Randolph McAfee, Inc. Law Enforcement Training Classes |
| Randolph McAfee, Inc. classes provide enjoyable learning experiences which translate into common sense, real life solutions for every day challenges. PARTICIPANT COMMENTS: "Anything this team teaches I am taking!" "I want MORE!" "This course really makes the statements' deception POP. Material was easily learned & retained." "Great job of giving information we can actually use in our jobs." "This explains a lot of the things I have seen on calls." "Well done. Creative method of teaching." "I would take anything this team has to offer." "Instructor is very knowledgeable." "Excellent Class!!! Great Discussions. Best Cultural Diversity Instructor I ever had." "A lot better than the old ways of teaching Cultural Diversity." Arrest, Search & Seizure - Intermediate Core Course Sonny McAfee teaches this interesting and informative course that puts the principles of arrest, search and seizure into a usable, common sense format. Participants analyze, discuss and share conclusions in group and class to explore the principles of this TCLEOSE core course. This class starts with basic citizen police encounters through arrest search or seizure and progresses to how levels of suspicion are developed and documented. Relevant Texas statutes and case law are used to discuss Criminal Procedure Code concepts involved in arrests and the seizure and search of persons and property. Warrants and exceptions to warrant requirements are also addressed including scenarios that officers use in groups to analyze what is the best course of action. Warrantless searches pursuant to consent, search incident to arrest, automobiles, and in exigent circumstances will be examined for application in the daily work of law enforcement officers. Officers discuss proper procedure and the likelihood of prosecution in each case. This course meets and exceeds the requirements of Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Standards and Education #2108 as a core course for an intermediate certificate for 15 hours of TCLEOSE credit. Criminal Investigations - ADEPT Highly Qualified TEXAS Instructors Twenty-four Hours of Solid Instruction creating ADEPT Investigators TOPICS Utilizing the ADEPT process ADEPT - Assessment Development Execution Perpetrator Apprehension Trial - Prosecution CASES - BMV Class A Assault Sexual Assault Serial Rape Statement Analysis Investing Deception - A Brief Introduction Aspects & Courtroom Demeanor Manual & CD References are Provided This 24 hour course takes participants beyond the basics through everything that investigators wish they had known before they got the job. Investigators become ADEPT applying five major principals of investigation - Assessment, Development, Execution of an action plan, Perpetrator Apprehension to Trial & Prosecution. The ADEPT process creates an easy to use blueprint for organizing investigations. This class takes officers from the first day of stepping into the shoes of an investigator by learning how to best prioritize cases to using the principals to investigate real life cases. Investigations include BMV, Burglary, Class A Assault, Sexual Assault, Serial Rape and more where participants have the luxury of learning the ropes from seasoned investigators. Detective James Hallum is one of RMI’s most sought after trainers due to his 26 years of experience, ability as an instructor and personality. He has taught courses for rookies to veteran officers over the past 10 years. He has made presentations to civic groups, various public schools to all age levels, as well as currently being an Adjunct Instructor for Tarrant County College. In addition, Detective Hallum worked with and instructed Interview and Interrogation for the Shaken Baby Alliance of North Texas. Detective Hallum has worked hundreds of assaults, aggravated assaults, aggravated sexual assaults and countless misdemeanor & pervert crimes such as window peepers and exhibitionists. He worked as an undercover narcotics investigator as well as serving on the DEA Task Force at DFW. Detective Hallum served as the lead investigator on capital murder cases and murder cases, and assisted in the investigation of the Texas 7 and Mi-T Fine Car Wash cases. Jill Randolph McAfee, President of RMI is an advanced certified international law enforcement planner & life long educator. She has a B.A. in Psychology and a Masters degree in Educational Supervision with teaching certifications in psychology, social and biological sciences. Ms. McAfee is a statement analysis expert having conducted jury screening and trial consulting on criminal cases for the state including injury to a child, gang writing, police department internal affairs investigations, aggravated sexual assault, investigation of poison pen letters (threat communiqués), murder and capital murder. She developed Statement Analysis Investigating Deception - SAID which is a process of analyzing statements searching for clues of truthfulness as well as detecting deception. SAID ultimately translates raw information into usable intelligence. FEE - $350.00 Cultural Diversity - An Investigative Approach "At last, a cultural diversity class we can use in our jobs!" seems to be the overall response of participants in this class. Cultural Diversity Class is a four to eight hour class (depending on your needs) that shows how to use cultural clues