Maricopa Community Colleges  LET225   19946-19956 
Official Course Description: MCCCD Approval: 02/22/94
LET225 19946-19956 L+L 4 Credit(s) 6 Period(s)
Detective Training
Police Detective Training. Emphasis on investigations, search and seizure, legal aspects of interview and interrogation, report writing, case management, and field problem scenarios. Prerequisites: 3 years experience as a police officer and nine semester hours related college courses.
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MCCCD Official Course Competencies:
 
LET225   19946-19956 Detective Training
1. Identify responsibilities of the police detective at the crime scene. (I)
2. Identify property crimes. (I)
3. Identify various rape profiles. (I)
4. List causes and manners of death. (I)
5. Describe procedures for investigating deaths, property crimes, and sex crimes. (I)
6. Explain procedures for investigating crimes involving questioned documents. (I)
7. List and describe various investigative resources. (I)
8. List categories of searches. (II)
9. Describe procedures for the drafting and execution of search warrants. (II)
10. Describe various interview techniques. (III)
11. List the nine steps of interrogations. (III)
12. Compose clear and concise crime reports. (IV)
13. Describe the Police Automated Computer Entry system. (V)
14. Explain how crime cases are managed. (V)
15. Given a crime scene scenario, demonstrate ability to present the case, secure evidence, execute a search warrant, draw a crime scene diagram, complete supplemental paperwork, and attach laboratory analysis. (VI)
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LET225   19946-19956 Detective Training
    I. Investigations
        A. Crime Scene Responsibilities
          1. The Significance of Physical Evidence
          2. Three Major Elements of a Crime Scene Search
          3. Factors Influencing Effectiveness of Search Process
          4. General Stages of a Crime Scene Search
          5. Command Posts
          6. Dealing with Unauthorized Persons
        B. Property Crimes
          1. Indentification of Property Crimes
          2. Definitions
          3. Procedures for Handling Property Crimes
          4. Special Crimes
          5. Special Resources
        C. Sex Crimes Investigation
          1. Rape Profiles
          2. The Initial Investigation
          3. Evidence
          4. Post-Incident Follow-up
        D. Death Investigation
          1. Causes and Manners of Death
          2. Three Bridges of Death Investigation
          3. Procedures for Handling Death Investigations
          4. Reports
        E. Questioned Documents
          1. Evidence Submission
          2. Paper
          3. Charred Documents
          4. Printing Methods
          5. Erasures, Alterations, and Obliterations
          6. Age of Document
        F. Investigative Resources
          1. Criminal Investigation Research Unit
          2. Laboratory Services
          3. Automated Fingerprint Identification System
      II. Search and Seizure
          A. Categories of Searches
          B. Probable Cause
          C. Reasonable Suspicion
          D. Burden of Proof
          E. Searches Falling Outside the Scope of the Fourth Amendment
          F. Drafting and Execution of Search Warrants
        III. Legal Aspects of Interview and Interrogation
            A. Interview Techniques
            B. Confessions and Interrogations
              1. Nine Steps of Interrogations
              2. Voluntaries
              3. Miranda
              4. Sixth Amendment Right to Counsel
              5. Miscellaneous Issues
            C. Interviewing Children
              1. Types of Victims
              2. Physical Abuse
              3. Child Witnesses
          IV. Report Writing
              A. Pre-Report Preparation
              B. Composing the Body of the Report
              C. Assembling the Case
            V. Police Automated Computer Entry and Case Management
                A. Departmental Report Control
                B. Case Assignment
                C. Open Investigations
                D. Supervisor Responsibilities
                E. Investigative Follow-up
                F. Case Clearances
                G. Report Status
                H. Victim's Rights
                I. Submission for Complaint
                J. County/City Turndowns
                K. County/City Furthers
              VI. Field Problems - Crime Scene Scenarios
                  A. Case Presentation
                  B. Crime Scene Evidence
                  C. Search Warrant
                  D. Crime Scene Diagram
                  E. Supplemental Paperwork
                  F. Laboratory Analysis Attachments
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