NEMRT - Class Info Lead Homicide Investigator Course

Lead Homicide Investigator Course - 40INV002

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**Cancellations for this class must be received by NEMRT 7 days prior to the start of the program in order to avoid being billed!**

Location:

Lyons Police Department

Start Date:

1/16/2023

End Date:

1/20/2023

Start Time:

08:00 AM

End Time:

04:00 PM

Member Fee:

$0.00

NonMember Fee:

$525.00

Speaker(s):

Patrick J Morley, Scott Lefko, Adam N. Gulczynski, Lawrence W. Rafferty, Douglas Kein

Department Max:

THIS COURSE MEETS THE FOLLOWING ILLINOIS STATE MANDATE(S)

Mandate	Mandate Hours	Scenario-Based Hours
Civil Rights	4
Constitutional Use of LE Authority	8
Cultural Competency	4
Human Rights	6
Legal Updates	10
Procedural Justice	8
Specialized
Lead Homicide Investigator	40

This course will assist experienced investigators and major case task force personnel in understanding the requirements of solid follow-up homicide investigations.    Instructors with substantial experience as homicide investigators, cold case unit supervisors, and commanders of a major case task force will lead students through a very practical, process-oriented approach to solving homicide cases.    

Key steps and processes to be addressed include:  
- Statements, confessions and interviews  
- Use of victim profiles  
- Crime scene protection issues  
- LEADS system maintenance and use  
- Accessing records using grand jury subpoenas  
- Pitfalls and Pinnacles: What an investigation can be  
- Major case issues and task force dynamics, development, and roles 
- Using the media  
- Supervision of investigations  
- Importance of proper evidence collection  
- Robbery and drug-, sexual-, and family-related cases  
- Use of telephone and forensic records  
- Search and seizure issues    

Students will be provided with a checklist for all investigative procedures, sample investigation forms, reports, and work sheets.    

**The subject matter of this course falls within the key training guidelines for the in-service training requirements for Lead Homicide Investigator.**    

**SB3491 amends the Illinois Police Training Act and requires the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board to conduct or approve a training program in sudden death or homicide investigation for the training of law enforcement officers of local government agencies.  Officers completing this training program will be issued a certificate and may be assigned as lead investigators in such investigations.     

 This course has been certified by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board and is not reimbursable by the ILETSB.     

** Cancellations must be received by NEMRT 35 days prior to the start of class in order to avoid being billed.

Lead Homicide Investigator Course - 40INV002

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