Training: Basic Death & Homicide Investigations

Dates & Locations

The South Burlington class has been cancelled.

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CLASS COST: $465

Course Description:
The investigation of death is the most important responsibility a police agency can undertake. This 40-hour course will prepare the student to properly investigate all death cases. The focus will be on homicide investigation.

Topics Covered:
• The police role in the investigation of natural and accidental death
• The proper response of uniform officers
• Control and protection of the crime scene
• Suicide investigation
• Receiving the homicide report
• Preparing the police report
• Working with the medical examiner
• Examination of the body
• The “time of death” window
• Blunt force trauma
• Sharp force trauma
• Gunshot wounds
• Asphyxia deaths
• Autoerotic deaths
• Reading the blood scene
• Case histories

Who Should Attend:
Students should be police officers, (uniform or detective), investigators and other authorized officials who are responsible for investigating the death of human beings.

Instructor:
Captain John Yerardi (Ret) has conducted classes, lectures, presentations and seminars on death and homicide investigations, criminal investigations, crime scene response, processing and investigation, background investigations, and a variety of other topics for officers and organizations. John has been involved with police training/instructing for over 30 years. He currently teaches the Basic Death & Homicide Investigation all over the country.

John holds a Bachelor of Science degree with honors from the College of Criminal Justice at Northeastern University in Boston, MA. He is also a graduate of the 204th session of the FBI National Academy.