Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Criminal Minds Seminar at WCJC

The Wharton County Junior College Department of Public Safety Training will host national trainer and criminal investigator Marx Howell for a three day training seminar in advanced criminal investigative analysis. 

The course will be held June 13-15 at WCJC’s Sugar Land campus and is approved for TCLEOSE and other training credit. The seminar costs $250 and registration is open through June 10.

David Clayton, WCJC director of public safety training, said the course is designed to provide law enforcement officials with advanced training to understand the behavior behind sex crimes, violence, serial offenders and homicides. The concepts presented will deal with the operational and investigative perspective, not a clinical diagnosis perspective.

Howell is a 32-year veteran of the Texas Department of Public Safety and has been in law enforcement for nearly 50 years. He is a graduate of the FBI National Academy, as well as Dr. Martin Reiser’s Law Enforcement Hypnosis Institute in Los Angeles. Since 1985, he has served as vice-chairman and chairman of the Cold Case Review Team, sponsored by the Sheriffs’ Association of Texas. This group assists law enforcement agencies in unsolved sexual assault and homicide cases.

Students can download the registration form, complete it and fax it to (979) 532-6541. For more information please contact WCJC Public Safety Training at (979) 532-6554.