AUBURN – Central Maine Community College will host a tactical crime analysis training course through the International Association of Crime Analysts. The course will be held from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. March 16 through 20.

The class will train analysts in the techniques used to identify, analyze and solve crime patterns and series. Beginning with the relevant terms and concepts from the fundamentals course, this class covers the methods used to identify crime patterns as they emerge, the techniques used to analyze them for location, time, victim, offender and modus operandi, considerations for disseminating information to police and tactics for offender apprehension, suppression and opportunity-blocking. The class uses real examples, hands-on lessons, computer exercises and a capstone project that will use a range of tactical analysis skills.

Carmella King, a crime analyst with the Fairfax County Police Department in Virginia, will instruct the class. IACA certification skills that will be covered include criminal behavior, temporal analysis, descriptive statistics, spatial analysis, charting, publications and qualitative analysis.

Registration is open to all law enforcement, security, medical and public safety personnel, or individuals who hope to work in those fields. Anyone wishing to register should visit the IACA’s website at www.iaca.net/IACATraining.asp.