Death Investigation Course in Miami
80 Hour Course Jan 24 – Feb 4, 2022
The two-week Death Investigations course is
directed by Criminal Investigations Training Group,
which is dedicated to bringing the latest in training
to law enforcement investigators, headed by
former Miami Police homicide detective, Freddy
Ponce. The team in this course is comprised by top
notch instructors and professors in their field, not
limited to Gail Levine, Esq. retired, major case
prosecutor at Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office
and former Chief Medical Examiner, Dr. Emma O.
Lew at Miami-Dade County Medical Examiner’s
Office.
Components of the course:
Crime Scene Investigations
The investigators will be instructed on procedures
and handling of the homicide scene. Evidence
identification and collection as well as crime scene
mapping, sketching and forensic photography. In
addition, the investigators will be working with the
Medical Examiner and understanding the
procedures of handling bodies and the postmortem
examination.
Crime Scene Identification
Criminal Investigations Training Group
CITGROUP
Death Investigations 80 Hours
Gail Lavine, Esq. (Ret.)
Asst. State Attorney
Miami-Dade County
Det. Freddy Ponce, PSY. M.
Miami Police Homicide (Ret.)
CITGROUP
Death Investigations 80-hour certification course
Emma O. Lew, M.D.
Chief Medical Examiner
Miami-Dade County (Ret.)
“For Law Enforcement Professionals”
The Homicide Investigation
The Investigators will cover the procedures, follow
ups and structure of the homicide investigation as a
team and individual investigator duties working
with crime scene investigators, and the case
preparation with prosecutor, the investigators will
be taught techniques on interviews and
interrogations of witnesses and offenders.
Investigator will study and analyze homicide case
studies.
Medical Postmortem Examination
Investigators will work with medical examiners and
learn to identify cases of natural deaths, suicides,
accidental death, unlawful death investigation,
gunshot wounds, knife wounds, blunt force trauma,
tool mark impressions, body fingerprint processing,
time of death identification and procedures for
collection of evidence at the medical examiner’s
office.
Legal
Investigators will have a clear understanding of the
case preparation and court presentation of their
homicide investigation. They will understand all
laws and legal procedures necessary for taking a
homicide investigation into the legal arena.
Investigators will work with prosecutors on arrest
warrants and search warrants, pre-file conferences,
depositions, suppression hearings and preparation
for trial, as well as learn techniques to testifying in
court, and all the procedures for a successful
prosecuting and conviction of their case.