promoting communication and safety for the officer's advantage. Finally, a common sense approach with methods for daily use techniques incorporating cultural clues. Cultural Diversity meets all the objectives of TCLEOSE 3939 including general characteristics of cultures, gang cultures, hate crime groups, basic principles of Islam, contact with members of specific cultural groups in the work place and community, & racial profiling plus consular notification information. The focus of this class is on how learning cultural cues can increase an officer's powers of communication, observation, interviewing, interrogation and conflict resolution skills to prevent the escalation of a situation and to properly address citizen concerns. Jill Randolph McAfee is a life long educator as well as an international advanced certified law enforcement planner. Her background includes curriculum writing, with teaching certifications in psychology, social and biological sciences with a Masters degree in Educational Supervision. Jill wrote curriculum guides for sociology including extensive studies in cultural diversity. She has formed international training teams that planned & supervised the training of 12,000 officers in Bosnia - Herzegovina. Jill has served as the Cultural Diversity adjunct instructor at Irving Police Department 2004-2005 and 2007-2008 as well as the North Richland Hills PD adjunct instructor for 2008 . Cultural Diversity: An Investigative Approach - Train the Trainer This program is a proactive and positive approach to Cultural Diversity. Adult education techniques are paired with how Cultural Diversity can enhance officer safety, communication with community members, departmental polices and problem solving skills. The focus of this class is on how learning cultural cues can increase an officer's powers of communication, observation, interviewing and interrogation skills and conflict resolution skills to prevent the escalation of a situation and to properly address citizen concerns. This course helps participants lay the framework for a Cultural Diversity class tailor made for their specific communities. A training matrix and curriculum guide make this program easy to implement. Performance objectives of TCLEOSE 3939 including general characteristics of cultures, gang cultures, hate crime groups, basic principles of Islam, contact with members of specific cultural groups in the work place and community, racial profiling plus consular notification information are covered. Jill Randolph McAfee is a certified International Advanced Law Enforcement Planner who has international experience in successful Train the Trainer programming. She has formed international training teams that planned & supervised the training of 12,000 officers in Bosnia - Herzegovina. Jill has served as the Cultural Diversity adjunct instructor at Irving Police Department 2004-2005 and 2007-2008 as well as the adjunct instructor for North Richland Hills PD for 2008. Her background includes curriculum writing, with teaching certifications in psychology, social and biological sciences with a Masters degree in Educational Supervision. Jill wrote curriculum guides for sociology including extensive studies in cultural diversity. FEE: $425.00 - 4 Day program Legal Aspects of Interrogation CORINTH POLICE DEPARTMENT IS HOSTING LEGAL ASPECTS OF INTERROGATION Instructor: Sonny McAfee The Legal Aspects of Interrogation class covers Fifth Amendment issues during custodial interrogation as well as specific requirements of 38.22 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure. The course covers Miranda requirements, interrogation after invocation of right to silence, and implications of invocation of the right to counsel under the Fifth Amendment. Additionally, issues that arise when the Sixth Amendment right to counsel has attached are covered, including when the right attaches, when the right is invoked, when an interrogation may occur after the right has attached and how to obtain a waiver of the Sixth Amendment right. The course emphasizes strategies for lawfully interrogating the suspect while fully providing constitutional rights, and complying with the law of Texas. Recent U.S. Supreme Court law expanding investigators’ abilities to contact defendants following arraignment who have already requested or received counsel are discussed. QUESTIONS - If you have any questions regarding the class please contact Jill McAfee at 940 231- 0476. Capturing the Texas 7 - Multi-jurisdictional Investigations This course carefully examines the multi-jurisdictional investigation of the Texas Seven including examination of statements using SAID, crime scene investigation, working with other agencies, following leads, working with other agencies, maximizing inter-agency and intra-agency communication, working with the media, getting the evidence back to Texas, the trial impact and the final disposition. Capt. Jeff Spivey was the lead investigator for the Texas Seven investigation and has investigated other high profile cases such as the Mi-T Fine Car Wash murders. He brings a unique and professional perspective to this highly charged investigation. Jill McAfee gives a brief introduction to the importance of statement analysis using SAID© - Statement Analysis Investigating Deception. Capt. Jeff Spivey has supervised the investigation of property crimes, worked