Principles and Concepts of Investigating and Reporting

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Principles and Concepts of Investigating and
Reporting

• Course Orientation and Introduction

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Todays Schedule

• Instructor Introduction
• University Education
• Course Outline and Expectations
• Website Orientation
• Course Beginning

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Raymond E. Foster, MPA
EDUCATION PROFESSIONAL TRAINING Doctoral
Student, Touro University International Winter
2007 MPA, Public Financial Management
California State University, Fullerton 4.0 GPA
(Member Phi Kappa Phi) - 2003 BA, Criminal
Justice The Union Institute 1999 National
Institute for Justice, Technology Institute,
Washington, DC Federal Emergency Management
Agency, Incident Command System
POST Courses POST Certificates West Point
Leadership Program Management Instructor
Development Course Supervisor Middle
Manager Advanced Officer Watch
Commander Intermediate Officer Supervisory
Development Basic Officer
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• De-briefing Suspects An Analysis of the Crime
  Control Tactic of Gathering Criminal Intelligence
  from Arrested Persons LAPD Intranet, September
  1999.
• Change in Public Safety Organizations Its a
  Cultural Thing www.hitechcj.com, October 2003.
  (Co-Author)
• Police Technology Prentice Hall, July 2004.
• Five Tactics for Taking Civil Service Multiple
  Choice Examinations www.hitechcj.com, January
  2004
• Strategies for Preparing for Promotion
  www.hitechcj.com December 2004
• Hi Tech Criminal Justice Newsletter 2003 to
  Present (Editor)
• Police Pursuit Technology Modern Marvels,
  History Channel, September 2004, (Technical
  Advisor)
• Tailored Technology Mobile Government,
  September 2004
• Air-to-Ground Communications Airbeat Magazine,
  October 2004
• Returning to the Scene of the Crime High
  Definition Survey Technology and Law Enforcement
  Government Technology Magazine, March 2005
• Homeland Security and the New Threats of Global
  Terrorism From Cold War to Flaming Hot War
  (Prentice Hall, February 2007)
• Prepared and submitted several successful grant
  applications

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CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, FULLERTON (Instructo
r) 2004 Present UNION INSTITUTE AND
UNIVERISTY (Faculty Advisor and Instructor) 2004
Present HI TECH CRIMINAL JUSTICE 2003
Present Owner FOSTER YOUTH CONNECTION 2003
Present Founding Board Chair LOS ANGELES
POLICE DEPARTMENT 1980-2003         LIEUTENANT
(1997-- 2004) SERGEANT
(1988 1997) POLICE OFFICER (1980
1988)
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What does a university education mean?
You can manage a long term project. You can work
independently. You can work in a group. You can
manage competing resources. You can read and
write. You learned new ideas. You were exposed to
a variety of cultures. You enhanced your critical
thinking skills
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Course Objectives

• This course will introduce the student to
  multiple aspects of
• criminal investigations and the investigative
  activity
• practiced by police, courts and correctional
  subsystems. It
• will examine the reporting procedures and
  requirements,
• crime scene management, technology, interviewing
  and
• interrogation skills, and other aspects of
  criminal
• investigations. This class meets the classroom
  portion of
• upper-division writing requirement for Criminal
  Justice
• majors, or as an elective in the concentration
  curriculum.

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Contact Me

• Office Hours Tuesday and Thursday, 1000 to 1100
  hours
• Office Location UH541
• Office Telephone [phone]
• raymond_at_hitechcj.com

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Learning Goals

• As a result of this course the student will
• increase their critical thinking skills,
• increase their writing skills and understand the
  differences between writing in the academic field
  and criminal justice field,
• gain an understanding of various investigative
  methods and components,
• expand their understanding of the criminal
  justice system and especially the importance of
  solid police investigations,
• increase their information literacy skills and,
• increase their technology skills.

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Required Text Books

• (Available at the Titan Bookstore)
• Gilbert, James M. (2004) Criminal Investigations,
  6/E, ISBN 0-13-112288-6, Prentice Hall
• Biggs, Michael (2004), Just the Facts
  Investigative Report Writing, 2/E, ISBN
  0-13-112383-1, Prentice Hall

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Course Requirements

• Attend class and take notes.
• Read and prepare to discuss the assigned reading
  by the dates identified in the course syllabus.
• Complete Ten Practical Exercises
• Complete a mid-term paper.
• Complete the final examination.

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Method of Evaluation

• Exercises 50 (5 each)
• Mid Term Paper 25
• Final 20
• Participation 5
• Extra Credit 5
• Semester Total 100 (105 with extra credit)

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Grades
A 94-100
A- 90-93
B 87-89
B 84-86
B- 80-83
C 77-79
C 74-76
C- 70-73
D 67-69
D 64-66
D- 60-63
F Below 60
In accordance with University Policy Statement
(UPS) 300.020 the /- system of grading will be
used in this course
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Attendance

• Within the university setting, students are
  expected to
• attend class on a regular basis and participate
  in topic
• discussion to enhance the overall learning
  experience.
• As participation is directly related to
  attendance,
• students missing four (4) class session will not
• receive any credit for attendance/participation.
• Attendance will be recorded by a class roster
  that will
• be passed among the students during each class.
  It is
• the students responsibility to sign the roster.

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Ethical Conduct

• Students should be aware that there are severe
• consequences for violations of academic ethical
• conduct. Primarily, we are concerned with
• cheating and plagiarism. Students who are
• determined to have cheated or committed
• plagiarism will face disciplinary action as
  identified
• within CSUF regulations. For additional
• clarification of cheating and/or plagiarism,
  refer to
• the CSUF website or the instructor.

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Practical Exercises

• Throughout the course the student will be
  expected to complete ten exercises that are
  associated with the class readings. Specific
  information regarding the exercises is available
  at the course website. Late exercise will lose
  one grade level per week late.

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Your Answer should fit here nicely!
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Think you know investigative techniques? The
Crime Library is experimenting with something
new. We invite you to participate and give us
your feedback. At key points in this story,
you'll find questions that test your knowledge of
investigative techniques. Whether you're right or
wrong, the answers may surprise you and increase
your knowledge of the way police solve crimes.
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As you read through the story asked questions
about which direction the investigation should
take
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Mid Term

• The student will complete a 4-6 page analysis of
  a true crime novel. At the course website, the
  10 true crime novels are identified. The student
  should select and obtain a copy of one of the
  novels. Details concerning the expectations of
  the students analysis are available at the
  course website. Late papers will lose one grade
  level per week late.

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Mid Term Paper

• Exposition means spelling, grammar, punctuation
  and composition do count.
• Content means academically sound.
• A thesis, topic paragraph or hypothesis
• Properly sourced.
• At least three separate sources with a
  bibliography that does not count as a page.

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Final

• The final examination will consist of two essay
  questions and will be cumulative. Shortly after
  the Mid-Term, and as a means of preparing for the
  final, the instructor will provide the students
  with five essay questions, two of which will be
  the final examination. Although this is not an
  open book test, students may use any notes they
  took during class or while studying for the final
  examination. They must be the students notes
  refer to the syllabus section on ethical conduct
  for further information.

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Participation Log
Date Class Main Subject Comment Reviewed
8.23 Course Orientation This log can be downloaded at the course website.







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Criminal Investigations