Mock Crime Scene to Be Staged

By Erika Westbrook
Criminal Justice students will take part in a mock body search and crime scene during the ninth annual West Virginia Criminal Justice Educators Association’s conference, hosted by West Virginia University at Parkersburg.

The search will take place behind the school on Friday, Nov. 11 at 4 p.m. During the event, Criminal Justice students will work with local law enforcement officials and fire departments to experience hands-on job training. The search and crime scene will also include an arrest and bail hearing, which concludes part one of a three-part job training program coordinated by criminal justice students. A briefing session will continue the program later in the year, and a mock trial will take place in the spring.

Eastwood Fire Department; members of the Fire Investigation Team (FIT); members of the Certified Emergency Response Team (CERT); and detectives and deputies from the Wood County Sheriff’s Department are among the many helping with the program.

More information on the mock scene or the WVCJEA conference can be obtained in the Criminal Justice Lab, Room 131A.