This 40-hour course, offered by the Texas Engineering Extension Service, is designed for Texas law enforcement agents responsible for death investigations (including cold cases dealing with buried human remains). Participants gain hands-on training in locating, mapping, and excavating human remains, as well as information about the role of the forensic anthropologist in medicolegal death investigations, basic human osteology, developing a biological profile, and forensic taphonomy.
Participants must be licensed or certified peace officers with a current commission or non-commissioned personnel assigned to investigate/process crime scenes.
Registration for this course is through the Texas Engineering and Extension Services.
Course: FSA109 Skeletal Death Investigation
Contact information: 800-423-8433 or publicsafety@teexmail.tamu.edu
TCLEOSE (Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Officers Standards and Education) credit available for Texas participants)
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