Training Resources

Potential sources of training for oversight practitioners listed here for informational purposes only. NACOLE does not necessarily endorse or recommend them.

AMERICANS FOR EFFECTIVE LAW ENFORCEMENT (AELE)

http://www.aele.org/

Offers courses on

  • Public Safety Discipline and Internal Investigations,
  • Lethal Less Lethal Force
  • and others.
BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS TRAINING INSTITUTE (BATI)

http://www.liedetection.com/

Offers

  • Investigative Interview and Interrogation Techniques (40 hours) and
  • Cognitive Interview and Statement Analysis (40 hours) at locations throughout California and the U.S.
CALIFORNIA COMMISSION ON PEACE OFFICER STANDARDS TRAINING (POST)

http://catalog.post.ca.gov/Default.aspx

Offers a wide variety of courses throughout California, including

  • Internal Affairs Investigation
  • Interview Interrogation Techniques and Officer-Involved Shooting Investigation
FORCE SCIENCE INSTITUTE AND RESEARCH CENTER

http://forcescience.org/

Force Science Certification Course (40 hours) Focuses on dynamics of force encounters, including deadly force, and the psychological, biological, and physiological factors that can influence human behavior and memory in force encounters and pursuit situations.

THE INSTITUTE OF POLICE TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT (JACKSONVILLE, FL)

http://www.iptm.org/

Police Internal Affairs (40 hours) A comprehensive course that takes students step-by-step through the process of conducting professional and objective internal affairs investigations.

Interviews Interrogations (40 hours) Provides students with the skills to gain high quality information from individuals, no matter what their status might be in the investigation.

The Office of Police Complaints (OPC) in Washington, D.C. has sent investigators to these courses.

LEGAL LIABILITY RISK MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE

http://www.llrmi.com/training/courses.shtml

Offers a variety of training courses throughout the United States for Law Enforcement, Jails Corrections and Risk Managers, including:

  • Internal Affairs (40 hours);
  • Internal Affairs: Managing Citizen Complaints and Employee Discipline (24 hours);
  • Internal Affairs and Administrative Investigations in Jail/Detention Centers (16 hours).

Courses are offered through the Public Agency Training Council (PATC)

http://www.patc.com/training/schedule.php

LOS ANGELES POLICE DEPARTMENT (LAPD)

  • Officer-Involved Shooting Investigations

    LAPD Force Investigation Division (24 hours)

    Covers such topics as investigative best practices, transparency, use of force policy and procedures, bifurcated investigations ("clean" and "dirty" teams), procedures for managing an OIS/Use of Force scene and working within the bifurcated system, evidence, conducting walk-throughs, crime scene management, command posts, interview techniques, transcripts exercises, case studies, and presentations by the Office of the Inspector General, District Attorney's Office, Use of Force Review Board, and the Police Protective League.

    Contact:Detective III Craig Kaul, Force Investigation Division. Phone (213) 485-4011.

  • Basic Law Enforcement Performance Auditor Course

    LAPD Internal Audits and Inspections Division (32 hours)

    Covers such topics as the history and purpose of law enforcement performance auditing, auditing standards, risk assessment, audit planning, audit work plans, population and sampling, interviews, capturing field work data, field work, analysis of field work, and report writing.

    Contact: LAPD Audit School

    Police Performance Auditor III John Doucet,Phone (213) 202-5444; E-mail n3852@lapd.lacity.org.

  • Internal Investigations Course

    LAPD Internal Affairs Group (40 hours)

    Covers such topics as administrative law and policy, preliminary investigation procedures, complaint strategies and procedures, complaint interview techniques, complainant and witness interview preparation, accused officer interviews, report writing, workplace issues investigations, case review and evaluation, biased policing (racial profiling), personnel searches, warrants and call-outs, and commanding officer adjudication insight.

    Contact: LAPD Internal Affairs School

    -Sergeant II Kathlene Matthews, Officer-in-Charge, Training Unit, Professional Standards Bureau. Phone (213) 473-3535.

Personnel from other agencies interested in attending these courses must send a letter, on their departmentletterhead, to Captain Jodi Wakefield,Commanding Officer, Internal Audits andInspections Division, to the address listedbelow. The letter should include thenames of the person(s) to attend, and acontact number.

Internal Audits and Inspections Division

Los Angeles Police Department
221 North Figueroa Street, Suite 300
Los Angeles, California 90012

OMBUDSMAN OF ONTARIO

http://www.ombudsman.on.ca/About-Us/Training/SYT.aspx

    • Sharpening Your Teeth (SYT) Advanced Investigative Training for Administrative Investigations (3 days)

Throughout the three-day training, Ontario Ombudsman André Marin and staff deliver fascinating sessions and interactive case studies on a range of topics including: The principles of excellent investigations, how to write an investigative plan, interviewing witnesses, the use of social media in investigations, report writing, and communications planning.

WICKLANDER - ZULAWSKI ASSOCIATES

http://www.w-z.com/index.php

  • Interview and Interrogation Techniques (2 days)
    The Office of Police Complaints (OPC) in Washington, D.C. has sent investigators to this courses.
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