Upon graduation from this course, your personnel should demonstrate an improved proficiency in the following areas: INITIAL INVESTIGATION Organization & Getting Started CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION Scene security, evidence identification and collection, positive & negative evidence, systematic documentation, contamination avoidance through proper collection techniques. PHOTOGRAPHY Overall, midrange and close-up photographs Use of backups, one-to-one, using the sunlight, overcoming darkness INTERVIEW AND INTERROGATION Custodial vs. non-custodial interview Interview vs. Interrogation Rapport building techniques Interviewer’s demeanor Stages of an interrogation Cognitive Interviewing / Memory Enhancement DOCUMENTATION / REPORT WRITING Synopsis Summary Verbatim Proper note taking Report writing exercises