CJSTC Course # 036
40 Hours
Monday, April 27 – Friday, May 1, 2026
8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Location: DSC Advanced Technology College
Salary Incentive or Mandatory Retraining
COURSE: This course is designed to provide the patrol officer and investigator with limited experience in death and related injury investigations, and a general insight into investigative, legal, and evidentiary considerations of this kind of investigation.
TOPICS TO BE COVERED INCLUDE: Initial scene investigation, Evidence documentation, handling, collection, and preservation, Wound identification recognition, Medico-legal recognition, Laboratory evidence analysis, and Crimes-specific investigations.
NOTE: Students should have successfully completed the basic recruit training program or have been exempted prior to taking this course. Students must attend all sessions of the course.
Students are required to pass an end-of-course examination with a minimum of 80%.
INSTRUCTORS: Sgt. Mike Ruggiero, Police Training Institute/Orange County Sheriff’s Office (Ret.) & DSC Instructors
THIS TRAINING COURSE IS CJSTC TRUST FUNDED; REGION 7 OFFICERS HAVE FIRST SEATING PRIORITY
To register fill in the Training Authorization at: Daytona State College Advanced & Specialized Training Course Authorization Form
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