This course meets the State of Illinois requirements for the Unarmed Security Officer certification. Fundamentals of criminal investigation including investigative techniques and procedures. Applications of the philosophical principles of deductive and inductive reasoning to criminal investigation. Emphasis placed on the investigation of major crimes. Development of the underlying rationale of the rules.
Emphasis is placed on collection and admissibility of evidence.
Introduction to the theories and practices of scientific techniques as applied to crime defection. The course will include crime scene processing, the potential of physical evidence, the examination and evaluation of evidence and laboratory procedures. Examines issues in community policing with emphasis on the concept of public and community relations as well as police involvement in community problems. Emphasis on police achieving and maintaining public support, human relations, and public information. Administration, development, duties of agencies responsible for highway traffic law enforcement and accident investigation.