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Course detail: Intermediate Crime Scene Processing and Investigations

Course Description:

This training is designed for patrol officers or detectives who want to learn more advanced methods of processing crime scenes. The class will focus on recovering fingerprints, pry marks, and shoe tracks, and locating and collecting DNA. The instructors will use methods and products that are affordable to any agency, limiting the need for expensive equipment.

This training is very hands-on. The first day will consist of classroom time with hands-on practicals to follow. The second day is a half day with mock crime scenes. At the end of the first day, there will be a test to ensure the officer/detective knows the skills taught that day. On the second-day mock crime scenes will be a pass/fail methodology.

This training is NOT a photography class, bloodstain pattern analysis, or shooting reconstruction class. Instead, this training aims to inform the participant that evidence can be collected from many items that one might not typically think to process.

Trainers will provide all materials for the practicals and hands-on activities. Participants can bring a camera, but this is not a photography class.

Core Competency:

Participants will employ best practices as they investigate any crime from its beginning to its eventual disposition, either as an individual or as part of an investigatory team.

Course Objectives:

Practice recovering prints off of paper, sticky side of tape, curved surfaces, porous surfaces
Select appropriate methods and techniques to recover prints
Collect pry marks
Collect shoe and tire tracks in mud, on tile, on wood, and doors
Experiment with an affordable alternate light source to look for biological fluids
Apply proper technique in collecting DNA from a known person and off items of evidence

Instructional Methods:

Lecture
Scenario
Mock Crime Scene

Who Should Attend:

Officers who aspire to be detectives
Patrol Officers, especially from smaller agencies
Detectives who would like a refresher

Course Requirements:

100% Participation and Attendance
Written test and mock crime scene test

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Session Information: LE24026F

Schedule:

Every day, starting on 08/22/23 and ending on 08/23/23

Times:

08:00am-05:00pm CDT

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Price:

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Participants are responsible for their own snacks, drinks, meals, lodging and travel. Please dress in layers, as the temperature in the room may be difficult to adjust. The session begins at 8:00AM each day and is estimated to end at 5:00PM on day one and 12:00PM on day two. On-site registration will begin at 7:30AM.

Instructors

Name

Additional Resources

Donald Snyder

Biography: Detective Donald Snyder graduated from Truman State University in 1997 with a Bachelors in Justice Systems. He was then hired by the Overland Park, KS police Department in June 1997. He was a patrol officer from 1997 until the end of 2004. During that time, he served as an FTO, crisis negotiator, and extra duty as an Evidence Technician. In 2005, he transferred to the full-time Crime Scene Unit, where he currently serves. He started processing scenes involving stolen auto, burglary, and theft and has since worked his way up to robbery, sexual assault, and death scenes. He is now responsible for teaching the crime scene processing section of the JOCO Reginal Police Academy, post academy, Explorer's program, citizen's academy, a 40 hour in house Evidence Technician class for patrol officers, and does several talks and presentations for the area schools, Boy Scout and Girl Scout organizations. Detective Snyder has been a member of the IAI (International Association of Identification) since 2004 and holds a Crime Scene Investigator Level 1 certification since 2003. He is also a member of the Kansas Chapter of the IAI since 2012.

Lauren Henry

Biography: Detective Lauren Henry graduated from Kansas State University with a Bachelor's Degree in Criminology. She worked as a patrol officer for 11 years, with five years as a Field Training Officer. She has been a crime scene detective for six years and is Nationally Certified as a Crime Scene Investigator through the International Association for Identification. She recently became a certified Fire Investigator. Her current professional interest is Investigative Genealogy.

Facility Detail

Tomahawk Ridge Community Center

11902 Lowell Ave

Overland Park, KS 66213

Cancellation Policy

A refund less a $25.00 cancellation fee will be assessed for all cancellations made in writing prior to 10 days before the start of the event. After that time, no refunds will be made.