Training Courses

Homicide Investigation by IPTM

Date & Time:
  • November 30, 2026 – December 4, 2026
Location:
Jacksonville, FL

Homicide Investigation

This comprehensive training program equips law enforcement professionals with the essential knowledge and practical skills needed to conduct thorough and professional investigations of homicide cases, whether serving as a first responder or lead investigator.

Throughout this course, participants will explore the various classifications of homicides they may encounter in the field along with appropriate investigative methodologies for each type. The curriculum covers systematic crime scene management procedures, beginning with the initial response and continuing through detailed documentation and evidence preservation. Participants will also gain insight into how contemporary forensic technologies and scientific methods can enhance investigative effectiveness.

In addition to crime scene investigation, the program addresses criminal personality profiling techniques, advanced interrogation methods, and strategies for managing media relations during death investigations.

Course Topics Include:

  • Death scene preservation and securing protocols
  • First officer responsibilities and procedures
  • Investigative techniques specific to death scenes
  • Multidisciplinary team approaches to death investigations
  • Autoerotic death investigation protocols
  • Manner and cause of death determinations
  • Time of death assessment methods
  • Criminal personality profiling and behavioral analysis
  • Organized versus disorganized crime scene characteristics
  • Death scene search methodologies
  • Media relations and public information management
  • Suicide investigation procedures
  • Interrogation techniques in homicide cases

Target Audience:

This course is designed for patrol officers, newly assigned detectives, experienced investigators, investigations supervisors, crime scene technicians, medical examiner and coroner investigators, and military investigative personnel. Enrollment is restricted to sworn law enforcement officers and personnel directly assigned to law enforcement agencies.

Course Details:

Duration: 40 hours

Class Hours: 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM

Course Fee: $895.00

Note: For Florida law enforcement officers, this course does not qualify for Salary Incentive Credit toward the FDLE "Injury and Death Investigation" course.