undercover in narcotics & in the DEA task force at DFW Airport where he investigated and interdicted drug/money carriers. He was the lead investigator for the "Texas 7" and has investigated other high profile cases such as the Mi-T Fine Car Wash murders. Recently, Capt. Spivey moved from command of the jail section to the patrol division. Statement Analysis Investigating Deception - SAID© The Easiest Process to Successfully Learn Statement Analysis: Turn raw information into usable intelligence Focus on the most important factors of a statement Detect hidden meanings vital to your investigation Take the lead in obtaining vital information in statements Discover clues for truthful & deceptive statements Uncover information used to minimize involvement & responsibility Expose the degree of relationship between persons of interest Weigh all the hidden data provided Participants use this class from the minute they learn the simplified process. One participant said, "I have had several other courses on this same material, this course was so much more in depth as noted in the title and covered so much more areas of interest. The color coding system taught in this course really makes the statements' deception POP." Participants SAID: COMPARED TO OTHER STATEMENT COURSES... "This lady taught me more in a couple hours than any statement analysis course I ever had. I wish I had this course FIRST." "There are courses officers must take and others they should take. Every officer SHOULD take this course." ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR... "A great instructor that makes learning easy and usable in every day work." "I would take anything this lady teaches." AFTER THE COURSE... "After this course I went back and looked at several statements and found important new information." "If only I had this information ten years ago when I started out..." "This course really makes the statements' deception POP. Material was easily learned & retained." By using someone’s own words, Statement Analysis Investigating Deception (SAID) will help you detect deception in any verbal or written communication. SAID is a process for turning the raw information in a statement into usable intelligence. SAID helps you determine whether the subject is concealing information, providing false information, omitting information and other important factors indicative of truthful or deceptive statements. This 3 day, twenty four hour course covers detecting deception in statements through a simple, reliable system. Anyone who needs to get to the truth of the matter benefits from this course. The introductory course, covers foundation principles for detecting deception in statements through a systematic, reliable process. Real life cases as well as entertaining activities increase the usefulness of this course. This program advances the analysis process using a common sense, easily understandable, sequential approach. The SAID Analysis Form simplifies the process allowing the analyst to easily keep track of information. The forms note whether the subject is concealing any information, possible information that may be concealed, where the statement shows deception and more. SAID uses a unique triad approach incorporating content analysis, forensic linguistics and visual handwritten clues to uncover important clues hidden in statements. A special third day was added at the request of participants for one extra day of practice with a Smith County capital murder case analysis including oral statements on video. The instructor and participants share successful techniques used in other investigations. TOPICS INCLUDE: • Deception Busters • High Profile Case Studies • The Power of Pronouns • Mapping the Statement • Intention of the Statement • Brain Edits • How Tense Matters • Balancing the Statement • Deception Indicators that Signal Follow Up Questions to Pursue • Basic Visual Clues of Deception in Handwritten Statements Jill Randolph McAfee is a statement analysis expert as well as a certified Advanced International Law Enforcement Planner and Instructor. She has used SAID© extensively in consulting for hiring, police department internal affairs investigations, poison pen letter investigations, criminal investigations, assaults, interviews, gang writing, interrogations, consulting on criminal cases for the state including capital murder, murder, injury to a child, and aggravated sexual assault. Jill has studied Scientific Content Analysis, Psycholinguistics, and Statement Analysis as conducted by the FBI. See About Us for detailed information about our presenters. DATE & Time: FEE - $395.00 PLEASE BRING A LAPTOP TO CLASS WITH YOU AS WE WILL BE USING TEMPLATES. REGISTRATION You will receive a confirmation letter or e-mail acknowledging your written registration. SAID - Advanced Statement Analysis Investigating Deception A Participant said, "My ability to approach my job with greater confidence is greatly improved. I feel that I gained a lot and learned a lot, and I recommend the course for any investigator." This is a sixteen hour in depth, Advanced class on Statement Analysis Investigating Deception. This class expands SAID with a capital murder case: videos, interviews, interrogations, handwritten statements and more. This class uses content analysis, psycholinguistics, graphic analyses - a technique that examines all marks on the paper, including