Investigation
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In this course, Victor Lauria will be discussing basic interview techniques, focusing on how to determine if a suspect is being deceptive. This course will cover the difference between open-ended and direct questions, types of questions to avoid during interviews, and the types of responses suspects might give and if they indicate deceptiveness.
In this course, Victor Lauria will be discussing basic interview techniques, focusing on how to effectively gain information from witnesses, victims, and suspects. This course will cover the difference between interviews and interrogations, the three important questions that should be asked in every interview, and how to interview nervous suspects, angry suspects, and suspects acting superior.
The goal of internal affairs investigations is always to investigate with integrity, go where the evidence leads, and always seek the “truth of the matter.” We owe this to the men and women in law enforcement and to the public that we serve. In this course, Jerry Rodriguez covers what investigators need to know including how complaints should be investigated and by who, best practices for maintaining investigative integrity, and investigative techniques and protocols.
This course is designed to teach officers important elements of investigating family violence. This includes a discussion of the elements of family violence including national statistics, types of abuse, and identifying the predominant aggressor.
This course is designed to teach officers important elements of investigating sexual assault. This includes a discussion of the elements of sexual assault including national statistics, victim PTSD, and how to interview a victim.
This course will discuss the best practices for investigating child abuse cases, including appropriate procedures and considerations, interviewing of parents and children, and special investigative issues.
This course covers an overview of the issue of child abuse, including topics such as the nature of child abuse, possible effects of abuse, family dynamics, characteristics of abusive parents, theories of child abuse, and possible effects of abuse.
Using actual surveillance videos from the Toronto 18 case as well as a first-person narrative by the police agent in the case, viewers will understand how and where radicalization can occur, what possible counter radicalization methods can be used, and how quickly local investigations can become international ones.
This course is designed to teach law enforcement officers about evidence submission to units in many forensic services laboratories. The course includes the scope of service of typical forensic units; suggestions on the collection, preservation, packaging, documentation, and submission of evidence to the units; limitations of service that might be encountered; and report interpretations.