with the coroner or medical examiner office.  This course combines classroom instruction with practical experiences, TBA…  Classroom instruction includes a focus on collaborating with jurisdictional death investigation agencies, recognizing common causes of death, processing scenes based on various situational factors, and documenting and preserving critical evidence.  A review of case studies will also encourage critical thinking regarding application of basic investigation techniques and crime scene investigation skills.

Topics

• Understanding the medicolegal death investigation process.
• Collaborating with jurisdictional death investigation agencies.
• Applying crime scene investigation techniques to death scenes.
• Recognizing and documenting evidence critical to forensic analysis.
• Observing autopsies and understanding cause and manner of death.

Instructor

Deadline

Please register for this course by March 9.