Lead Homicide Investigators
Modeled from the highly successful WZ Seminar on DOA: Death Investigations, the Lead Homicide Investigators course adds important instructional modules in crime scene analysis, interview and interrogation, application of 4th & 5th amendments, false confessions, and courtroom testimony.
The course features interactive lectures and discussions of actual case histories, videos, and laws specific to homicide investigations. This comprehensive seminar provides instruction in conducting investigations and prosecuting death cases from the start of the investigation through evidence collection, suspect interviews, press conferences, trial testimony, and ultimately conviction. It is purposely designed to provide expert “in-the-field” instruction from the initial crime scene to a successful verdict.
Using actual investigations, this program uses a diverse combination of homicide case studies to provide strategic tactics to establish guilt and prosecute the offenders. Participants work through cases from the moment of arrival until their conclusion. This program provides the structure and methods to successfully close cases.
SEMINAR TOPICS INCLUDE:
· Multiple Methods of Interviewing
· Manage & Evaluate the Crime Scene
· Development of COLD CASE Leads
· Miranda + Electronic Readings
· 4th Amendment–Search & Seizure
· 5th Amendment–Evidence, GSR
· Effective Courtroom Testimony
· Death Notifications
· Investigative Tactics
· Criminal Interview & Interrogation
· Handling the News Media
· TASK FORCE Operations
· Report Writing
· False Confessions
