Franklin County Public Safety Training Center
3075 Molly Pitcher Highway
Chambersburg, PA 17202
This one-day course, instructed by the Pennsylvania State Police, is designed for all patrol officers. The course includes information on how to identify, document, and collect physical evidence from the roadway and the involved vehicles. Other topics include basic scene photography, the collision series of events, and a mock accident scene measuring exercise. The course does not include any mathematical computations, except for demonstration purposes, and is done after the course examination.
Instructional Objectives:
After completion, the student will be able to:
• Properly document collision scenes using photography.
• Prepare hand-drawn, scale diagrams of collision scenes.
• Identify and document evidence in relation to the vehicles involved in collisions.
• Identify & document various types of roadway evidence found at motor vehicle collision scenes.
• Describe the series of events that led up to, during and after the motor vehicle collision being investigated