Training Courses

Breaking and Entering Evidence and Recovery (BEER) – Grafton PD

Date & Time:
  • October 15, 2026 – October 16, 2026 - 8:30 AM–4:30 PM (Eastern Standard Time)
Location:
28 Providence Road, Grafton, MA
Agency:
Municipal Police Institute

Course Facts

  • Instructor: Shawn Dolan
  • Date: October 15–16, 2026
  • Location: Grafton Police Department
  • Time: 8:30 am – 4:30 pm
  • Price: $459.00 USD

Overview

This intensive two-day, hands-on program equips newly assigned investigators and first responders with the foundational knowledge to handle evidence collection at common crime scenes, including residential and commercial break-ins, stolen and recovered vehicles, drug-related incidents, and assault scenes. Through systematic techniques and practical instruction, participants learn to document, preserve, process, and recover physical evidence with proficiency under instructor guidance. Each attendee receives a complete BEER kit as part of the course.

COURSE DESCRIPTION

This 2 day (16 hour) HANDS ON course will enable the newly assigned investigator or 1st responding officer assigned to handle evidence at the most common crime scenes: housebreaks and commercial breaks. The officer will also gain the fundamental skills necessary to respond to stolen/recovered motor vehicles, drug crimes and assaults. The methods for developing latent prints on evidence are vast and plenty. But the concepts addressed in this course will help the investigator with the first steps and basic techniques in processing evidence from these types of scenes utilizing a systematic approach to document, preserve, process and collect items at the crime scene. Participants will be instructed in the use of the first and basic set of processes and will demonstrate their proficiency in the use of these materials to the satisfaction of the course instructor.

PREREQUISITE

This is the pre-requisite course to the secondary, Dust 'n Bust (which will cover the "vast and plenty" of latent print/DNA recovery that follows basic methods.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Each participant attending the course will receive a BEER kit. The cost of the training (including the entire "BEER" kit is $429.00), which for fiscal purposes can be allotted from either an agency training budget or equipment budget.