12-week Online classes

Administrative and Strategic Analysis

Administrative and Strategic Analysis is a 12-week online course that focuses on the administrative and strategic aspects of crime analysis. These types of crime analyses can be used to leverage law enforcement information into administrative decision-making processes and long-term operational strategies.

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There is no external textbook required for this class.

• April 7-June 27, 2025
• July 7-September 26, 2025
• October 6-December 26, 2025

Please note that the 'Sold Out' label is manually updated and may not reflect current availability. For the most accurate information, refer to the registration form; if a class does not appear on the form, it is sold out.

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Advanced Analytical Methods for Microsoft Office

Intermediate. Students are suggested to have a basic understanding of analytical skills and/or 2-3 years of experience. Students must already have a working knowledge of Excel (PivotTables and basic formula knowledge are a must), PowerPoint, and Word.  Some Access and statistical knowledge is a plus.

Microsoft Office Suite has remained the go to set of tools for most police agencies.  Most in the analyst community are familiar with the tools in some form or fashion.  This 12-week course offers an advanced study of Access, Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and general statistics.  Learn to build your own clean Access databases, create charts, maps, and timelines in Excel, record videos in PowerPoint, and create bolder bulletins in Word.  Statistics used daily by analysts will be simplified and enhanced with formulas in Excel.  Use the tools you already have at your disposal before begging for more budget!

Impress your bosses and wow your coworkers with your Microsoft magic!

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There is no external textbook required for this class. 

• April 7-June 27, 2025
• October 6-December 26, 2025

Please note that the 'Sold Out' label is manually updated and may not reflect current availability. For the most accurate information, refer to the registration form; if a class does not appear on the form, it is sold out.

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Career Preparation: Bridging the Gap - Everything Up to Day One

English

Mindy Duong

Beginner. No experience as an analyst is necessary.

• July 7-September 26, 2025
• October 6-December 26, 2025

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Course

Crime Analysis for Small Jurisdictions

This is a 12-week online course designed to introduce Crime Analysis to new and aspiring analysts and provide an understanding of its application within smaller jurisdictions and with limited time/staffing. Students will learn how to establish themselves within the department, what types of requests and responsibilities a lone analyst will encounter, and how to become the ‘go-to’ person for your officers. This class will focus on jurisdictions where the analysis is being conducted by a police officer or records staff member (in addition to his/her regular duties), a commander, a new analyst or part-time analyst in a jurisdiction with less than 125 officers. The class content will include presentations and discussions on types of analysis, basic analytical concepts and techniques, routine analytical production using common software programs, and how to manage your time.

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There is no external textbook required for this class. 

• April 7-June 27, 2025 (SOLD OUT)
• July 7-September 26, 2025
• October 6-December 26, 2025

Please note that the 'Sold Out' label is manually updated and may not reflect current availability. For the most accurate information, refer to the registration form; if a class does not appear on the form, it is sold out.

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Crime Analysis for Supervisors: Optimizing Analytical Function in Policing

This 12-week course is intended for managers and individuals of analytical units seeking to develop and improve the sustainability, professionalism, utilization, and legacy of their analytical capacities. The purpose is to aid law enforcement agencies in effectively designing and implementing a long-term data-driven infrastructure that professionalizes analytical efforts and exceptionally serves the agency and community. This course provides various strategies and tools to build an agency’s analytical capacity and legacy in a way that nurtures, grows, and retains quality analytical function and purpose.

Student Testimonial: “…it has been tough for me, as a new supervisor, to come up with my own ideas for making any changes or improvements to our unit and connecting more with my team. Dawn’s class really made me look at EVERYTHING we do and identify even small changes that could make what we do more impactful. Her class also taught me to start asking the why and look for the purpose; and her class forced me to create timelines for projects I really have not been able to complete. Even if an agency has a great unit, new analysts and new or up and coming analyst supervisors will absolutely benefit from this training. Dawn puts a lot of time into providing feedback to her students and asks questions that made me look at things differently and more in detail to improve on things I thought didn’t need to be changed.”   Tanya DePalmo, Crime Analysis Unit Supervisor (Orange County Sheriff’s Office, Orlando, FL)

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Required textbook: Building a Crime Analysis Legacy, Dawn Reeby. ISBN 979-8986417301

• April 7-June 27, 2025
• July 7-September 26, 2025

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Crime Mapping I: GIS Fundamentals

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.

