Arrest-Related / In-Custody Deaths
Recognition – Investigation – Management

1-DAY COURSE (8 HOURS)

Cost: $2500 per course-Day (Department Training) | $150.00 per student (Agency Hosting)
(24 student maximum) | Course length and topic can be customized to fit your agency needs

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COURSE INSTRUCTOR:

John Tinder has over 30 years of law enforcement experience and is a court recognized expert in Police Policy and Practices, Use of Force, Less Lethal Weapons, and TASER. John is a certified Contact and Control Wheelchair Instructor, and a certified Instructor in the Recognition, Prevention, Management, and Investigation of Excited Delirium and Agitated Chaotic Events and in the Recognition and Response to Agonal Breathing / Breathing Issues.  John is a Senior Master Instructor for Axon (formerly Taser International), a certified Arrest-Related and In-Custody Death Investigative Specialist, and a Taser Forensic Analyst and Evidence Collection Specialist. John is also a California POST Master Instructor and an instructor for the California POST Instructor Development Institute and the Robert Presley Institute of Criminal Investigations.

COURSE GOAL:

To provide Detectives, Investigators and stakeholders with the best practices and updated information as it relates to Excited Delirium, Synthetic Drugs and Arrest-Related Death incidents. This course is designed to provide the knowledge and skills necessary to recognize, manage, and investigate these types of highly litigated incidents.

Each attendee will receive a course book that contains course information, investigative checklists and resources.

The following Training Topics are included in the course:

  • Excited Delirium Overview
  • Terminology
  • ACEP Paper
  • Human Pathophysiology
  • Instantaneous Death
  • Categorical Causes & Presentation
  • Phases of Excited Delirium
  • Who is at risk?
  • Behavioral Cues
  • Synthetic Drugs
  • Investigative Procedures
  • Evidence Collection
  • TASER
  • Stakeholders