Past Events

RLS principal Michael L. Rains will be speaking at Alameda County Sheriff's Regional Training Center's three-day course on Internal Affair investigations. For registration or more information, please visit the offical site. Official Description This Internal Affairs Investigation Course provides the the law enforcement professional the necessary skills to perform an effective, thorough and defensible internal affairs investigation. The course facilitators utilize facilitated discussion, small group activities, case studies and real-life scenarios. Students are encouraged to bring a lap-top computer and their agency’s internal…

Michael L. Rains will be teaching during this Officer-Involved Shooting Investigations course at the South Bay Regional Training Consortium offered by California POST. Designed for experienced detectives, this scenario based training course will focus on critical incidents, including: officer-involved shootings; use of force incidents; and in- custody deaths. Participants will be assigned to an investigative team, respond to a different use of force incident scene, and conduct an investigation into the scenario incident. Investigation techniques will include crime scene management…

Michael L. Rains is speaking at the POST ICI Officer-Involved Shooting and Force Investigations Course. This POST Institute of Criminal Investigation (ICI) scenario-based training course is designed for experienced detectives who are assigned to investigate law enforcement involved critical incidents including officer-involved shootings, use of force incidents and in custody deaths. Topics covered throughout this course include understanding stakeholders, lawful and unlawful force, physiological and psychological changes (human factors), administrative and criminal investigations, legal considerations and courtroom testimony, crime scene…