Course

Course Summary
Credit Type:
Course
ACE ID:
VSPA-0013
Organization:
Virginia State Police Academy
Location:
Classroom-based
Length:
2 weeks (80 hours)
Dates Offered:
Credit Recommendation & Competencies
Level Credits (SH) Subject
Lower-Division Baccalaureate 3 Criminalistics, Forensics, or Crime Scene Investigation
Lower-Division Baccalaureate 1 Lab
This course is recommended for a total of 4 semester hours in the lower-division baccalaureate/associate degree category.
Description

Objective:

The course objective is to build upon the basics of Advanced Crash Investigation, At Scene (Level I). The student will receive advanced training in theory and derivation of reconstruction equations; flip and vault speed calculations; fall speed calculations, time, distance and acceleration analysis; impact speed calculations using conservation of linear momentum.

Learning Outcomes:

  • Understand the principles and the theories of advance collision investigation and will be able to apply those principles when investing motor vehicle crashes

General Topics:

  • Review of fundamentals of crash investigation
  • General airborne equations
  • Pedestrian crash investigation conservation of momentum both vector and algebraic solutions
  • Time and distance equations and analysis
Instruction & Assessment

Instructional Strategies:

  • Audio Visual Materials
  • Case Studies
  • Classroom Exercise
  • Discussion
  • Lectures
  • Practical Exercises

Methods of Assessment:

  • Examinations
  • Performance Rubrics (Checklists)
  • Quizzes

Minimum Passing Score:

75%
Supplemental Materials