In-Person Classes

These classes are $445 for members and $520 for non-members. We provide in person training as requested by local agencies/regional associations. Available topics are outlined below. Please note that several classes that were previously offered in-person are now available as online classes, which are offered once per quarter, every year.

Passing students are awarded a certificate and hours of Continuing Education credits, specific to each class. For more about the CEUs, please read our FAQs page. Payment must be received by the IACA in order to receive proof-of-training and it will be withheld until the payment is received.

Current schedule:

Course

Crime Mapping I: GIS Fundamentals
Language English
Difficulty Level / Intended Audience Intermediate. Students are suggested to have a basic understanding of analytical skills, use of basic crime analysis computer applications, and experience with producing analytical products. There are required computer specs in order to run ArcGIS Pro.
Description

Crime mapping has become a fundamental skill for crime and intelligence analysts to learn and integrate into daily routines. But what are the most important skills for an analyst to learn in such a large field as Geographic Information Systems? This course will provide training on foundational concepts applying GIS to crime and intelligence analysis. Relevant concepts of crime mapping fundamentals will allow students to focus on applicable tools and techniques for law enforcement. Students will learn how to create a map, add datasets on a map, query, and filter data, and perform spatial analytical techniques to guide agencies into using data-driven decision-making in their agencies. The lessons will enable you to make GIS a part of your everyday analytical practice. 

By the end of the course, students should be able to achieve the following goals:

  • Explain basic concepts of GIS
  • Prepare data for mapping and spatial analysis
  • Interpret spatial analysis results
  • Use GIS to provide data-driven recommendations to decision makers

This course uses Esri’s ArcGIS Pro and the Crime Analysis solution. If the host agency does not already have ArcGIS Pro licenses, we can provide them for the duration of the course, however, there are minimum technical requirements for the computers.
Class Details

November 3rd-7th, 2025 0800-1600 hrs

Instructor Stacy Belledin

Bowling Green Police Department, 911 Kentucky St, Bowling Green, KY 42101

Students are required to bring their own laptop with ArcGIS Pro installed and meet the requirements on this page.  It is your responsibility to verify these requirements and have the software installed on your computer prior to the start of the course. 
 
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Course

Computer Applications for Crime Analysis

Language

English

Difficulty Level / Intended Audience

Beginner or intermediate.

Description

Computer Applications is a four and a half-day, hands-on workshop in Microsoft Access, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint (with the majority of the time spent on the first two applications). Through a series of realistic lessons, analysts learn how to use the full potential of these programs for tactical, strategic, and administrative analysis.

Included are creating and querying databases with Access; statistics, charting, and data analysis with Excel; desktop publishing (crime bulletins and reports) with Word; and effective presentations with PowerPoint.

Duration

4.5 days

 

 

Course

Microsoft Access for Crime Analysis

Language

English

Difficulty Level / Intended Audience 

Intermediate

Description

Microsoft Access is a powerful data management and analysis tool that most analysts already have on their computers, but few fully exploit. This course provides analysts with the skills and knowledge necessary to get the most out of Microsoft Access, including managing data, connecting to other data sets (such as records management systems), writing queries to ask questions of data, designing reports to provide data outputs to other members of the agency, and creating full database applications with forms and macros. Students will also learn a bit of Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) coding to extend database functionality. Students will leave the class with a copy of a database specific to crime analysis data management that they can implement at their own agencies.

The course covers the following topics:

  • Understanding structured data and relational databases
  • Designing and entering data into tables
  • Linking to other data sources
  • Queries that filter data
  • Queries that summarize data
  • Queries that change data
  • Using expressions, functions, and calculations in queries
  • Designing effective reports
  • Designing forms to interact with data
  • Macros, modules, and VBA coding
  • Using Access for daily data management.

The course uses both real and realistic data from law enforcement agencies.

Duration

4.5 days

Class Details

August 4th-8th, 2025 0800-1600 hrs

Instructor Christopher Bruce

Lynn Police Department, 300 Washington St, Lynn, MA 01902

Students are required to bring their own laptop with MS Access 2019 or newer.
 
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Course

Problem Analysis

Language

English

A Spanish version of the material is available on request for groups, but a translator for the instructor will be required. Contact the Training Committee for more details.

Difficulty Level / Intended Audience

Beginner or intermediate.

Description

Problem Analysis is a four and a half-day workshop on the skills, knowledge, and abilities necessary for an analyst to identify, analyze, and help an agency solve crime, disorder, and public safety problems.

Students learn how criminology theory, research methods, and statistics are applied at the operational level to examine long-term problems and to recommend effective strategies. The class draws heavily on the applicable Problem-Oriented Policing and Situational Crime Prevention literature but remains analyst-focused.

A capstone project applies the lessons to a real crime or safety problem in the area where the class is held.

Duration

4.5 days
 

 

Course

Tactical Crime Analysis

Language

English

Difficulty Level / Intended Audience

Beginner or intermediate.

Description

Tactical Crime Analysis is a four and a half-day workshop that trains analysts in the techniques used to identify, analyze, and solve crime patterns and series.

Beginning with the relevant terms and concepts from the Fundamentals course, this class covers the methods used to identify crime patterns as they emerge; the techniques used to analyze them for location, time, victim, offender, and modus operandi; considerations for disseminating information to police; and tactics for offender apprehension, suppression, and opportunity-blocking.

The class uses real examples, hands-on lessons, computer exercises, and a capstone project that will use a range of tactical analysis skills.

Duration

4.5 days

 

 

 

To Host an IACA Class

Please review the hosting requirements below:  

Host agencies/associations must provide either a computer lab (for Crime Mapping I, Tactical Crime Analysis, Computer Applications, and MS Access) or a lecture/meeting room (Problem Analysis) for each class. Computer labs must have a minimum of 14 computers (not counting the instructor computer) and lecture/meetings rooms must seat 20 students comfortably. 

Computer-based courses held in a computer lab have specific software requirements. If an agency decides to host a Tactical Crime Analysis, Computer Applications, or MS Access class, the computer lab must be equipped with Microsoft Office 2010 or higher. For the Crime Mapping I class, we will provide the necessary licenses for ArcGIS Pro; the computers must meet the requirements listed here.  

If you do not have a computer lab available, then we can use a lecture/meeting room and require that students bring their own laptops.

Training Classrooms/computer labs must also be equipped with a laptop computer and projector for the instructor. The room must also have a dry erase board, Smartboard or flip charts for use by the instructor. The training facility must have ample parking and must be located near hotels and dining.

In order to host a class, the host agencies/associations must have 12 paid students registered for the class 15 business days prior to the first day of the class. If an agency has not met this minimum, the class may be cancelled. For every 9 paid students in the class, the host agency/association will receive one free seat in the class. If a host agency has 18 paid students registered for the class, the host agency will receive 2 free seats. Any recognized regional association can co-host a class with the IACA and will receive 50% of the profits. 

The IACA will not open up classes to more than 20 students. If the host agency/association requests a larger class size, an additional cost for a class/lab assistant will be assessed.

If you would like to host a class, please fill out this form and a member of the Training Committee will be in touch.

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