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. As part of your registration, you will be provided a license to ArcGIS Pro for the duration of the class + 6 weeks (for a total of 18 weeks). 

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. Your computer must meet specific criteria to register for this course.

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You will be asked to verify these requirements for class during your initial registration. Once your computer verification is complete, we will provide you with an invoice to complete payment. 

• April 7-June 27, 2025 (SOLD OUT)
• July 7-September 26, 2025
• October 6-December 26, 2025

Please note that the 'Sold Out' label is manually updated and may not reflect current availability. For the most accurate information, refer to the registration form; if a class does not appear on the form, it is sold out.

 If you'd like to be placed on the waiting list, you must go ahead and complete the  registration form below as well as the computer spec survey to verify that your machine meets the minimum requirements. Then email us at [email protected] and we'll make a note on your registration to move you up if possible. Your waitlist reservation will not be held if you have not completed both forms.

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Crime Mapping II: Foundations of Web GIS

Crime mapping has become a fundamental skill for crime and intelligence analysts to learn and integrate into daily routines. With the increased use of cloud-based applications, more agencies are going to a cloud-based GIS to provide maps and apps within the entire organization and the community. This course will provide training on foundational tools and techniques that are used in ArcGIS’s cloud-based systems – either ArcGIS Online or ArcGIS Enterprise. Students will learn how to create a web map, add relevant data layers to the web map, and create web apps that will guide agencies in using data-driven decision-making. The lessons will enable you to make GIS a part of your everyday practice. As part of your registration, you will be provided a license to ArcGIS Online for the duration of the class + 6 weeks (for a total of 18 weeks). 

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

• Explain basic concepts of cloud-based GIS
• Publish data as hosted feature layers
• Create web maps for visualization and analysis of data
• Configure web applications to provide information and intelligence to various law enforcement stakeholders

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There is no external textbook required for this class.

There are NOT computer requirements for this class other than requiring internet access and a web browser.

• April 7-June 27, 2025
• July 7-September 26, 2025
• October 6-December 26, 2025

Please note that the 'Sold Out' label is manually updated and may not reflect current availability. For the most accurate information, refer to the registration form; if a class does not appear on the form, it is sold out.

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Criminal Investigative Analysis

The objective of this course is to gain an understanding of criminal investigative analysis/criminal profiling. This course will examine factors that influence serious violent criminals and their behavior. Throughout this course students will learn the history and methods of criminal investigative analysis/criminal profiling, how to analyze crime scenes for offender behaviors and characteristics utilizing critical thinking, science ad logical reasoning. Students will examine various case studies each week focusing on MO/Signature, crime scene behaviors, and crime linkage. This 12-week course will focus on offender typologies, patterns and motives of criminals, offender profiles and the psychological make-up of serial violent offenders. 

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Required textbook: Profiling and Serial Crime: Theoretical and Practical Issues, Third Edition, Wayne Petherick. ISBN: 978-1-45-573174-9

• April 7-June 27, 2025
• July 7-September 26, 2025
• October 6-December 26, 2025

Please note that the 'Sold Out' label is manually updated and may not reflect current availability. For the most accurate information, refer to the registration form; if a class does not appear on the form, it is sold out.

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Exploring Crime Analysis: Essential Skills I

In this 12-week online course, students will work through the first half of the IACA book entitled “Exploring Crime Analysis.” The topics covered in this class include an overview of the fundamentals of crime analysis, understanding the criminal justice system, different law enforcement models, understanding criminal behavior, law enforcement data and crime analysis data sources, Internet resources, data integrity, qualitative analysis, interpreting crime data and statistics. The lessons will cover concepts, techniques, theories, and skills most useful to crime analysts.

Essential Skills I and II are independent of each other so can be taken in any order.

