3 Full Training Days
Blueprint Investigative System (3-Day)
Investigative Goals = Unsolved Cases. Investigative Process = Justice.
Overview
At Third Degree Training, we noticed a pattern across hundreds of departments: the solve culture was not broken — it was fragmented. Excellent investigators doing excellent work, but without a shared system, a common language, or consistent expectations across ranks and units. When a case is easy to solve, that fragmentation is invisible. When the pressure is on, it shows.
The Blueprint Investigative System was designed to fix that fragmentation at the foundation. BIS is a simple, seven-step investigative process that travels across your entire organization, patrol, investigations, dispatch, data, and command. Every person learns the same steps and terminology. They understand their specific role in moving a case forward. The result is not just better investigations, it is a department that actually operates as one unit, where the work one person does builds cleanly on the work of the next.
The real test of a solve culture is not how your team handles one major case. It is how they handle every case. When your officers apply the same investigative discipline to a stolen car as they would to a homicide, you are building a searchable, connected record that pays dividends for months. By the time the high-stakes case comes, there is no ramp-up required. The culture is already there , because it never turned off.
Seminar Highlights
Overview: A Shared System for Every Officer, Every Case
The Blueprint Investigative System exists because a strong solve culture requires more than motivated officers — it requires a common process. When everyone operates from the same framework, investigations do not just get better. They get consistent. And consistency, applied across every case from the routine to the catastrophic, is what a true solve culture is built on.
Pillar 01 — Evidence Preservation
Solve culture lives and dies in the first hours. BIS forces the right question immediately: what evidence exists right now that will not exist tomorrow? By prioritizing preservation tasks first, your officers protect the case before it even has a name. That is the habit that separates departments who solve cases from departments who just document them.
Pillar 02 — Strategic Case Planning
Reactive work kills solve culture. Officers running from lead to lead with no clear destination. This pillar surfaces gaps early and builds clear objectives around closing them. Officers stop wondering what to do next and start building cases with purpose — the mindset shift that moves good cops into excellent territory.
Pillar 03 — Gap Assessment
Before your team moves forward, they need to know exactly where they stand. Gap Assessment gives officers a clear inventory of what they have, what they need, and what decisions can be made now. No assumptions. No guesswork. Just clarity — which is what solve culture looks like when it is actually working.
Pillar 04 — Legal, Ethical, Relentless (LER)
Every investigation built on BIS is legally sound, ethically grounded, and relentless in pursuit of the truth — because that is what victims deserve and communities expect. When the whole department holds that same standard, it builds trust, camaraderie, and the kind of team where high-profile cases feel manageable. Because the culture was already doing the work.
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Testimonials
I liked the case studies and real-life applications.
Dylan
Turner PD
The balance of humor and personal experience added to the learning experience. I appreciated the instructors' willingness to admit their mistakes. They were objective and didn't force their opinions on the students. They allowed students to choose what works for them, with options to grow and learn from the course material.
James
OSU PD
Great class! I enjoyed the teaching style and class engagement. I learned how to tackle 'elephant cases' and break them down into manageable chunks.
Tim
Hubbard-Donald PD
This class encouraged me to open my mind and view investigations in different ways. I will absolutely use the investigation and interview plans.
Josh
Washington County SO
I liked the TACTic360 investigation blueprint, and I will be using it. I also like the training in search warrants, 'thinking outside the box,' and 'bulletproofing your cases.'
Nicholas
Klamath Falls PD
Great class! I would recommend to anyone in Investigations.
Robbie
Gladstone PD
I feel like I have an organized method to approach a case and process the little details that might get missed.
Amanda
Clackamas County SO
The instructors are a good pair with a lot of experience. They deliver information professionally, with insight on how it goes in real life, not just the classroom.
Bon
Forest Grove PD
The class gave me inspiration and courage to break the mold and think outside the box.
Ariah
Oregon City PD
The presenters, Matt and Will, are awesome. They know the subject matter well, and want to spread knowledge effectively.
Wes
Coos Bay PD
Your class was one of the most impactful trainings I've attended. I learned new skills, best practices, and had a few revelations about myself. Your level of preparation, commitment, and professionalism was excellent.
Danny
Beaverton PD
Matt and Will are some of the best instructors I've had the opportunity to train with: genuine, forthright, concise, and they can back it all up with experience. My second course with them, and I can't wait for a third!
Steve
Canby PD
The balance of humor and personal experience added to the learning experience. I appreciated the instructors' willingness to admit their mistakes. They were objective and didn't force their opinions on the students. They allowed students to choose what works for them, with options to grow and learn from the course material.
James
OSU PD
Matt and Will are some of the best instructors I've had the opportunity to train with: genuine, forthright, concise, and they can back it all up with experience. My second course with them, and I can't wait for a third!
Steve
Canby PD
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