With experts across a range of disciplines and experienced instructional design professionals on staff, we offer customizable training and curriculum development on every level.
We deliver courses online, via instructor, or using a blended learning approach in which students complete preparatory work online before attending classroom- and scenario-based instruction. This approach enables all trainees to acquire the same level of fundamental knowledge and reinforces skills learned.
Our training topics can include:
- Crime scene security management
- Protection of items’ evidentiary value
- Scene documentation
- Evidence collection and inventory
- Packaging and transportation
- Criminal justice ethics
- Digital photography
- Biological evidence screening
- DNA processing and analysis
- Rapid DNA
- Drugs, explosives, and toxicological testing
- Digital evidence collection and protection
- Latent print collection, processing, and
photography - Firearms examination
- Laboratory equipment operation and
maintenance - Courtroom testimony preparation
Realistic Training for Real-World Results | GFJC facilities include immersive scenarios designed to maximize applied learning. Courses can offer a blended learning approach with online sessions, classroom presentation, and hands-on practice, granting students access to specialized laboratories.
Our Place or Yours | Training sessions can be brought to your department or laboratory, held at our training facilities in Largo, Florida, or another FIU campus. Class sizes of up to 50 students can be accommodated on site, and travel logistics can be managed completely for team training.
Added Value | Our department includes instructional and graphic design services so each training package is customizable to your department or agency needs, and can include job aides, field references, and workflow posters.
Honduras Forensic Analysis Laboratory
Guatemala and Costa Rica DNA Analyst Training
National Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Science (IMELCF), Panama
Morocco Scientific Police Laboratory Accreditation
DNA Mixture Interpretation, Thailand
Laboratory Management, Sri Lanka
Rapid DNA, Morocco
Crime Scene Investigation, Uganda
CBRN Forensic Analysis, Tunisia
10-print Examiner Moot Court, Florida
Field Photography, Ft. Liberty NC
Footwear and Tire Tracks Collection, Denver CO
Digital Forensic Examination, Remote
Host a Training
We’ll bring the training to you! It’s more affordable in groups, so why not work with other agencies in your area to host a course? Email us at workwithgfjc@fiu.edu to see how we can work together to bring training to your area. Hosting agency requirements:
- Must agree to work with us to promote and coordinate registration to meet a minimum class size of 10 students.
- Provide an adequate training facility for the size of class desired, with movable chairs and tables
- Provide additional space for scenarios and hands-on activities (if required)
- Provide power and basic audio/visual equipment in the training room
- Agree to receive and hold shipments of materials prior to the course, if needed
We provide:
- All training materials, such as handbooks and hands-on materials
- Instructor(s), travel and lodging
- Access to online training and assessments, if required
Online Courses
Our online courses can be used in combination with your in-house training program, or use our instructors to bring high-quality training to your whole team.
DNA Analyst Training Program
We offer the only updated, online DNA analyst course to prepare your laboratory team for casework. This high‐quality course includes the theoretical knowledge base for Forensic Biological Screening and DNA analyst training, originally developed by NFSTC for the National Institute of Justice in 2005, and updated in 2016. Students will have access to the most current, consistent knowledge base to get them up to speed quickly.
We have delivered online and instructor-led DNA training for many agencies, including the Arizona Department of Public Safety, Georgia Bureau of Investigation, Nebraska State Patrol, Washington State Patrol, Kentucky State Police, internationally via the U.S. Department of State, and others.
Group rates are available. Contact us at workwithgfjc@fiu.edu.
Note: a Certificate of Completion for any of our DNA Analyst online courses will be issued to only those students who participate within the oversight of a Laboratory Supervisor or Technical Leader. Independent, self-directed coursework cannot be graded.
Site Exploitation Training
Exploitation and Expeditionary Analysis Center training teaches military teams to recognize the intelligence value of evidence and perform basic forensic analysis. Hands-on scenario practice increases proficiency and confidence. Kit procurement and integration is also available. Our facilities include customizable scenarios designed to immerse the trainee in realistic circumstances to maximize applied learning. Field equipment and integration, procurement and full training laboratories are also available.
This training is customizable and can be delivered on your team's schedule and via Mobile Training Teams to the location of your choice. For more information on site exploitation training and customization, contact us at workwithgfjc@fiu.edu.
