Kentucky Criminalistics Academy Brochure
Crime Scene Technician Course Application (Click Here)
The Kentucky Criminalistics Academy – Crime Scene Technician course is an intensive 5-week training program designed to meet the needs of Kentucky Law Enforcement Agencies in the areas of evidence identification, collection and preservation. The training will consist of 200 hours of Kentucky Law Enforcement Council approved curriculum. The Crime Scene Technician course is formatted for classroom instruction, lab activities, and field practical exercises in the various specialized areas. Students will complete both written and practical exams to show competency in the various subjects. The goal of this course is to provide the crime scene investigator with the most recent crime scene investigative techniques and technology available today.
The Crime Scene Technician course is a prerequisite for acceptance into the next level of training, the 5 week Kentucky Criminalistics Academy.
Training Modules:
- Alternate light sources and evidence enhancement techniques
- Forensic Mapping
- Case Preparation & Court Presentation techniques
- Death Investigation- Autopsy, Post Mortem Fingerprinting, Wound Analysis
- Digital Photography
- DNA
- Trace Evidence
- Latent Fingerprint processing
Requirements for participants to the Crime Scene Technician course are:
- Be a full time crime scene investigator, newly appointed crime scene investigator or a patrol officer in a position to perform as a crime scene investigator.
- Be computer literate
- Be prepared to participate in group activities
- Be prepared to work outdoors in the elements
- Expect assignments that require them to perform activities during hours outside the normal classroom times.
- Stay in the Thompson Hall housing facility.
Kentucky Criminalistics Academy Application (Click Here)
The Kentucky Criminalistics Academy (KCA) is an intensive 5-week training program designed to meet the needs of Kentucky Law Enforcement Agencies in the areas of evidence identification, collection and preservation. The training will consist of 200 hours of Kentucky Law Enforcement Council approved curriculum. The KCA is formatted for classroom instruction, lab activities, and field practical in the various specialized areas. Academy students will complete both written and practical exams to show competency in the various subjects. The goal of the academy is to provide the crime scene investigator with the most recent crime scene investigative techniques and technology available today.
Training Modules:
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Bloodstain Pattern Recognition
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Bullet Trajectory and reconstruction
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Body Farm- Osteology lectures and practical, Surface skeletons and buried bodies
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Basic Fingerprint Recognition and Comparison Techniques
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Explosives Investigations
The Department of Criminal Justice Training will provide lodging for the five day stay in Knoxville, Tennessee. The agencies are responsible for the out of state travel and all meal reimbursement.
Requirements for participants to KCA are:
- Successful completion of the Crime Scene Technician Course
- Be a full time crime scene investigator, newly appointed crime scene investigator or a patrol officer in a position to perform as a crime scene investigator.
- Be computer literate
- Be prepared to participate in group activities
- Be prepared to work outdoors in the elements and with human cadavers.
- Expect assignments that require them to perform activities during hours outside the normal classroom times.
- Stay in the Thompson Hall housing facility.
