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MSP Hosts Advanced Crash Recon Course in Western Mass.

By Trooper Christopher Sanchez On Friday, October 16, the students visited Interstate Towing Inc., at 1660
On October 12, the Massachusetts State Police hosted the Institute of Police Westover Road in Chicopee to train in performing field measurements
Technology & Management (IPTM) Advanced Traffic Crash Investigation of crash damage to vehicles. Interstate Towing’s President and Chief
Course at the Western Massachusetts Regional Police Academy in Executive Officer Jeremy Procon graciously offered his facility and staged
Springfield. The course ran for two weeks, and was the second in a series vehicles for the students to train on, and also provided a full lunch so the
of three 80-hour classes offered by IPTM to officers who wish to become class could remain on site without interruption.
trained as crash reconstruction specialists.
The Advanced Traffic Crash Investigation Course was attended by 23 state On Friday October 23, the class completed the Advanced Course and many
and local police officers from around the United States, including four of the same students will return November 9 to complete the final 80-hour
Massachusetts State Police Troopers. Traffic Accident Reconstruction course. By the end of training, these
officers and troopers will have received 240 hours in crash investigation.

Homicide 101

MSP Hosts Weeklong Course on Death Investigations

By Rosemary Warren
At the scene of a death investigation, every detail counts. Approaching
each scene with an open mind and a keen set of investigatory skills is
essential.
That’s why the Medico-Legal Death Investigation Training hosted by the
State Police Division of Investigative Services in early October sought
to train state and local investigators and officers on the particulars of
conducting comprehensive and thorough death investigations.
The weeklong training, held October 5-9 in the new Training Room at the
Forensic and Technology Center in Maynard, was opened by Executive
Office of Public Safety and Security Secretary Daniel Bennett, Colonel
Richard McKeon, and Middlesex County District Attorney Marian Ryan.

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