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Required textbook: Exploring Crime Analysis: Readings on Essential Skills. 3rd Edition (2017) ISBN: 978-1977937186

• April 7-June 27, 2025 (SOLD OUT)
• July 7-September 26, 2025
• October 6-December 26, 2025

Please note that the 'Sold Out' label is manually updated and may not reflect current availability. For the most accurate information, refer to the registration form; if a class does not appear on the form, it is sold out.

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Exploring Crime Analysis: Essential Skills II

English

Sally Rawlings

In this 12-week online course, students will work through the second half of the IACA book entitled “Exploring Crime Analysis.” The topics covered in this class include spreadsheet operations, temporal analysis, intelligence analysis and charting, crime mapping, spatial analysis and forecasting, effective crime analysis writing and publications, applied crime series analysis and organized crime analysis. The lessons will cover concepts, techniques, theories and skills most useful to crime analysts. The lessons will cover concepts, techniques, theories, and skills most useful to crime analysts.

Essential Skills I and II are independent of each other so can be taken in any order.

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Required textbook: Exploring Crime Analysis: Readings on Essential Skills. 3rd Edition (2017) ISBN: 978-1977937186

• April 7-June 27, 2025 (3 seats left)
• July 7-September 26, 2025
• October 6-December 26, 2025

Please note that the 'Sold Out' label is manually updated and may not reflect current availability. For the most accurate information, refer to the registration form; if a class does not appear on the form, it is sold out.

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Fundamentals of Crime Analysis

The objective of this 12-week course is to expose students to a variety of analytical techniques utilized in law enforcement to describe and understand crime patterns, series, and trends as they occur. Throughout this course, students will examine concepts; theories, practices, data and analysis techniques associated with the field of crime analysis for law enforcement. Additional topics that will be covered include understanding criminal behavior, behavioral geography, linking crimes, forecasting, and predication. Throughout this class, we will use case studies to apply the knowledge. Students will be able to work a crime series from start to finish.

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Required textbook: Crime Analysis with Crime Mapping. 5^th Edition (2022) ISBN:978-1071831403 (Note: If you already own the 4th Edition (2017) ISBN: 978-1-5063-3103-4, you may use that version of the book, however, if you're buying one the instructor requests that you please purchase the 5th Edition.)

• April 7-June 27, 2025 (2 seats left)
• July 7-September 26, 2025
• October 6-December 26, 2025

Please note that the 'Sold Out' label is manually updated and may not reflect current availability. For the most accurate information, refer to the registration form; if a class does not appear on the form, it is sold out.

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Fundamentos de Análisis del crimen

El objetivo de este curso de 12 semanas es exponer a los estudiantes a una variedad de técnicas analíticas utilizadas en las organizaciones policiales para describir y comprender los patrones y tendencias del crimen a medida que ocurren. A lo largo de este curso, los estudiantes examinarán conceptos, teorías, prácticas, datos y técnicas de análisis asociadas con el campo del análisis del crimen para la policía. Los temas adicionales que se cubrirán incluyen la comprensión del comportamiento criminal, la geografía del comportamiento, la vinculación de los delitos, la previsión y la predicción. A lo largo de esta clase utilizaremos estudios de casos para aplicar los conocimientos. Los estudiantes serán capaces de trabajar una serie de crímenes de principio a fin

No se requiere ningún libro de texto externo para esta clase.

Pattern Analysis for Law Enforcement Analysts

This training is dedicated to "Cracking the Code: Pattern Analysis for Law Enforcement Analysts," an intensive 12-week course designed exclusively for law enforcement analysts. This training will equip you with the advanced skills required to detect complex crime patterns and trends, transforming you into an analytical expert capable of tackling even the most challenging cases. 

