Introduction to Search Warrants “How to Write Them” March 25-26, 2014 Chairman Alcides Rivera LASD Vice-Chairman Ernie Collaso Baldwin Park P.D. Secretary Barbara Wiggins La Verne PD (Retired) Treasurer Robert Lund LASD Sergeant-at-Arms Joe Allen Glendale P.D. Training Coordinator Tom Heffner Hawthorne P.D. Training Committee Rosie Samaniego FBI (Retired) Mark Montoya LASD Manny Serenil LBPD Awards Chairman Tom Layton State Bar Assoc. Past Region Chair Mark Brewster LASD Jim Royer Hawthorne P.D. Glenn Walsh LASD Special Events Jim Royer Hawthorne P.D. Maureen O’Connell FBI Tuesday & Wednesday 0800-1700 POST Certified Plan IV (8-Hrs) 8790-22273 Course Description: This is a comprehensive 16 hour search warrant course designed to enable anyone in law enforcement to leave this class with the basic knowledge and confidence it takes to successfully write a search warrant. If you plan on becoming an investigator, or are currently an investigator and want to learn more about the fundamentals of a search warrant, this class is for you!!!! This course is an interactive class and every student will write an entire search warrant from start to finish by the completion of this course. Topics you will learn: Types of Search Warrant Affidavits, Search Warrant preparation, Who can get a Search Warrant?, What can you seize?, Items to be searched, Expertise of the Affiant, Probable Cause Declarations, Hobbs Sealing Requests, Applicable Statutes of Search Warrants and Case Law. Instructor: James Hoffman is a Deputy District Attorney with San Bernardino County District Attorney’s Office since 1997. Mr. Hoffman has handled a variety of assignments within the District Attorney’s Office including: misdemeanors, felonies, juvenile proceedings, MDO cases and narcotics cases. Mr. Hoffman developed a specialty in narcotics prosecutions after being assigned to the Street Enforcement Team in 2003. In 2007, he was assigned to as the Major Narcotics Vendor Prosecutor (MNVP). As the MNVP, he prosecuted complex narcotics cases dealing with informants and wiretaps. In 2012 through present, Mr. Hoffman has been assigned as the County’s Electronic Intercept Coordinator handling the initiation maintenance and disposition of all wiretaps in San Bernardino County. Mr. Hoffman is a regular instructor with CNOA and has previously taught Confidential Informants / privileges, Search Warrants, Wall Stops, PC 1538.5 Motions, Warrantless Searches, Wiretaps, Search and Seizure, Meth Lab Prosecution, and Protecting Confidential Information. Because of Mr. Hoffman’s dedication and hard work as a Deputy District Attorney, he has received the CNOA Region 5 Prosecutor of the Year Award in both 2008 and 2012. Location: Santa Monica Main Library located at 601 Santa Monica Blvd, Santa Monica Class will be held in the “Martin Luther King Auditorium”. Parking: Underground parking structure can be accessed from 7th Street between Santa Monica Blvd / Arizona Ave. Park on levels P2 or P3, validations will be provided in class RESERVATIONS (Sworn Law Enforcement Only) Reservations for this class can be made by going to http://www.cnoa.org then click on the Training Calendar tab, then Region 3 and complete the on-line registration form. Seats are limited. Payment need to be made prior to the Class by March 7, 2014. Payments can be mailed to CNOA Region III – P.O Box 33226, Los Angeles CA, 90033. Make checks payable to CNOA. FREE CLASS CERTIFICATES WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED FOR THIS CLASS. Cost: Payment needs to be received by March 7, 2014. Credit Cards excepted by emailing [email protected] or calling the 213-248-0676. Members: $70.00 Non-Members: $90.00 New Membership & Class: $170.00 FOR BETTER NARCOTIC ENFORCEMENT
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