Description
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

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 UCI/PADI.