Course Description

This two-hour webinar addresses common investigative pitfalls which detectives commonly find themselves falling into, and the best way to avoid them. Not all criminal cases remain unsolved due to uncontrollable external factors. Many fail due to internal factors within the detectives and their agencies which can derail the entire investigations, even in the early stages. 

Special Agent Babcock uses case studies and over three decades of law enforcement experience to demonstrate how small, usually unintentional mistakes can cost a detective their whole investigation. Babcock uses his past experiences and what he has learned through his own past mistakes to guide the attendees in the safest and most effective routes through the criminal investigations process.   

Instructor

| Special Agent Everett Babcock

Special Agent Everett Babcock began his law enforcement career in 1988, serving as a Patrol Officer, and later as an Investigator for the Sayre Police Department in Sayre Oklahoma. In 1992 Babcock took a position as a District Attorney’s Investigator assigned to the District 2 Drug Task Force in Oklahoma’s Second Judicial District, conducting narcotic investigations in the northwestern part of the state. In 1995, Babcock moved to Missouri and began a career with the Kansas City, Missouri Police Department, serving as a Patrol Officer, Field Training Officer, Patrol Sergeant, Patrol Captain, Domestic Violence Detective, Homicide Detective, Assault Squad Sergeant, Property Crimes Captain, Homicide Unit Sergeant, and Homicide Unit Captain. Babcock retired from Kansas City Missouri P.D. in February of 2024 after 29 years of service. In March of 2024 Babcock returned to Oklahoma, taking his current position as a Special Agent working for the District Attorney’s Office in Oklahoma’s 22nd Judicial District where he is currently employed. In addition to teaching for the Dolan Consulting Group, Babcock has taught law enforcement classes for the University of Central Missouri, the Kansas City, Missouri Police Department, the Missouri Highway Patrol, The International Homicide Investigator’s Association, and the Oklahoma District Attorney’s Association. Babcock holds a Master’s Degree in Criminal Justice from the University of Central Missouri. Babcock is currently the Northern Regional Director for the International Homicide Investigator’s Association, and is a member of the Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth’s Child Death Review Board. Babcock’s homicide investigations have been profiled on America’s Most Wanted, American Gangster, The First 48, Fatal Attraction and The Killer Next Door.

Course curriculum

  • 1

    Before You Start

    • Consent Questions

    • Download Course Handout
  • 2

    Webinar

    • Avoiding Investigative Pitfalls | Hour 1

    • Avoiding Investigative Pitfalls | Hour 2