COURSE TOPICS ARE TO INCLUDE:  

*Development of Standard Operating Procedures Regarding the Suspicious Death Scene

*Defining and Explaining the Various Levels of Association that Exist Between the           

  Homicide Victim and Offender (Pyramid of Association) (Solvability Factors)

*Initial Scene Responsibilities Covering Boundaries, Canvassing (Data Collection) &

  Immediate Leads (Sources)     

*Proper Crime Scene Protocol as it Relates to Death Investigation & Homicide

*Cold Case Investigation Strategies & Review of Solvability Factors (Case Objectives)

*Cold Case Reviews

*Analysis of the 911 Call & Case Reviews

*Sources of Crime Scene Contamination & Prevention (Assessment Accountability)

*Categories of Circumstantial Evidence and Recognition of Contamination

*Victimology and Immediate Lead Indicators (High Vs. Low Risk)

*Medical-Legal Death Investigation (Victim I.D. / Time of Death / Injury Recognition)

*Primary & Secondary Crime Scenes (Proper Definition)

*Crime Scene Sequence Event Determination – Model Employing Scientific Method

*Crime Scene Evaluation (Execution of the Walk-thru)      

*Crime Scene Indicators Related to Motive, Manner of Death & Method of Operation

*DNA Review and Touch Evidence (Familial DNA & Phenotyping) (Genealogy)

*Specific Types of Crime Scenes & Related Forensic Disciplines

*Case Review (To Change Each Course)

*Suicide and Equivocal Death Scene Investigation – Analysis of Equivocal Death

*SIDS Review and Infant Homicide Scene

Inside the Tape has been committed to providing quality training to law-enforcement agencies since 2001 without raising tuition rates or cancelling classes. We have added more in-depth topics and several new case reviews to our program which continues to receive high marks from law enforcement at all levels across the country and has been used as a model for homicide scene management by agencies such as the Cincinnati, Austin, Detroit, Atlanta and St Paul Police in Minnesota. Several agencies contract our program out for in-service training and have implemented our methodologies and crime scene management principles with great success resulting in higher clearance and conviction rates. Our courses have also been certified by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board by the Law and Justice Commission as required training to serve as a lead detective in the state.