Location of Training:           Somerville Police Academy

                                      220 Washington Street

                                                  Somerville, MA 02143

Dates:                                     May 21-25, 2012

                                     June 4-8, 2012

                                    (Split week taken in observance of Memorial Day)

Registration/Check-in:      Monday, May 21, 2012

                                    7:30am - 8:00am

Time:                                     8:00am - 4:00pm

Directions:                          www.mapquest.com

This 80-hour course is designed for those officers who wish to advance to the level of reconstructionist. The course contains reconstruction methodologies, derivation of equations and the knowledge necessary to eventually qualify as an expert. The training will also focus on the sensitivity of the methods to uncertainties in field data and vehicle dynamics. Interested students should have completed SRR’s Basic Crash Investigation and SRR’s Advanced Crash Investigation or their equivalence as a prerequisite.

• Conservation of Linear Momentum;
• In-line Impacts;
• Oblique Impacts;
• Utility Pole Impacts;
• Multiple Departure Momentum Analysis;
• Vector Analysis;
• Pedestrian Collision Reconstruction;
• Derivation of Equations, Including: Kinetic Energy Formula, Minimum Speed Formula, Combined Speeds, Critical Speed Equation and Yaw Radius Equation.
• Use of Quadratic Equation;
• Motorcycle Speed Estimates;
• Commercial Vehicle Collisions;
• Fundamentals of Reconstruction Computer Software Programs; and
• Case Studies.