Colorado Homicide Investigators Association
 

CoHIA Quarterly Meetings & Trainings

CoHIA objectives include supporting and encouraging regular training sessions, workshops, and special investigative seminars.
CoHIA strives to bring meaningful trainings to its members at each quarterly meeting.

The next scheduled meeting is Wednesday - November 12, 2008 @ the Arvada Police Department, 8101 Ralston Road

Training is scheduled from 8:30am - 12:00pm.

Special Guest:
Stacy McCoy of the FBI's ViCAP Unit
Presentation of the new ViCAP web-based program which is scheduled to launch July 2008

Come early for refreshments, snacks and networking.

** Election of new officers will take place after the training **

Please R.S.V.P. to: bobbie@cohia.com or call: 303-762-2459
or paul@cohia.com or call: (303) 866-5331

Case presentations are welcome at future meetings but please schedule in advance in order to allow enough time and adequate multi-media!

Do you have a training suggestion or case to present? paul@cohia.com

Future CoHIA Meeting & Training Information
The first quarter meeting & training for 2009 will be held on January 7, 2009 at the Araphoe County Sheriff's Office.

Other Training Information

Please let us know if you are hosting a training and would like to post it on the CoHIA site: paul@cohia.com or call (303) 866-5331

Past CoHIA Trainings
July 9, 2008
   Dr. Michael Doberson and Dr. Kelly Lear-Kaul - Arapahoe County Coroner's Office -Gunshot wounds, knife wounds and time of death.
April 17, 2008
 - Supervisory Special Agent William H. "Rocky" Donaldson FBI Behavioral Analysis Unit III - Child abduction, sexual assault, and murder that occurred in Crothersville, Indiana, Child Abduction Response Plan (CARP) and typologies of child sex offenders.
Supervisory Special Agent Jody Kramer FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit II - serial murder investigations and definitions, myths and legends, causality, motivations, and investigative resources. The Bureau’s Highway Serial Killer Initiative
January 30, 2008
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 Agent Chris Schaefer, Colorado Bureau of Investigaiton
Unsolved Homicide Jessica Bejarano & Outlaw Motorcycle Gang Presentation
November 14, 2007
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 State Representative Cheri Johns - Proposed DNA Legislation
Lieutenant John Priest, Denver Police Department Safeway Homicide
July 31, 2007
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 FBI Behavioral Analysis Unit:
SSA Leonard Johns, FBI-Applied criminology for the trained investigator
Timothy Keel, Detecting clues in homicide management
April 23, 2007
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 Jefferson County Sheriff's Office Tom Adair, Criminalist, Westminster Police Department-Footwear evidence
2006
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 The Dutch approach to DNA and cold cases
2006
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 Hurricane Katrina-Identifying the dead
2005
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 Space imaging-law enforcement information
2005
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 Global positioning satellite
2004
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 Missing and Exploited children
2003
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 TWA Flight 800
2003
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 Autoerotic deaths
2003
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 Mass disasters and body recovery
February 2003
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 Westminster Police Department Criminalist Chris Pardo-2 homicide cases
Detective AC Stutson-Courtroom presentations
October 2002
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 Thornton Police Department Investigators Kelly Eliassen and Mike Heylin-Major case training
2002
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 Necro Search
January 31, 2002
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 Dr. Phillip Danielson, Assistant Professor, University of Denver, Department of Biological Sciences Bio Terrorism
A primer for first responders and detectives
2001
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 Entomology
March 19, 2001
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 Investigating officer involved shootings
August 9, 2000
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 Fort Collins Police Department
March 29, 2000
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 Investigator Kate Battan, Jefferson County Sheriff's Office Columbine High School shootings
October 20, 1999
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 Dr. Michael Dobersen Child fatality investigations
March 1999
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 Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office Dr. Michael Dobersen Child fatality investigation
October 1, 1998
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 FBI Critical Incident Response Group-VICAP Boulder Police Department-Unsolved murder of Susannah Chase
April 1, 1998
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 RMIN
Dr. Wibur Richie, Coroner and Forensic Odontologist-special presentation
December 11, 1997
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 Unsolved homicide workshop SSA Ron Walker, FBI-VICAP
Al Price presented an unsolved case
July 30, 1997
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 Dr. Robert Pickering, Forensic Anthropologist-Recovery and identification of skeletonized remains
February 5, 1997
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SA John Harrison, IRS-IRS contribution toward murder investigation
Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office-unsolved murder of Violet Neuman
Morgan County Sheriff's Office-unsolved murder of William Tribach
Larimer County Sheriff's Office-unsolved murder of Jessica Arrendondo
Larimer County Sheriff's Office-unsolved murder of Baby Faith
Fremont County Sheriff's Office-unsolved murder of Jane Doe
Aurora Police Department - unsolved murder of Tangie Sims
Guest Speaker - Gale Norton, Attorney General
October 2, 1996
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 Tom Griffin-Necro Search
Douglas County Sheriff's Office-unsolved murder of Jane Doe
Thornton Police Department-unsolved murder of Lisa Belville
Manitou Springs Police Department & El Paso County Sheriff's Office-unsolved murder of Margruitte Hicks
Wheat Ridge Police Department-unsolved murder of Kay Bodway
Unknown District Attorney's Office-unsolved murder of Ellis Richard
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