Tag: Critical Incident

June 23-27, 2025 0800-1700

Credit Hours: 40
Course Number: R4228F

Description:

Modern investigators are frequently faced with the investigation of incidents involving the discharge of firearms.  Whether the incident is a criminal act, an act of self-defense, or the use of deadly force by law enforcement, the outcome of these investigations often has far-reaching consequences.  It is essential that investigators effectively and accurately analyze these scenes so facts surrounding these incidents can be demonstrated in a court of law or where otherwise required.

This comprehensive 5-day (40-hour) Shooting Incident Reconstruction course is specially designed for case officers/investigators, forensic technicians, crime scene analysts, and others involved in shooting incident analysis.  Through both lecture and practical exercises, students will learn and practice shooting scene reconstruction methodologies and evaluate positions and evidentiary relationships between the shooter, scene, victim, and other evidence.

All main concepts are reinforced through hands-on practical exercises using historically-based case scenarios.  * Includes exercises conducted at a shooting range.

Class Requirements​
This course is designed to develop knowledge and hands-on experience for shooting incident scene analysis.  Prior investigative or crime scene experience and attendance at a previous Crime Scene Reconstruction Course is recommended but not required.  Attendees should bring a camera for documenting evidence and an electronic device with USB connection, preferably a laptop computer, to access and save digital handouts, case materials, and fillable forms used in lecture and practical exercises.

​Classroom and firearms range instruction and practical exercises include:

• Firearms and ammunition design and function
• Physics of projectile motion
• Proper identification, documentation, and organization of firearms-related evidence
• Gunshot wound ballistics and interrelationships of wounds and other evidence
• Determining muzzle to target distances
• Mathematics for trajectory analysis in crime scenes
• Application of the scientific method to field analysis
• Reconstructing the shooting event through recognizing and correlating evidentiary relationships between evidence in the scene, forensic analyses, and subject/witness statements
• *Trajectory analysis through rodding, laser, trigonometry, and stringing
• *Demonstration and analysis of bullet interactions with various materials including glass, metal, concrete, wood, motor vehicles, bone, and dirt.  Commonly held perceptions will be challenged

This course has been approved for the following certification/re-certification training credits: IAI Crime Scene Certification Board – 40 and IAI Forensic Photography Certification Board – 2.

Instructors: Gary Graff, Iris Graff

Location:

Chubbuck Police Department

5160 Yellowstone

Chubbuck, ID 83202

Cost: $749.00 (Attendees are responsible for meals, travel, and lodging)

Registration Details:

To register for this course, click the following link- https://reg.learningstream.com/reg/event_page.aspx?ek=0027-0031-684f1e15844c47ed81d0cb6a255ef135

Remarks:

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2325 Via Caporatti Drive
Pocatello, ID  83201
208-417-2100

Room Rate:   $110 per night plus tax (single/double room)

Amenities:   Free Wi-Fi, Free Parking

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Cutoff Date:   August 7, 2025