| ABOUT US
Inside the Tape Homicide and Crime Scene Management Training offers courses intended for law enforcement agencies in the management of homicide and suspicious death scenes. This training tackles the critical decision making that investigators face and the proper protocol that should be implemented when dealing with homicide scenes such as the appropriate and efficient use of resources to aid in proper documentation, evidence collection and analysis. The topics covered are intended to benefit all members of law enforcement who may have a role during a homicide investigation — from the first responding officer to the prosecuting attorney. The ultimate objective of course is the reconstruction of the events as they occurred during the commission of the violent act and the successful prosecution of the offender.
Since 2001, Inside the Tape has conducted instruction for over 1,000 law enforcement agencies and to well over 3,000 of it's members. Inside the Tape has also consulted in dozens of open cold cases for agencies across the U.S., providing new investigative direction for open homicide investigations. Training is offered across the country (as both a contracted or hosted format) and has been sponsored and endorsed by several police agencies such as Boston, San Antonio, Cleveland, Pasadena, Charlotte, Denver, Phoenix and many more. Topics covered are intended to benefit those with all levels of experience in homicide investigation.
What makes “Inside the Tape” Death Investigation and Crime Scene Management training courses different from other, similar courses? Inside the Tape Training is conducted by instructors who are qualified experts with years of hands-on experience in their particular field. Both the number of instructors we use and the number of courses we offer are kept to a minimum. This allows us to focus our efforts on presenting every detail of each course accurately and completely.
Inside the Tape training courses are also the most affordable homicide and scene management training courses currently offered today. We are able to achieve this by eliminating most overhead expenses that other companies often carry over into the cost of tuition. Our goal is to make it possible for all agencies to participate in this valuable training, regardless of their resources and funding. The crime scene management lessons and procedures presented in our courses can be used not only with homicide investigations, but also with other types of criminal investigations, including rape, robbery and burglary. Course content and all forensic applications are constantly updated to keep up with the ever-changing breakthroughs of forensic science, including DNA.
Inside the Tape also provides support outside of the classroom to those agencies requesting on-scene advice and cold case recommendations. Our staff dedicates many hours each week to the review of cold cases submitted by departments nationwide. Our efforts are concentrated on providing new investigative direction and, hopefully, closure for the victims, and families of victims, of violent crimes.
A key member of our staff, Investigator David Newman, is committed to bringing the most comprehensive and practical training courses to agencies nationwide. We encourage agencies to keep track of upcoming training courses in their area so they may take advantage of this invaluable training.
| INVESTIGATOR DAVE NEWMAN
Investigator David Newman is retired from the Norfolk Police Department after 23 years of service. His experience in Norfolk includes over 15 years in the bureau serving both in homicide & forensics and involvement in over 350 death investigations and high profile homicides. Between January and December of 2000 David Newman served as the lead investigator in over 19 homicides and was awarded Investigator of the Year by the Norfolk Police and VFW for that year. He also had the privilege to work with and learn from several outstanding prosecutors both from and outside of the City of Norfolk Prosecutors Office. Some include John Doyle, Jimmy Entas, Phillip Evans and also Paul B. Ebert and Richard A. Conway who were instrumental in the successful prosecution of John Muhammad in Virginia Beach. David Newman attended over 200 hours of advanced death investigation training while serving with the Norfolk Police which included the Southern Police Institute, the International Homicide Investigators Association, the Virginia Homicide Investigators Association, the International Association for Identification, which he still remains a member of, the Naval Criminal Investigative Service on Cold Case Investigation and the Virginia State Division of Forensic Science. While serving in forensics he has handled over 2300 cases and crime scenes including an additional 45 homicide investigations.
Investigator Newman received his Bachelors degree from Old Dominion University in 1986 in criminal justice, and has lectured over 3000 hours to law enforcement agencies across the country on the topic of homicide investigation and its related forensic applications. His courses began in 2001 at the request of outside agencies and have been taught in conjunction with the Virginia State Division of Forensic Science and the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. Investigator Newman also instructs basic and advanced forensics at Thomas Nelson College in Virginia, equivocal death scenes at the Virginia State Division of Forensic Science Academy, and is a qualified expert in death investigation and its related forensic fields which include bloodstain pattern interpretation, gunshot residue and trace, wound pattern interpretation and post-mortem interval and crime scene event reconstruction. He has provided hundreds of hours of expert testimony in criminal trial proceedings, and is a nationally recognized speaker and authority on this subject.
Outside of his own courses David Newman has been a guest speaker at several conferences and conventions for Federal, State and Local agencies on the topic of crime scene management and how it relates to the suspicious death scene. Several state divisions of the IAI, state police agencies and coroners associations have used David Newman to present various topics at annual re-training seminars and conferences. He also conducts cold case reviews for law-enforcement agencies across the country free of charge providing new leads and directions that assist in bringing these cases successfully to closure. Investigator Newman has also provided recommendations to several prosecuting attorneys’ regarding trial preparation, the handling of physical evidence and its proper evaluation and analysis for future presentation in court. He has assisted agencies in establishing proper crime scene protocol based on each agencies method of scene management and access to forensic resources while providing an understanding of how each level within an agency plays a critical role in the overall success of the suspicious death investigation.
Several cases handled by Investigator Newman have received national attention and have been studied by the National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crimes in Quantico, Virginia.
David Newman now dedicates his efforts completely to the continuing education and training of law-enforcement personnel at every level who may play a role in a homicide investigation. Inside the Tape was started by law-enforcement in 2001 and will continue to serve and educate law-enforcement agencies on those topics critical in the successful prosecution of violent offenders.
Investigator David Newman
Inside the Tape is based in Virginia Beach, Virginia and draws support from both active and retired homicide investigators with years of experience in death investigations. Our death investigation courses benefit investigators from all levels of experience in the field.
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