This course focuses on the three core components of search and recovery diving: body, vehicle, and evidence recovery. Students learn UCI-designed recovery techniques that are now being used internationally and copied by other PSD training agencies. Price includes tuition, the Underwater Criminal Investigator manual, and certification cards from both PADI and UCI. Description
September 11 – 14, SAN DIEGO, CA. Graduates of the course will receive certifications from both PADI and UCI. Topics include:
- Liability Issues for the Public Safety Diver
- Diver Readiness, Equipment Readiness
- Information Readiness, Establishing a Crime Scene,
- Interview Techniques
- Crime Scene Photography and Sketching
- Advanced Underwater Communications
- Medical Aspects, Search Patterns
- Location and Marking Evidence, Evidence Recovery and Preservation
- The Oxidation Process, Metal Preservation
- Nonmetal Evidence Preservation, Fingerprints
- Body movement in Water, Body Recovery in Water
- Chemical and Polluted Water Diving, Light and Heavy Salvage
- Vehicle Recovery
- Case Preparation
- Courtroom Testimonies
