Forensic Interviewing of Children
An Introduction to the Forensic Interviewing Protocol
November 8-9, 2011
Delta College Department of Public Safety & Training
1961 Delta Road, University Center MI 48710Michigan Drug Asset Forfeiture 11 07 2011.pdf
(989) 686-9108
The Prosecuting Attorneys Association of Michigan, Child Abuse Training Services, in cooperation with the Prosecuting Attorneys Coordinating Council, Department of Human Services (DHS), and Governor's Task Force on Children's Justice (GTF), is pleased to present a regional, cross-professional Specialized Child Abuse Training seminar on the topic of Forensic Interviewing of Children. This training will begin with registration at 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday, November 8 and conclude by 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday, November 9, 2011. This will be held in Room N008.
This seminar is designed for prosecuting attorneys, assistant prosecuting attorneys, CPS workers, police officers, and CAC interviewers who are involved with child abuse investigations or prosecution. The training is designed to increase your understanding of the primary features of forensic interviewing and provide information to enhance your interviewing skills.
The Forensic Interviewing training provided by the Child Abuse Training Services (CATS) department within PAAM is the only DHS and GTF approved Forensic Interviewing training within the state. Michigan’s Forensic Interviewing Protocol was developed in conjunction with the DHS and the GTF. The goal of a forensic interview is to obtain a statement from a child in a developmentally sensitive, unbiased, and truth-seeking manner that will support accurate and fair decision-making in the criminal justice and child welfare systems. Topics to be covered include:
• Preinterview preparation.
• Interviewer guidelines.
• Conducting a phased interview.
• Special topics/children with special needs.
• Guidelines for questioning children.
Please find enclosed a copy of the registration form for the seminar. There is no tuition charge or charge for materials for this seminar. Attendees are responsible for overnight accommodations, transportation, meals, and other incidental costs. If there are specific questions you would like to have addressed at the seminar, please list them on the registration form, and the questions will be provided to the speakers in advance.
Please register early since registration is limited to 30 people. When space at seminars is available, we welcome participation from professionals in addition to DHS workers, law enforcement, and prosecutors.
Confirmation regarding seminar attendance will be sent out approximately 2 weeks prior to the seminar date.
Please contact Jennifer Doerr if you need overnight accommodation recommendations.
The registration forms for this course will be forthcoming from CATS. Go to the below link for further information. All registration will be done through the below link.
http://www.michiganprosecutor.org/cats/schedule.php
Crime Prevention on Patrol
This one-day class is designed for patrol officers, deputies, and investigators to learn more about preventing crime within their respective communities. Attendees will be able to offer residents and businesses preventive recommendations to reduce the likelihood of being victimized. Participants will learn about target hardening, prove community prevention initiatives, and how to conduct brief, yet effective security surveys.
In today's economic environment, law enforcement agencies are being asked to do more than just respond to calls for service. Preventing crime should always be the primary role of the police, but rarely do patrol officers ever receive training in crime prevention. This course will provide the first responders with the knowledge necessary to assist citizens with crime prevention advice and techniques that may prevent them from being victimized.
Course Date: November 9, 2011
Course Time: 8:30 am to 4:30 pm
Course Location: Delta College, Room J131
Course Instructor: Brian Kanicki
Course Fee: Non-Consortium: $95.00 per person
Delta College Consortium Member: $0.00 per person
MCOLES Approved
Registration Deadline: November 2, 2011
This detailed presentation of the Michigan Drug Asset Forfeiture statute includes what the statute is, what it provides for, how it works, civil and criminal investigative techniques and model pleadings. This course is taught by an instructor with a long history of working drug forfeiture cases. This course will deal with Controlled Substance Forfeitures, Criminal Enterprises and Money Laundering.
Course Date:
November 5, 2012
Course Time: 8:30 am to 4:30 pm
Course Location: Delta College, Room N012
Course Instructor: A. George Best Saginaw County Assistant Prosecutor
Mr. Best is responsible for all of county law enforcement drug forfeiture actions and works closely with the MSP Bay Area Narcotics Enforcement Team (BAYNET).
Prior to joining the Saginaw County Prosecutor's Office, Mr. Best was a judge at the Detroit Recorders Court, Deputy Chief, Asset Forfeiture Unit with the US Attirneys Office for the Eastern District of Michigan and was Assistant Prosecuting Attorney for Wayne County where he created and managed "FIST", the "Forfeiture Investigative Strike Team" the first county-based prosecution unit in Michigan dedicated to Asset Forfeiture.
Course Fee: Non-Consortium: $120.00 per person
Delta College Consortium Member: $0.00 per person
MCOLES Approved
Registration Deadline: October 29, 2012