NUCPS Award of Achievement in Criminal Forensic Investigative Techniques

             Each recipient must successfully complete a minimum of 200 hours of course work selected from the courses listed below.  Upon completion of your fifth 40-hour course, the Center for Public Safety will present you with this beautiful plaque—an award you will be proud to display.  To qualify, you must successfully complete 200 hours of the following courses described in this catalog:

  • Bloodstain Evidence Workshop 1 and/or 2 (5 days each)

  • Collection and Analysis of Document Evidence

  • Crime Scene Technology Workshops 1, 2, and/or 3 (5 days each)

  • Death Investigation (5 days)

  • Footwear Impression Evidence for Examiners

  • Forensic Art Techniques: Mastering Composite Drawing

  • Investigative Photography Workshop 1 and/or 2 (5 days each)

  • Psychological Profiling: Investigative Psychology

  • Shooting and Police-Involved Shooting Incident Reconstruction

  • Footwear and Tire Tread Impression Evidence Detection and Recovery

             Some courses have prerequisites.  Call 800/323-4011 and ask to speak with the Police Training Division to learn more about how to earn this valuable credential.

NUCPS Criminal Investigation Management Award

             The Center for Public Safety has established an important credential for law enforcement managers and supervisors responsible for criminal investigations at their agencies: the Criminal Investigation Management Award.

            Similar to our Award of Achievement in Criminal Forensic Investigative Techniques, it is issued in the form of a beautiful plaque to those students who complete 200 course hours of appropriate investigative and managerial training.

            Each recipient must successfully complete the core program, Managing Criminal Investigations (4 units).  The remaining 160 classroom hours required may be accrued by completing any combination of the following electives described in this catalog:

  • Advanced Techniques in Evidence and Property Management (3 days)

  • Basic Financial Crime Investigation (5 days)

  • Criminal Investigative Analysis (5 days)

  • Supervision and Management of Drug Investigations (5 days)

  • Advanced Financial Crime Investigation (5 days)

  • Successful Grantsmanship

             Graduates of the Center for Public Safety’s PATP or SPSC programs will receive 40 hours of credit for Police Budgeting and Fiscal Management.  Students who have already completed Police Budgeting and Fiscal Management (40 hours) and/or Advanced Police Budgeting and Cost Analysis (30 hours) as separate courses will also receive elective credits.  For further information, call 800/323-4011 and ask to speak with someone in the Police Training division.