The ICI is structured to include a Core Course, eleven Foundation Specialty Courses, and related electives. The Core Course includes instruction in tasks performed by all investigators, regardless of assignment, while Foundation Specialty Courses include instruction on the different specialty assignments that detectives find themselves. Electives provide instruction which support the specialty chosen. The ICI program will be informative to all investigators regardless of experience level. All ICI courses use the adult experience-based techniques of learning.
Participants rely on their experience and the experience of others for learning.
Learners are challenged through the use of realistic and practical applications. Even the most experienced investigators can learn from their association with others in the class. ICI is a voluntary course of instruction and a certificate will be awarded upon completion. POST will not accept previously taken courses which the student may think are equivalent to the Core Course and Foundation Specialty Courses, because ICI courses are unique and have been designed especially for the follow-up investigator. Participant in the ICI Core Course interrogates an actor playing the role of a suspect.