POST CERTIFIED TRAINING

INTERNATIONAL HOMICIDE INVESTIGATORS ASSOCIATION

2008 ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM

AUGUST 25-29, 2008

ST. LOUIS, MO

 

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2008 Agenda

Monday – August 25, 2008

8:00 – 9:30 Opening Exercises

 

9:30 – 9:45 Break

 

9:45 – 10:15 Services and Resources for Crime Victims

John W. Gillis, Director

Office for Victims of Crime

United States Department of Justice (USDOJ)

 

10:15 – 11:15 Internet Predators

James Thompson, Special Agent

Federal Bureau of Investigation

 

11:15 – 11:45 Internet Luring of Children; A Victim's Perspective

Ms. Alicia Kozakiewicz

 

11:45 – 1:00 Lunch

 

1:00 – 3:00 Forensic Entomology; Bugs as Forensic Evidence

Dr. Neal Haskell

St. Josephs College

 

3:00 – 3:15 Break

 

3:15 – 5:15 Practical Homicide Investigation;

Avoiding Missteps in Death Investigations

Commander Vernon J. Geberth (NYPD – ret)

 

Tuesday, August 26, 2008

 

8:00 – 10:15 Interviewing and Interrogation

Dr. Richard Ovens (NYSP – ret)

 

10:15 – 10:30 Break

 

10:30 – 11:30 Leveraging Public Records to Solve Cases

Tom Joyce (Detective/Commander NYPD – ret)

Sr. Account Executive/Law Enforcement Solutions

LexisNexis Risk and Information Analytics Group

 

11:30 – 12:45 Lunch

 

12:45 – 2:00 Understanding Serial Murder

Mark A. Hilts, Unit Chief

National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime

Federal Bureau of Investigation

 

2:00 – 3:00 Geographic Profiling and Geographic Aspects of Violent Crime

Rhonda Trahern, Supervisory Special Agent

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms and Explosives

 

3:00 – 3:15 Break

 

3:15 – 5:15 “Slavemaster” Multistate Serial Murder Investigation

Detective Greg Wilson

Overland Park Police Department , Kansas

 

Wednesday, August 27, 2008

 

8:00 – 8:45 IHIA Business Meeting

 

9:00 – 11:00 Five Phases of the Active Shooter

Lt. Dan Marcou (LaCrosse, Wisconsin PD – ret)

 

11:00 – 11:45 Public Safety Technology Tools, Techniques, and

Assistance

Michael O'Shea

Law Enforcement Program Manager

U.S. Department of Justice

 

11:45 – 1:00 Lunch

 

1:00 – 3:00 The Human Dynamics of Deadly Force Encounters:

Debunking Myths by Applying Science

Chris Lawrence, Technical Advisor

Force Science Research Center

Ontario , Canada

 

3:00 – 3:15 Break

 

3:15 – 5:15 Forensic Video Analysis

Grant Fredericks, Vancouver Police, Canada (ret)

Forensic Video Solutions, Spokane , Washington

 

Thursday, August 28, 2008

 

8:00 – 10:00 Violent Crime and the Mafia

Joe Pistone (FBI – ret)

 

10:00 – 10:15 Break

 

10:15 – 11:00 Resources and Services of the National Center for

Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC)

Robert J. O'Brien (FBI – ret)

Executive Director, Missing Children Services

 

11:00 – 11:45 Cold Case Resources for Missing Persons

Jerry Nance (NCIS – ret)

Senior Case Manager, NCMEC

B.J. Spamer

Forensic Case Specialist, NCMEC

 

11:45 – 1:00 Lunch

 

1:00 – 3:00 Courtroom Psychology: How to be a Good Witness and

Survive in the Courtroom

Lawrence J. Braunstein, J.D.

Braunstein & Zuckerman, Esqs

White Plains , New York

 

3:00 – 3:15 Break

 

3:15 – 5:15 The Zabiullah Alam Kidnapping Investigation:

A Federal No-Body Homicide Case

Melissa L. Thomas, Supervisory Special Agent

Federal Bureau of Investigation

 

James L. Trump, J.D.

Assistant U.S. Attorney/Senior Litigation Counsel

USDOJ

Friday, August 29, 2008

 

8:00 – 9:00 VICAP WEB

Michael K. Harrigan, Unit Chief

National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime

Federal Bureau of Investigation

 

9:00 – 11:30 Mickey and Trudy Thompson Homicide Investigation;

Lessons Learned from Pursuing a High-Profile Cold Case

Hon. Collene Thompson Campbell

Victim family member

Former mayor of San Juan Capistrano , CA

 

Mark Lillienfeld, Detective

Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department

 

Alan Jackson, J.D.

Deputy District Attorney

Los Angeles County DA Office

 

11:30 – 12:00 Closing

Symposium Questions?

Executive Director William Hagmaier

10711 Spotsylvania Ave.

Fredricksburg, VA 22408.

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