The International Homicide Investigators Association (IHIA) is conducting a Basic Homicide Investigators Course, sponsored by the Regional Organized Crime Information Center (ROCIC) the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation – Memphis Division. This 5 day/40 hour course of instruction is scheduled for Monday April 17, 2017 thru Friday, April 21, 2016, at the Regional Organized Crime Information Center Headquarters (ROCIC) located at 545 Marriott Drive in Nashville, Tennessee.

For anyone traveling or interested in overnight accommodations, please contact Detective Joe Rauch Sergeant David Lebid or Cindy Purviance for information on hotel and special rates for IHIA-BHIC attendees near the venue.

For  additional course information, contact Detective Joe Rauch at the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office (609) 909-7786 / email: Rauch_j@ACPO.org, Sergeant David Lebid at the Lee County Sheriff’s Office (239) 477-1412 / email: dlebid@sheriffleefl.org, Cindy Purviance at ROCIC (615) 871-0013 / email: cpurviance@rocic.riss.net Lieutenant Patrick Taylor Metropolitan Nashville Police Department (615) 862-7511 / email: patrick.taylor@nashville.gov or FBI Training Coordinator Carla Abramovitz (901) 747-4300 / email: carla.abramovitz@ic.fbi.gov

The International Homicide Investigators Association (IHIA), through a grant from the United States Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance, convened an Advisory Board of multi-disciplinary professionals to develop a framework for establishing minimum homicide investigator training standards. This board represented resources from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the International Association of Coroner’s and Medical Examiners, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, the American Psychological Association, the IHIA, the Fraternal Order of Police, major universities, and state and local law enforcement agencies.

As a result of its work, the Advisory Board Identified nineteen instructional goals appropriate for a basic homicide investigation, training course, and generated a five-day, forty hour training class that encompasses these goals.

This course is designed for any detective, homicide investigator, crime scene technician, medical examiner investigator, prosecutor, or first responder who is tasked with investigating homicides or any other acts of violent criminal activity.