Animal Cruelty and its Link to Domestic Violence
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Date: Monday, October 13, 2025
Registration Deadline: Sunday, October 12, 2025
Class Time(s): 08 00-04 00
Registration Deadline: Sunday, October 12, 2025
Class Time(s): 08 00-04 00
Instructor Location:
Frankfort Police Department
Instructor: Assistant State's Attorney Courtney Knieps is assigned as a felony assistant. Along with these duties, she assists as a special prosecutor for animal cruelty cases in the Animal Protection Unit. She has served as a prosecutor in the domestic violence division in Michigan and Will County. She has been a practicing attorney for nearly ten years, graduating from Western Michigan Thomas M. Cooley Law School.Frankfort Police Department
20602 Lincoln-Way Lane
Frankfort, IL 60423
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Frankfort, IL 60423
Member's Fee: $0
Non-Member & Civilian Fee: $0
Topics to be addressed in this class include:
- Understanding Illinois Current Animal statutes and applicable case law
- A crash course in Domestic violence in general, and how it’s been linked to animal cruelty
- Animal hoarding, a mental illness
- Investigating animal cruelty cases
- Search warrants
- Animal forfeiture
This training covers the following mandates:
- Civil Rights - 1.00 hours
- Constitutional / Proper Use of LE Authority - 1.00 hours
- Legal Updates - 1.50 hours
- Procedural Justice - 0.50 hours
- Psychology of Domestic Violence - 1.50 hours
- Reporting of Child Abuse and Neglect - 0.50 hours
