Burnsville Police Department Crime Scene School

The Burnsville Police Department has a 10 year history teaching a 40-hour crime scene investigation school. This course teaches hands-on crime scene investigation techniques for newly assigned crime scene specialists, detectives, and patrol officers.

Course Topics:

• General Crime Scene Investigation
• Death Investigations
• Photography (including digital and video)
• Night Photography
• Latent Print Development and Recovery
• Footwear Evidence
• Recovery of Biological Evidence
• Trace Evidence Recovery
• Evidence Preservation
• Using Laboratory Services
• CSI Effect and Courtroom Testimony
• Crime Scene Reconstruction
• Presentation of Case Studies