The role of law enforcement’s investigatory role in both civil and criminal cases

When
February 06, 2025
09:00 - 11:00
Location
ZOOM

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This webinar will concentrate on the varying levels of crash reporting, investigation and reconstruction and the importance of the role of law enforcement’s investigatory role in both civil and criminal cases. The webinar will provide an overview of the legal process and how the data gathered by law enforcement, or in some cases the lack of data that is gathered, can adversely affect not only criminal but civil cases to the extent that justice may not be served in either venue. With the advent of more complicated crash reporting formats, much of the typical investigatory groundwork such as field sketches, proper photography, in-depth witness statements and basic damage analysis is no longer being conducted. Many prosecutors and insurance adjusters have little or no actual crash investigation training or experience, and they must rely almost completely on police investigations, which in some instances do not contain sufficient investigatory work product to accomplish a conviction or resolve complicated civil issues. This webinar will provide the student with a more global view on how their work as investigators is critical and necessary to the criminal and civil legal process. This topic will explore the concept of the crash reconstruction process as it applies to today’s legal system.

Speaker: Henry P. Lipian is an ACTAR Accredited reconstructionist (ACTAR #83) a former Ohio State Trooper and Municipal Police Sergeant for the Hunting Valley Police Department.

Approximate time 90-120 minutes

Attention - This training is available to CA2RS Members Only

Webinar Access:

This event will be virtually hosted via Zoom. Webinar information and the Zoom link are located on the CA2RS website. To access this information, please log in to your CA2RS account and navigate to the Webinar Training section within the MEMBERS sidebar section

Attendance Credit & ACTAR CEUs:

ACTAR CEU's TBA

For attendance credit and ACTAR CEUs, your name and ACTAR number, as applicable, will be requested during the webinar on the Zoom chat at two times specified during the presentation. Please have your ACTAR number ready in advance of the webinar to ensure it is submitted when requested so ACTAR CEUs are readily provided to all eligible attendees.