Tag: Officer Involved Shooting
R4 Shooting Reconstruction- Idaho Falls
June 2-6, 2025 0800-1700
Credit Hours: 40
Course Number: R4280C
Description:
This comprehensive five day course is designed for crime scene investigators, detectives, crime laboratory analysts, and others in the field of forensic science that have the basic training and skills for crime scene examinations. This course will assist law enforcement officers in connecting all of the forensic pieces for the purpose of crime scene reconstruction involving shooting incidents. It will also elaborate on the thorough and accurate documentation of physical evidence at the scene. The attendees will learn protocol and methods by using string, dowel rods, scientific calculators, and/or lasers to determine the flight path of the projectile from the moment it leaves a firearm muzzle to the moment it strikes the final target and is recovered. Also, students will examine the firearm residue for estimated distance determination from the position of the shooter to the victim and/or final target. Mock scenes are designed for the course to assist the student by providing hands-on experience with the concepts learned throughout the lectures and discussions.
Instructors: TBD
Location:
Idaho Falls Police Department
775 Northgate Mile
Idaho Falls, ID 83401
Registration Details:
To register for this course, click the following link- http://forensicpieces.com/lists/5-csi-and-recon-courses/items/451-shooting-reconstruction
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R4 Shooting Incident Reconstruction- Chubbuck
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
Registration Details:
To register for this course, click the following link- https://reg.learningstream.com/reg/event_page.aspx?ek=0027-0031-684f1e15844c47ed81d0cb6a255ef135
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R4228F Officer Involved Shooting and Use-of-Deadly Force- Idaho Falls
November 4-6, 2024 0800-1600 (Half day on Nov. 6)
Credit Hours: 20
Course Number: R4228F
Description:
This is a 2.5-day class; therefore, the first two days of class will be from 8:00am-4:00pm local time and the last day of class will end at 12:00pm local time.
Today almost every officer involved shooting or in-custody death will garner some national media attention and scrutiny. Law enforcement officers and the citizens they serve, deserve a professional and unbiased investigation of these incidents. This 3-day course provides 20 hours of training to prepare officers to conduct investigations into critical incidents / officer involved shootings and in-custody deaths (OICI). This course covers the four important phases of the OICI including the initial assignments, incident scene investigation, involved officer interviews and case completion. Other topics that will also be covered will be legal issues, media relations, and court preparation.
This program will prepare investigators to professionally investigate officer involved shootings, in-custody deaths and uses of force that result in serious injury. This course is intended for those investigators who are specifically assigned to the criminal investigation of officer involved shootings and in-custody deaths. It is also appropriate for those detectives or uniform personnel who may be required to assist in these types of investigations. During the course students will be instructed on the four phases of the officer involved critical incident investigation:
Phase I- Assessment, triage, resource allocations, assignments.
Phase II- Incident scene & witness interviews.
Phase III- Involved Officers interviews.
Phase IV- Case completion and submittal
Instructors: John Kempf
Location:
Idaho Falls Police Department
775 Northgate Mile
Idaho Falls State 83402
Registration Details: Click the following link for course and registration information https://publicagencytrainingcouncil.arlo.co/w/seminars/539-officerinvolved-shooting-and-useofdeadly-force-3day-kempf/744
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R4 228F Officer Involved Shootings & Use of Force Investigations- Chubbuck
June 17-21, 2024, 0800-1700
Credit Hours: 35
Course Number: R4228F
Description:
For full course description and registration see the following link- https://publicagencytrainingcouncil.arlo.co/w/seminars/284-officerinvolved-shooting-and-useofforce/545
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Location:
Chubbuck Police Department
5160 Yellowstone Ave.
Chubbuck, ID 83202
Registration Details:
See registration link above.
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