Officer-Involved Shooting and Use-of-Deadly Force 3-day (Kempf)

COURSE DESCRIPTION AND AGENDA (CLICK HERE)

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