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Monday, April 19, 2021 at 7:30 AM EDT
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Wednesday, April 21, 2021 at 4:00 PM EDT

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Registration/Check-in: 7:30AM – 8:00AM on Monday only (FIRST DAY ONLY)

Class: 8:00AM – 4:00PM

Where

Andover Police Department 
32 North Main Street
Andover, MA 01810
 

 
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Contact

Chief Reggie Redfern (Ret.) 
SRR Traffic Safety Consultant LLC 
413-626-9554 
reggie@srrtraining.com 
 

Advanced Death Investigations

Andover, MA

 

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This 3-day course is designed for investigators that have previous “hands-on” experience in death investigations or those that have previously completed Basic Death Investigation training. This class will provide the attendee with the training they need to properly conduct advanced death investigations, well beyond what they may have learned in an introductory death investigation course. It will also provide the training needed to investigate and conduct Cold Case investigations.

Target Audience:  Investigators: Preferably those with death investigation experience and Investigative Supervisors 

Based on the information presented in this course of instruction the student will be able to:      

  • Understand the priorities involved in the preliminary investigation of death scenes
  • Understand the common mistakes made by officers and supervisors during the conduct of a preliminary investigation of death scenes
  • Understand the processes for transition from preliminary investigation to crime scene management at a death scene
  • Know the goals of the preliminary investigation as well as the personnel involved and their responsibilities 
  • Understand the common mistakes made as investigations transition from preliminary investigation to the crime scene management phase
  • Know the goals of effective crime scene management and the responsibilities of the investigators and supervisors responsible for the management of death related crime scenes
  • Understand the common mistakes made during the management of death scenes
  • Be able to recognize the tasks necessary to successfully complete investigative follow up once a case transitions from crime scene management to the follow up phase
  • Understand the different nuances of commonly seen death scenes versus unique death scenes
  • Know the tasks that need to be accomplished to successfully identify a suspect in homicide scenes and how to handle suspects once they are in custody
  • Know and understand the functions and importance of court preparation
  • Understand the basics of serial killers and analyze their M.O’s
  • Understand and recognize crime scene staging 
  • Understand the differences between Genetic Genealogy and Familial DNA testing practices
  • Geofencing Search Warrants
  • Latent Fingerprinting and NGI
  • VICAP
  • Advanced Death case presentation

Cost:  $495.00 per person

Where: Andover Police Department, 32 North Main Street, Andover, MA 01810

When:   April 19-21, 2021

Check-in: 7:30AM – 8:00AM Class Hours: 8:00AM – 4:00PM

To Register: Please register at www.srrtraining.com

Purchase Orders and/or Checks Should be Sent to

SRR Traffic Safety Consulting, LLC, 7 Marion Ave., Andover, MA 01810

Inquiries can be Directed to:

Chief Reggie Redfern (Ret.) Phone:413-626-9554 Email: reggie@srrtraining.com 

Sgt. Richard Crimmins, Training,  Phone: 978-475-0411 Email:  rcri@andoverps.net

 Instructor: Det. Jonathan Smith is currently assigned to the Norfolk, VA Police Department’s Cold Case Homicide Unit and serves as the only sworn member of the unit. Jon has spent most of his career working in the Violent Crime Unit where, he has worked hundreds of death investigations, including homicides, suspicious, accidental, and natural deaths. He has also worked several capital murder cases. Jon has experience handling many high-profile cases, including a homicide case that led him to Ft. Lauderdale, FL, to apprehend two murder suspects after the case was featured on the television show, America’s Most Wanted. He is a native of North Carolina and holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology with a minor in Philosophy. He joined the growing list of professional instructors for SRR Training in 2019.