Major Incident Scene

Introduction

This GLOMACS Major Incident Scenes training course is an excellent opportunity for Legal Practitioners and associated roles to enrich their ability to identify how crime scene investigations are conducted, this includes how the crime scenes are secured, preserved and examined so that harvesting of forensic opportunities are maximized.

This GLOMACS training course provides the participant with the opportunity to acquire recognised transferable skills within the field of policing including crime scene investigation, practical aspects of policing such as homicide investigation, and ethical and political issues associated with policing. The Dealing with Major Incident Scenes (Forensic) training course is delivered by experienced academic and former senior police officers and senior police service support staff who bring a wealth of theoretical and practical knowledge to enhance the learning. There is a strong emphasis on employability skills throughout, this interactive course will help you to determine how to define and detect a major incident and will explore the ways of taking ownership and working towards a speedy resolution.

This GLOMACS training course will highlight:

• Key roles and responsibilities involved in managing and examining Major Incident scenes.
• Manage the initial response to a substantive investigation, implementing Golden Hour principles and fast track actions where appropriate including threats to life situations.
• The importance of securing, preserving, and incident site.
• Manage the performance of teams and individuals while incorporating health safety and welfare legislation and policy.
• The possible forensic evidence types available from Major Incident scenes.
• The role​​s, responsibilities and capabilities of the specialists involved in reactive & proactive investigations.

Objectives

At the end of this GLOMACS training course, you will learn to: 

• Identify forensic examination and recovery methods appropriate to the scene.
• Evaluate forensic investigations, tactics, and strategy have been appropriate for the crime.
• Develop awareness of policies, procedures and processes involved in the major scene process.
• Describe the procedures for the collection, preservation and recording of evidence and intelligence.
• Identify effective operational Major Scene Investigation techniques.