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Tri-County Training Schedules


COURSE: Drug/Narcotics Investigations
"Going Beyond the Streel Level Dealer"
INSTRUCTOR: Byron Boston
Dallas Police Department, Dallas TX
LOCATION(S): Ingham County Sheriff's Office
630 N. Cedar
Mason, MI  48854
DATE(S)/TIME: March 15, 16, 17, 2010

0800 hours - 1600 hours
REGISTRATION: Contact the Public Agency Training Council
(800) 365-0119
TUITION: $295.00 per student. Includes Hand-outs, Drug/Narcotics Investigations Manual, Coffee Breaks, and a Certificate of Completion.
HOTEL: Comfort Inn
2187 University Park Dr.
Okemos, MI 48864 (517) 347-6690
$65.00 single/$75.00 double
Identify with Public Agency Training Council (PATC) to receive discounted rate.

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COURSE: Perspective Grid Mapping of Evidence
Class Number:   AI-4
LOCATION(S): Michigan State University
Highway Traffic Safety Programs
111 Engineering Research Facility
2857 West Jolly Road
Okemos, MI  48864-3547
DATE(S)/TIME: April 12, 2010
REGISTRATION: Contact: Ligita Nelson
(517) 432-9217
Fax: (510) 432-9217
OTHER: A one-day course that focuses upon using a camera and perspective grid to record measurements at serious accident scenes, assembly of perspective grids and how to grid perspective photographs.

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COURSE: Accident Photography
Class Number:   AI-3
LOCATION(S): Michigan State University
Highway Traffic Safety Programs
111 Engineering Research Facility
2857 West Jolly Road
Okemos, MI  48864-3547
DATE(S)/TIME: April 13, 14, 2010
REGISTRATION: Contact: Ligita Nelson
(517) 432-9217
Fax: (510) 432-9217
OTHER: A two-day offering that teaches officers how to take useful and comprehensive traffic accident photographs. Major topics are basic camera familiarization, daytime photography, nighttime (flash) photography and existing light photography.

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COURSE: Tire Dynamics and Examination
Class Number:   AI-5
LOCATION(S): Michigan State University
Highway Traffic Safety Programs
111 Engineering Research Facility
2857 West Jolly Road
Okemos, MI  48864-3547
DATE(S)/TIME: April 15, 2010
REGISTRATION: Contact: Ligita Nelson
(517) 432-9217
Fax: (510) 432-9217
OTHER: This one-day course helps the investigating officer in determining whether tire failure contributed to the accident and, if so, whether the failure took place before, during, or after the collision. It also covers the role of tires in vehicle handling and dynamics.

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COURSE: Lamp Examination
Class Number:   AI-6
LOCATION(S): Michigan State University
Highway Traffic Safety Programs
111 Engineering Research Facility
2857 West Jolly Road
Okemos, MI  48864-3547
DATE(S)/TIME: April 16, 2010
REGISTRATION: Contact: Ligita Nelson
(517) 432-9217
Fax: (510) 432-9217
OTHER: A one-day course to assist investigators in determining whether vehicle lamps were "on" or "off" at the time of impact. Also, covers the proper procedure for removing and storing damaged vehicle lamps.

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COURSE: Develop, Lift, and Document
Crime Scene Fingerprints
INSTRUCTOR: Joseph E. Fyffe
LOCATION(S): Ingham County Sheriff's Office
630 N. Cedar
Mason, MI  48854
DATE(S)/TIME: April 21, 22, and 23, 2010

0800 hours - 1600 hours
REGISTRATION: Contact the Public Agency Training Council
(800) 365-0119
TUITION: $275.00 per student. Includes Hand-outs, Fingerprint Student Manual, Fingerprinting Supplies for Classroom Use, Coffee Breaks, and a Certificate of Completion.
HOTEL: Comfort Inn
2187 University Park Dr.
Okemos, MI 48864 (517) 347-6690
$65.00 single/$75.00 double
Identify with Public Agency Training Council (PATC) to receive discounted rate.

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COURSE: Policies And Procedures
INSTRUCTOR: Lou Dekmar
Chief of Police, LaGrange, Georgia
LOCATION(S): Ingham County Sheriff's Office
630 N. Cedar
Mason, MI  48854
DATE(S)/TIME: April 29, and 30, 2010

0800 hours - 1700 hours
REGISTRATION: Contact the Public Agency Training Council
(800) 365-0119
TUITION: $275.00 per student. Includes Hand-outs, How to Write, Develop and Implement Department Policy and Procedures Manual, Coffee Breaks, and a Certificate of Completion.
HOTEL: Comfort Inn
2187 University Park Dr.
Okemos, MI 48864 (517) 347-6690
$65.00 single/$75.00 double
Identify with Public Agency Training Council (PATC) to receive discounted rate.

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COURSE: UD-10 Refresher Training
INSTRUCTOR: Sgt. Dean York
Michigan State Police
LOCATION(S): Ingham County Sheriff's Office
630 N. Cedar
Mason, MI  48854
DATE(S)/TIME: May 5, and June 2, 2010

0800 hours - 1200 hours
REGISTRATION: Contact Sgt. Jeffrey Weiss, Training Section
Ingham County Sheriff's Office
(517) 676-8221
Fax: (517) 676-8442

TUITION: No Charge

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COURSE: Commercial Vehicle Accident Investigation
Class Number:   AI-7
LOCATION(S): Michigan State University
Highway Traffic Safety Programs
111 Engineering Research Facility
2857 West Jolly Road
Okemos, MI  48864-3547
DATE(S)/TIME: May 17 through May 21, 2010
REGISTRATION: Contact: Ligita Nelson
(517) 432-9217
Fax: (510) 432-9217
PRE-REQUISITE: Class Number:  AI-1 Initial Accident Investigations
Class Number:  AI-2 Follow-up Accident Investigations
OTHER: A five-day course covering those aspects of truck and bus accidents that differ from ordinary passenger-car crash dynamics. This course covers such topics as weight shift, truck braking systems, heavy vehicle components, variable drag factors, truck inspection, testing, and commercial driver license (CDL) laws.

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COURSE: Motorcycle Accident Investigation
Class Number:   AI-8
LOCATION(S): Michigan State University
Highway Traffic Safety Programs
111 Engineering Research Facility
2857 West Jolly Road
Okemos, MI  48864-3547
DATE(S)/TIME: June 14 through June 16, 2010
REGISTRATION: Contact: Ligita Nelson
(517) 432-9217
Fax: (510) 432-9217
PRE-REQUISITE: Class Number:  AI-1 Initial Accident Investigations
Class Number:  AI-2 Follow-up Accident Investigations Class Number:  AI-7 Commercial Vehicle Accident Investigation (preferred)
OTHER: A three-day course focusing on the technical aspects of investigating traffic accidents involving motorcycles, mopeds and bicycles.

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