Applicant Background Investigations

Registration Deadline: December 17, 2022

Who Should Attend this Course: 

Anyone who may perform background investigations or the decision maker who decide employment opportunities. This may include Human Resources, department heads, background investigators, or supervisors. 

Course Content: 

Participants will leave with the skills and knowledge of the importance of not only recruiting but also retention of quality personnel. It is just as important to keep people as it is to hire quality personnel. Any organizational assessment should be the first step in the process and the need to break the cycle of mediocrity. 

Background investigators will leave with the knowledge of their role in the selection process, the legal; aspects of the background investigation, background interview sources of information and preparing the investigation report. Background investigations affect the future of an organization in many ways, thus selection practices are vital to ensuring the future law enforcement employees and supervisors are suited for the variety of duties expected from the populations they serve. This course will provide techniques, procedures and sample forms for the background investigator. 

Topics Include: 

    The importance of a recruiting plan
    What type of employees do you want
    Assessment of your Organization 
    Marketing and selling your organization 
    Professional standards model for backgrounds 
    Why background investigations are necessary
    Sources of information/investigative techniques
    On-line data bases/social networking 
    Web sites and additional sources of information 
    Polygraph questions/usage
    Psychological and behavioral testing 
    Candidate interview techniques
    Reference interview techniques

This course has been certified by the ILETSB and approved to meet the following mandates:

    ☐    Civil Rights            
    ☐    Constitutional & Proper Use of Law Enforcement Authority    
    ☐    Crisis Intervention            
    ☒ 7.0    Cultural Competency
    ☐    Emergency Medical Response      
    ☐    Human Rights 
    ☒ 1.0    Legal Updates            
    ☐    Officer Wellness and Mental Health
    ☒ 8.0    Procedural Justice           
    ☐    Psychology of Domestic Violence
    ☐    Reporting of Child Abuse and Neglect    
    ☐    Sexual Assault Trauma Informed Response
    ☐    Use of Force            
    ☐    De-Escalation Techniques
    ☐    High-Risk Traffic Stops        
    ☐    Law concerning stops, searches, and use of force    
    ☐    Officer Safety Techniques                         
    ☐       Firearms Restraining Order Act

Specialized Training

    ☐       Crisis Intervention Team Training (CIT)    
    ☐    Lead Homicide Investigator 
    ☐    School Resource Officer        
    ☐    Sexual Assault Investigator Training
    ☐    Epinephrine Autoinjector (Epi Pen)    
    ☐    Opiod Antagonist (NARCAN)
    ☐    Drug Recognition Expert (DRE)    
    ☐    Advanced Roadside Impaired Driving Enforcement (ARIDE)

    
To receive a State Certificate / training credit for the above listed mandates, no more than 10% of the course hours can be missed.
                            

“Enrollment in MTU#2 classes is limited to ON DUTY law enforcement/corrections officers or MTU#2 member agency employees”

THIS IS NOT A PUBLIC MEETING