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Forensic Analysis for

Patrol Officers

Forensic Analysis

and Ballistic Math CICP Accredited Course

Who Should Attend
Prerequisites: Complete pre-course worksheet and Patrol Offi cers, First Responders, Detectives, Supervisors,
and those new to Crime Scene Investigations
submit to instructor.
Course Goal
Who Should Attend This three day course will focus on the procedures to take
Law enforcement agency personnel tasked with analyzing for a basic crime scene investigation conducted by fi rst
and reconstructing crime scenes. responders and patrol offi cers.

Course Description and Objectives Course Objectives and Topics
This course will instruct students on how to use ➤ Crime Scene Security and Chain of Custody
trigonometry, geometry, and physics to complete a crime ➤ Composition and Crime Scene Photography
scene analysis and event reconstruction. The students should ➤ Processing for Latent Prints
have a basic understanding of spacial relationships, Newton’s ➤ Searching, Sketching and Measuring a Crime Scene
laws, right triangles, sine, cosine, and tangent. ➤ Evidence Collection and Packaging
➤ Scene Documentation and Report Writing
Course topics to include, crime scene analysis, event ➤ Gun Shot Residue Collection
reconstruction, shooting incident reconstruction, bloodstain ➤ Collecting Biological Evidence
pattern analysis, witness sight lines, scientifi c method, and ➤ The Processing Method
scenario testing.
Methodologies
Course Requirements Lecture, Demonstration, Practical Exercise
100% Attendance and complete all practical exercises.
Course Requirements
100% Attendance.
Course Coordinator Length of Course Pass the Post-Test with a 75% or Greater.
Casson Reynolds Three days (24 hours)
Successfully Complete All Practical Exercises
Special Concerns
Bring photographs of shooting incidents and gunshot
injuries for further analysis and report writing.

Course Coordinator Length of Course
Casson Reynolds Three days (24 hours)

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