Basic Crime Scene Investigator II

CENTRAL ILLINOIS POLICE TRAINING CENTER

Brian Fengel, Director

Phone: (309) 690-7355
Fax: (309) 690-7359
Heather Grove: hgrove@icc.edu

Jean Swan: jswan@icc.edu

Robert Pyszka: rp717@icc.edu

Instructor: Heather Hansen and Chris Collins

June 9-13, 2025

8am – 4pm

Class will meet at: Peru PD, 2650 N. Peoria Street, Peru, IL

Enrollment Deadline: June 2, 2025

Course Size: Maximum – 25

PRE-REQUISITE: Please note that this course requires that students have completed a 40hr Evidence Tech, Crime Scene Investigator, or similar certification.

Course Objective

The purpose of this course is to educate Officers, Homicide Investigators, Detectives, Crime Scene Investigators (CSIs), and members of Major Crime Task Forces in the art and science of crime scene investigation as it relates to collection, identification, and preservation of evidence to be submitted to a forensic laboratory for analysis.

This course has a strong focus on body crimes, death investigations and advanced techniques and technologies in forensic science and processing scenes. Instructors will introduce different advanced evidence collection techniques, identification, and preservation techniques. The impact of these techniques upon specific criminal investigative disciplines will also be discussed and practiced.

Course Content

Crime scene management and the 7-step crime scene process
Crime scene photography, photography of chemical processes, low light and night photography
Crime scene sketching, diagramming, and animation
Forensic Laboratory Sections/Disciplines, techniques on scene and performed at the lab
Evidence recognition, handling, packaging, and submission – current laboratory guidelines
Firearm/ballistic evidence, IBIS and NIBIN technology
Firearm trajectory
Trace, arson and toolmark evidence
Impression evidence
Latent fingerprint, blood detection and enhancement
Biological evidence/DNA and CODIS technology
Report writing specific to crime scenes processed
Forensic Entomology and decomposition process and documentation
5 Field Scene Assessments

About the Instructor

Lt. Chris Collins graduated from University of Illinois with a degree in Criminology and began his law enforcement career with the Kane County Sheriff’s Office in 1990 as an Auxiliary Deputy. In 1993 he attended the Police Training Institute at University of Illinois where he graduated first in his class and was awarded the Clifford Van Meeter Award for academic excellence. Over his 32 years in law enforcement Chris has served in most every conceivable capacity at the Sheriff’s Office, including patrol, investigations, civil process, community policing, and administration. He has served as a FTO, SWAT, Traffic Enforcement, and Negotiations Response Team Officer. He holds numerous professional certifications and graduated from Northwestern’s School of Police Staff and Command in 2009. He has supervised patrol, investigations, civil process, and the Office of Professional Standards as both a Sergeant and Lieutenant. Chris enjoys teaching and speaking, and is an Illinois Certified Crisis Intervention Instructor as well as a CIT International certified CIT Coordinator. His speaking credits include numerous local and regional organizations, as well as the Illinois State NAMI Conference. At home Chris enjoys spending time outdoors; camping with his dogs (Ellie an Australian Shepherd and Piper a Border Collie); traveling; and cooking.

Acting Lieutenant Heather Hansen began her career in Law Enforcement in 1989. She served as a corrections officer, probation officer and was a police and fire dispatcher. In 1995 she was commissioned as a State Trooper with the Illinois State Police. As a Trooper in the Chicago area, Heather was assigned to a special enforcement team that focused on gangs, guns, drugs, reckless drivers and DUIs. She has served in many additional roles in the last thirty years.

Twelve years of Heather’s career with the I.S.P. was spent as a crime scene investigator in the south suburbs of Chicago. She was the crime scene investigator for over 1200 major cases including hundreds of death investigations, 275 homicides, (including scenes with multiple deaths and entire families) and cases covered on a national basis. She received the Department Medal of Achievement for creating the State of Illinois five-week crime scene investigators curriculum. Heather served as the Coordinator of the CSI course and trained and certified hundreds of officers as crime scene investigators for the State Police and 90 additional police departments. Heather has been qualified in State Criminal and Federal Court as an Expert Witness in Crime Scene Investigation.

Mobile In-Service Training Team#7 Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board

MTU 7 request for certification of this course has been approved by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board

Meets the following mandatory training criteria: Civil Rights .50 hours, Const. Use of LE Authority .50 hours, Human Rights .50 hours, Legal Updates .50 hours, Procedural Justice 4.0 hours, Officer Safety Techniques .50 hours with .50 hours scenario based. Continuing Ed: Lead Homicide Investigator 40 hours. with 5 hours scenario based.

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