Supervising Major Investigations

Supervising Major Investigations is a two-day, practitioner-led course designed for supervisors responsible for managing detectives, complex cases, and high-risk investigative decisions. Taught by former homicide, gang/major-crimes, and special victims supervisors, this course focuses on what effective supervision actually looks like when investigations are under pressure, incomplete, and subject to scrutiny.

The course is built around real supervisory challenges—not theory—and reflects practices that contributed to record-high clearance rates in fatal and non-fatal shootings, successful investigative genetic genealogy cases, and the supervision of sensitive and officer-involved investigations. Emphasis is placed on consistency, quality control, and sound decision-making from initial response through charging and review.

Participants will learn how to support investigators without micromanaging, identify investigative risk early, and ensure cases are built to withstand internal review, prosecutorial standards, and courtroom scrutiny.

Key topics include:

✅ Supervising science-based interviewing and interrogation practices

✅ Creating and overseeing evidence disclosure and evidence-disclosure plans