Robbery Investigation

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Robbery Investigation

Overview

The Student will Understand the crime of robbery (the definition, suspect criminal profiles, etc.). The student will know how to effectively manage robbery cases and will be able to identify robbery crime patterns. The student will learn robbery suspect identification techniques and evidence collection. The student will learn robbery suspect interview and interrogation techniques. The student will learn how to investigate major robbery investigations and how to develop and use resources available as a robbery investigator.

Seminar Highlights

Robbery Crime Patterns
Suspect Identification
Evidence Collection
Suspect Interview & Interrogation
Resources & Case Management

Course Outline

Day One

Robbery Law

Legal definitions (robbery defined, robbery
Types of Robbery
First degree examples
Second degree examples
Enhancements, defenses, Strike Law etc.
Working with the Prosecution

Group exercise/Case Studies

Case Management

Chasing Phantoms
Identifying cases to work
Clearing cases
Intelligence gathering and sharing
Critical Reach flyers
Communicating with other agencies
Patrol Briefings (what to say, how to say it)

Interactive scenarios

Identifying Robbery Strings
What to Analyze
Types of businesses
Number of suspects
Weapons used
Physical Description
Verbiage used

Golden Rule : Nobody gets caught on their first job!

Understanding your case
Home Invasion – Dope Rip
Business takeover – Inside job
When things don’t add up…think like the crook
How did the crook know so much?

Day Two

Identifying suspects

In-Field Show Ups
People V. Harris 15 Cal303 84 (1975)
Formal Line-ups
U.S. Vs. Wade 388 U.S. 218 221 18
Photo Line-Ups
How many Photos?
People V. Cook 252 Ca 2D 25 (1967)
Who can show a photo spread?

Training Schedule/Lesson Plan Robbery Investigations

Evidence Collection
Fingerprints Vs. Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA)
Clothing worn, disguises, gloves, shoes
Surveillance videos and still photos
Weapons, ammo, GSR tests
Demand notes
Suspect getaway vehicle processing/impound
ETS, 3SI, bait bills, dye packs

Interview and Interrogation

Interviewing Victims and Witnesses
Cooperative/Uncooperative/Hostile
Confidential Informants
Interviewing suspects – Miranda issues a. Invocations
Aranda-Bruton rule
Penalty enhancements d. Custody issues
Investigator issues
Polygraph
Voice stress analyzer
Developing themes that work

Major Robbery Investigations

Big cases, big problems. Little cases, little problems. No cases, no problems.
Robbery stings
Using Informants
Solving the tough cases

Developing Resources

Intelligence gathering
Professional Organizations
Developing a winning attitude

This was, by far, one of the most useful training classes I've attended since becoming an investigator.

—Steven Aiello, Antioch Police Department
I highly recommend this training for any Probation staff who have the necessity to interview/interrogate individuals for investigation purposes.

—R. Bret Fidler, Santa Clara County Probation Department
This training provided the useful tools necessary for assessing the veracity of a suspected child abuser, which goes a long way in helping to protect children.

—Sunny Burgan, MSSW, LCSW, Social Work Supervisor, Santa Clara County DFCS
Instructional style is engaging and highly effective.

—George Laing, Fire Prevention Captain, Investigator
The information presented was highly relevant to my job and was presented in a manner that was organized and very easy to digest.

—Michael McGarvey, California State Prison, San Quentin
Effective teaching teams! The presentation of the material was consistently interesting, and intelligent without being too intellectualized.

—Michele Keller, Deputy Probation Officer, County of Alameda
Your training gave me the confidence and tools to interview the suspect for over 5 hours and to bring a closure to the case.

—Daniel Phelan, San Jose Police Department
I will continue to use and pass on this information because I really believe in the instructors and their approach.

—Kimberly Meyer, Washoe County Sheriff's Department
Your training has made the greatest and most direct impact on my assignment of any training class that I've taken.

—Ken Gelskey, National City Police Department

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