Criminal Procedure for Detectives and Patrol Officers
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Date: Monday, May 4, 2026
Registration Deadline: Friday, May 1, 2026
Class Time(s): 08:00-04:00
Registration Deadline: Friday, May 1, 2026
Class Time(s): 08:00-04:00
Instructor Location:
Will County Sheriff's Department
Instructor: Jeffrey J. PavleticWill County Sheriff's Department
16911 W. Laraway Rd
Joliet, IL 60433
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Joliet, IL 60433
Member's Fee: $0
Non-Member & Civilian Fee: $0
This course will assist/inform/update Detectives and Police Officers in the criminal procedure laws as they pertain to criminal investigations. This course examines procedural law, substantive law, case law, and photographic crime scene studies. Actual documented case studies are used to illustrate the current state of our laws.
Topics to be discussed:
- Potential Pitfalls in Criminal Procedure
- The sources of Criminal Procedure
- Due Process of Law
- Miranda
- Electronic Recording of Custodial Interrogations
- Search and Seizure
- Right to Privacy
- Police Surveillance
- Tracking Devices
- Searching Vehicles
- Canine Searches
- Personal Electronic Devices
- The “Plain View” Doctrine
- Templates regarding Search Warrants, Phone Pings, etc.
- Franks v. Delaware
- Anticipatory Search Warrants
- Securing Buildings
- Knock and Announce laws/issues/updates
- The Fifth Amendment
- Terry Stops
- Identification Procedures (Lineups, Photo Arrays, and Showups)
- Illinois Supreme Court Rule 3.6 (What An Officer Can and Cannot Say)
Jeffrey J. Pavletic is an award-winning trial attorney who has built a reputation of integrity and exceptional skill in the courtroom. As a prosecutor for the past two decades, he has tried countless cases to victory (including approximately 150 jury trials with a concentration in homicide and violent crime). In addition to trying some of the highest profile and complex cases that have occurred in the history of Northern Illinois, Jeff was Chief of the Felony Review Division, and is currently the First Assistant State’s Attorney for the Lake County (Illinois) State’s Attorney’s Office. Jeff served as Special Counsel to the U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee in the impeachment of President Clinton. His duties included all aspects of independent counsel review, the impeachment inquiry, presentation of articles of impeachment to the U.S. House of Representatives, all witness interviews and depositions of trial witnesses, and the actual impeachment trial before the U.S. Senate. Jeff has received numerous federal, state, and local awards. These include Illinois State Crime Commission’s State’s Attorney of the Year, Felony Trial Attorney of the Year, The Fred L. Foreman Criminal Justice Award, The Ruth Rosengarden Victim Service provider Award, and a special U.S. House of Representatives Award presented by Congressman Henry Hyde.
Jeff has been featured on 20/20, The Today Show, Good Morning America, Court TV, and the Discovery Channel. Jeff is a published author and a well-respected legal instructor who holds undergraduate and graduate faculty positions and has received accolades as a nationally renowned lecturer, training thousands of police officers, lawyers, prosecutors, and judges.
Funded in Partnership with the Illinois Law Enforcement Training & Standards Board This training covers the following mandates:
- Civil Rights - 2.0 hours
- Constitutional / Proper Use of LE Authority - 2.0 hours
- Legal Updates - 4.0 hours
- Lead Homicide Investigator - 8.0 hours