drawings and placement of marks on the page. Interesting cases including high profile cases are examined in a friendly, team approach that facilitates learning. This easy to understand, reliable process to identify traits helps you formulate questions for interviews, interrogations and increase communication with witnesses. The last day is used to assist officers with cold cases using a team approach to develop further intelligence and possible additional leads. CLUES to the following may be revealed as well as ways to use that knowledge in questioning. Sequential v Random Thinkers Thinkers v More Emotional Responders Open v Closed Communication Leader v Follower Organized v Disorganized Positive v Negative Self image High Goals v Low Goals Close v Distant Relationships Truthful v Deceptive Clues As a court qualified, statement analysis expert, Jill R. McAfee (See About Us) has successfully used this method for jury screening in capital murder cases, sexual assaults, injury to a child, threat communiques, gang writing, statement analyses and more. Learn this easy, reliable process to identify traits that will help you formulate questions for interviews, interrogations and communicating with witnesses. FEE - $275.00 Checks should be made to Randolph McAfee, Inc. and mailed with your registration form Contact Us & Registration. You will receive a confirmation letter or e-mail acknowledging your written registration. Writing Search Warrants is a 32 hour class designed for all officers from those who have little or no experience in writing affidavits to obtain search warrants to the veteran writers who want to improve their skills. This user friendly class produces effective search warrant affidavit writing techniques that produce professional results. Topics include: • Basic Search & Seizure Law • Supreme Court Decisions • Fourth Amendment Issues • Search Warrant Affidavits • Getting it Right the First Time This class is taught by one of the following instructors. Wiley B. “Sonny” McAfee was employed by the Houston Police Department for more than 20 years serving in assignments including helicopter patrol, narcotics, internal affairs, and retired as a lieutenant in the Homicide Division. Following his retirement, Sonny has been an attorney for the First Court of Appeals, a prosecutor in Harris & Smith Counties, Legal Advisor to Irving Police Department and a well respected International consultant. He served as a consultant to the governments of Albania and Bosnia-Herzegovina for the International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program of the U.S. Department of Justice. Currently Sonny trains officers around the nation in current search and seizure issues, drafting search warrant affidavits, legal aspects of highway interdiction, police liability, Fifth and Sixth Amendment interrogation issues, homicide investigations and Texas Criminal Procedure. OR Ted Wilson recently retired from the Harris County District Attorney's Office after 34 years. During his tenure with that office, Ted worked as a trial court prosecutor trying everything from misdemeanor cases to capital, death penalty, murder cases. Then he was assigned to the Special Crimes Bureau. During his 28 years in that Bureau, Ted was a Major Fraud prosecutor, the Major Narcotics Offenders prosecutor, Chief of the Organized Crime Division, Chief of the Major Offender Division and, Chief of the Special Crimes Bureau. Ted was the Chief of the Professional Development Bureau during his last year in that office focusing his efforts on training all of the attorneys and investigators. Ted has been training police officers for the past 20 years. He is an instructor at the Houston Police Department Academy, the Harris County Sheriff's Academy, the Texas District and County Attorney's Association, the Texas Department of Public Safety, the Regional Counterdrug Training Academy and the Midwestern Counterdrug Training Center. He is also a guest instructor for the Louisiana District Attorney's Association, the Vermont State's Attorney's Association, the Houston H.I.D.T.A. and numerous police and prosecution agencies throughout Texas. He is also the co-author of the Manual for Arrest Search and Seizure Warrants published by the Texas District and Count Attorney's Association. He is a graduate of St. Edward's University and South Texas College of Law. FEE: $395.00 The tuition includes a manual, a copy of the Texas District and County Attorneys Association Warrants Manual written by the Bureau Chief of Professional Development of the Harris County District Attorney’s Office, Ted Wilson, and retired 36th Judicial District Attorney, Tom Bridges. The book contains a CD containing numerous examples and templates for effective arrest and search warrants. Please bring a laptop computer with you. If you don't have access to one please notify us before the class date. Checks should be made to Randolph McAfee, Inc. and mailed with your registration form at Contact Us & Registration. You will receive a confirmation letter or e-mail acknowledging your written registration. FAX OR MAIL REGISTRATION FORM WITH YOUR PAYMENT TO: Contact Us & Registration - Randolph McAfee, Inc. P. O. Box 325 Buchanan Dam, TX 78609-0325 (940) 231- 0476 Jill McAfee (940) 231- 0475 Sonny McAfee FAX - (888) 503-2526 www.randolphmcafeeinc.com jill@randolphmcafeeinc.com wiley@searchwarrants.us |