Course Highlights: 

• Develop Proficiency in Pattern Analysis: Gain a thorough understanding of pattern analysis techniques and methodologies, utilizing advancing technologies and strategies to identify and analyze patterns in diverse law enforcement contexts.
• Enhance Critical Thinking Abilities: Strengthen your critical thinking skills, including logical reasoning, interpretation of complex data, and effective problem-solving, applying them to draw well-informed conclusions from intricate information.
• Apply Pattern Analysis in Various Domains: Explore and apply pattern analysis in behavioral, communication, financial, and cyber contexts, leveraging technological advancements to extract valuable insights for law enforcement investigations.
• Foster Collaborative Analysis: Understand the significance of teamwork and effective communication, collaborating with investigators and stakeholders to provide valuable insights and optimize pattern analysis outcomes.
• Address Ethical and Legal Considerations: Understand ethical issues and legal implications related to pattern analysis, using advancing technologies responsibly and lawfully throughout the course.
• Analyze Complex Data Effectively: Develop the ability to handle sample datasets and ambiguous information, employing advanced analytical tools and strategies to extract meaningful patterns and draw evidence-based conclusions throughout the training.

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 There is no external textbook for this class.

• April 7-June 27, 2025
• July 7-September 26, 2025
• October 6-December 26, 2025

Please note that the 'Sold Out' label is manually updated and may not reflect current availability. For the most accurate information, refer to the registration form; if a class does not appear on the form, it is sold out.

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Problem Analysis

In this 12-week course students will learn to examine long-term problems and how to recommend effective strategies to combat crime and disorder issues within their jurisdiction by applying criminology theory and research methods. The course focuses on the operational application of problem-oriented policing, including environmental criminology and situational crime prevention, through thoughtful directed discussions with colleagues. Utilizing the “Crime Analysis for Problem Solvers in 60 Small Steps” this course will help outline how analysts can contribute to proactively solving crime and disorder problems in their jurisdictions.

This course assumes that the student knows basic crime analysis skills including:

• Understand how to use various crime analysis computer applications and manipulate data
• Identify hot spots and how to relate them to demographic and other data
• Produce charts, graphs, and reports that support departmental or CompStat-like operations
• Have basic knowledge of statistics and research methodology

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There is no external textbook required for this class. 

• October 6-December 26, 2025

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Reducing Local Crime with Risk Terrain Modeling - in Collaboration with Simsi

This course relates urban design and management to crime and crime reduction. The course is presented through the lens of problem-oriented policing and situational crime prevention to reducing local crime. It shows how to utilize information gleaned from multiple data sources and Risk Terrain Modeling (RTM) analytics. It emphasizes evidence-based decision-making, community engagement, efficient utilization of resources, transparency, and sustainability. This course provides a practical study of policies and programs that demonstrates how police and other local stakeholders can address crime vulnerabilities and exposures in the communities they serve through strategies that go beyond specific deterrence of offenders.

This class is presented in collaboration with Simsi and is taught by Dr. Les Kennedy and Dr. Joel Caplan.

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There is no external textbook required for this class.

• April 7-June 27, 2025
• October 6-December 26, 2025

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Serial Offenders: Analysis & Investigation

This course will examine the different types of serial offenders. Students will study the methods of case analysis and crime linkage. This course will examine factors that influence serious violent criminals and their behavior. Students will learn the investigative process as it applies to serial offenders by examining case linkage analysis, profiling serial offenders, and victimology. This course will focus specifically on serial murder, rape, arson, robbery, burglary and sex offenders. Case studies are used throughout the course to thoroughly examine the behavioral aspects of serial offenders, the aspects of serial crimes and the investigative process.

Caveat:  The materials we will be covering contain graphic photos and disturbing content, which can be upsetting to some. This class covers some violent criminal cases in order for us to learn and analyze offender behavior. Please be advised about this material, as it can be disturbing. Please shield your screen from others.

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Optional textbook: Serial Crime: A Criminological and Psychological Analysis, Kevin Borgeson; Stephanie Vogel & Robin. Maria Valeri, 2nd Edition. Carolina Academic Press, 2024.  Print ISBN 9781531016906, 1531016901; eText ISBN 9781531016913, 153101691X (This book is entirely optional. It is not necessary to pass the class, but will enhance your learning!)

• April 7-June 27, 2025
• October 6-December 26, 2025

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