7/13/2026 - 7/15/2026
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM Eastern

Training Announcement

Details

Who Should Attend: Police, Detectives, Corrections personnel
Fee: No Cost! (Generously sponsored by a DOJ Grant)
Lodging: Holiday Inn Allentown – Bethlehem by IHG, 4325 Hamilton Blvd., Allentown, PA 18103, 866-994-7255
Instructors: Joseph Cordoma, PhD
 

Course Overview

Designed for all Corrections Officers and/or Supervisors and Investigators who may be tasked with processing a crime scene within a correctional institution, this course is designed to provide an introductory level understanding of what is involved with a proper crime scene investigation to enhance their knowledge and increase their comfort level while inside a correctional institution or out in the field.

Attendees will have the opportunity to enhance their knowledge and increase their comfort level regarding crime scene documentation and investigation by performing practical training during this event, in addition to class lectures.

Training Highlights

• Introduction to crime scene investigation
• Discussing and applying the crime scene processing methodology steps
• Photography (natural light, artificial light, and low-light scenes)
• Identification and preservation of evidence (to include packaging)
• Scene diagramming
• Laboratory submissions

Topic(s) and/or order of topics may be subject to change at any time.

 

Practical Exercises:

• Initial functions at the scene
• Each step of the crime scene processing methodology
• Courtroom testimony

Each student is required to bring a camera (preferably a DSLR digital camera).

Expert Witness Testimony Center & Crime Scene Lab Cedar Crest College
100 College Drive
Allentown, PA 18104

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Caitlin McCullough

• https://ewtc.cedarcrest.edu/events/basic-crime-scene-investigation-for-corrections-3-day/

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7/13/2026 - 7/15/2026

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