Campus Police Rape Investigations Tier 4: Case Review and Prosecutorial Referral

Campus Police Criminal Investigations Track

Campus Police Rape Investigations Tier 4: Case Review and Prosecutorial Referral

Investigative Completeness, Report Writing, and Prosecutorial Coordination

Class Description

A rape investigation is not necessarily complete when interviews conclude and evidence has been collected. Detectives and supervisors must evaluate the entire record, identify unresolved questions, accurately document material evidence, and determine whether further investigative work is required before prosecutorial consideration.

This course focuses on the final stages of criminal investigation, including assessment of corroborating, contradictory, and exculpatory evidence, alternative hypotheses, investigative completeness, report writing, and supervisor oversight. Participants distinguish observed facts and underlying source material from investigators’ conclusions and inferences.

Special attention is given to discrepancies among interview recordings, transcripts, notes, statements, investigative narratives, and summaries provided to prosecutors. Participants examine how omissions, inaccurate paraphrasing, unsupported conclusions, and unexamined leads can affect charging decisions and later proceedings.

The course addresses quality assurance, early prosecutor consultation, organizing and conveying material information, requests for further investigation, newly discovered evidence, case reconsideration, and documented dispositions. It also explores investigative independence when concurrent Title IX proceedings or institutional pressures exist, and appropriate consultation with outside agencies.

Using a realistic case file, participants assess whether the investigation is complete, identify deficiencies, and prepare recommendations for an accurate and impartial prosecutorial referral.

Topics Covered

• Evaluating investigative completeness and unresolved evidentiary questions
• Corroborating, contradictory, and exculpatory evidence; alternative hypotheses
• Original statements, interview recordings, transcripts, reports, and material omissions
• Supervisory quality assurance and investigative accountability
• Prosecutorial coordination, case preparation, and charging considerations
• Investigative independence, reopened cases, dispositions, and campus coordination

Learning Objectives

Upon completion, participants will be able to:

1. Assess investigative completeness and identify outstanding evidentiary needs.
2. Evaluate conflicting and exculpatory evidence and alternative hypotheses objectively.
3. Identify discrepancies between source evidence and investigative narratives and produce accurate documentation.
4. Apply supervisory review to identify gaps, unsupported conclusions, and necessary further investigation.
5. Prepare organized prosecutorial referrals and describe appropriate case reconsideration and institutional coordination.

Who Should Attend

Campus police detectives, criminal investigators, sergeants, lieutenants, investigative supervisors, police chiefs, and personnel reviewing or referring rape cases.

Recommended Experience Level: Intermediate to Advanced. Designed for detectives, investigative supervisors, and command personnel who prepare, review, or refer criminal investigative files. Prior investigative or supervisory experience is recommended. Experience levels are guidance rather than prerequisites.

Certification

Attendees of this class will receive a certificate of completion from D. Stafford & Associates. Certification verifies attendance at this class and can serve as an institution’s documentation that the attendee has received Campus Police Rape Investigation-Tier 4 training.

Faculty

This training program will feature an expert faculty member who has served as a sworn police investigator on college and university campuses and has more than 25 years of experience and expertise in managing rape investigations for institutions of Higher Education.

Logistics

This class is a 4-hour class (with time built in for breaks).

Virtual Classes: This live, virtual class will be held:

• from 12:00 pm – 4:30 pm Eastern Time.

Additional logistics are available when clicking the “Class Details & Registration” button for a specific class. (Note: clicking the “Class Details & Registration” button will not automatically register attendees for this class. There is an additional registration button that attendees must click to register at the bottom of the logistics page to complete the registration process).

This class is not currently offered in an in‑person format. To explore bringing this class to your campus, please contact dolores@dstaffordandassociates.com for a scope of work.

Save $200 with the optional four-course rape investigation bundle (Tiers 1–4). If a course is dropped from the bundle, the remaining courses are billed at the full $490 each.