This 35-hour course is for law enforcement and prosecutors who want to improve and increase their expertise and knowledge in the investigation and prosecution of domestic violence cases. The week-long, interactive, scenario-based class will focus on trauma-informed responses, barriers for prosecution and law enforcement, report writing and search warrants, charging cases, trial strategies, utilizing expert witnesses, forensic nursing and advocacy; attendee self-care, and many other topics. Attendees will work "real" cases from the initial 911 call through the prosecution phase. At the end of the course, attendees will have a greater understanding of the elements needed for a prosecutable and winnable case.
May 6-10, 2024, Integrity Auditorium

A class designed to define domestic violence, protection order, tools and strategies for assessing danger or risk of lethality. Responding to and investigating domestic violence, stalking orders, and lethality will be discussed along with the limitations of protection orders.
Tuesday, September 24, 2024, Kingman Expo Ctr

This 4 hour course focuses on strangulation and how strangulation can be the precursor of a possible homicide. The attendees will become familiar with signs, symptoms, and terminologies of strangulation and how to use lethality assessments to help victims understand the lethal situation they might be facing with a strangler. The dangers of minimization during a strangulation investigation with an emphasis on the crime scene and interview. A trauma informed approach to interviewing victims will also be introduced with an understanding of trauma and the brain.
Tuesday, October 8, 2024, Parsons KLETC Regional Site

This course focuses on Trauma-Informed Responses to Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Victims. Domestic violence and sexual assault are two of the most complex crimes we are called upon to respond to and investigate. The complexities of these crimes and the impacts of trauma on a victim require us to be better informed and to think broadly and comprehensively during our response and/or investigation.
Tuesday, April 30, 2024, Parsons KLETC Regional Site

This two-part training will cover Trauma Informed Response - Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Victims and Strangulation: A Hidden Danger.
Tuesday, July 23, 2024, Cowley County Community College - Wright Room