Tag: Officer Involved Shooting

R4 161L Use of Force Liability – Idaho Falls

January 5, 2026 0800-1700

Credit Hours: 8
Course Number: R4161l

Description:

This course satisfies the Idaho POST Legal/Liability training:
• Revisiting Graham v Connor and the “Most Important Factor”
• Review of Barnes v Felix and the “Totality of Circumstances”
• Reasonableness and the Trier of Fact
• Current “Hot Topics” in Law Enforcement Use of Force
• Grounding a subject
• Prone Restraint
• De-Escalation
• Duty to Intervene
• Threat and Variability
• Memory
• Writing reports to reduce liability and increase accuracy
• Video analysis
• Evidence collection

Instructors: Matt Bloodgood, Matthew Lovell (Lovell Law)

Location:

Idaho Falls Police Department
775 Northgate Mile
Idaho Falls State 83402

Registration Details: Click the following link for course and registration information

Use of Force Liability

To register contact Matt at: matt@police-trainer.com or call: 907-406-8200

Remarks:

Point of Contact – Sgt. Jason Hendrian              208-612-8662            jhendrian@idahofalls.gov

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

Remarks:

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

Remarks:

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