TRAINING OPPORTUNITY

Yesterday Jack, Norm, Rebecca & I ("the cadre" see below) met at HPD to discuss training materials, agenda, PowerPoint presentations, and logistics for next month's course:

Two-Day Advanced Heritage Resource Investigations

(aka: “NM Cultural Property Act Light”)

Sponsored by:

New Mexico Dept. of Game & Fish, New Mexico State Parks,

& the New Mexico Historic Preservation Division (HPD)

Santa Fe, New Mexico

February 14-15, 2012

(Law Enforcement credit by NM Department of Public Safety- NM11191N;

16-hours archaeological C.E. credit - New Mexico HPD)

Participants for the class will be: law enforcement officers, archaeologists, attorneys and cultural resource specialists employed (or contracted) by state, federal, tribal and local government agencies. Enrollment is limited to 25 participants.



Classroom instruction will take place at the NM Department’s Game & Fish Headquarters in Santa Fe, NM.  An archaeological crime-scene practical exercise is included as part of the training.  In this exercise, class participants will be required to carry out crime-scene investigation and field damage-assessment procedures at a mock archaeological crime scene. Class participants are encouraged to bring materials that they would normally have with them for field-work (compass, GPS, digital camera, etc.) for use with their field work and classroom presentation of same.

This two-day Heritage Resources Protection and Investigations Law Enforcement Class will provide training on aspects of the investigation and prosecution of cultural resources crimes.  Instructors for the class are experts in this area of law enforcement and archaeological program management.  Topics to be covered in the class include:

• The Looting, Collecting and Trafficking Network: What is “hot” and why…
• Federal and State Statutes Protecting Archaeological Resources and Human Remains
• Artifacts and Tools of the Trade: Tools Used by Violators.
• Cultural Resources Crime Scene Management and Investigation
• Dealing with, and handling of, human remains

• Archaeological Damage Assessment Methods

Instruction Cadre:

Jack Young, Archaeologist (NM Dept. of Game & Fish),

Norm Nelson, Archaeologist (NM HPD)

Rebecca Procter, Archaeologist (NM State Parks),

Phillip A. Young, Sr. Special Agent (ret. NPS), Archaeologist (ret. HPD).

Class fee: $75.00 per attendee.        Enrollment deadline: January 31, 2012. 

Payment is due with the enrollment form to Insights Investigative Services LLC, c/o  Phillip A. Young, 22 Encantado Rd., Santa Fe, NM 87508 by January 31, 2012 unless secured by a Purchase Order or Letter of Commitment with the enrollment form.  Personal check, money order, or Purchase Order accepted.  No refund for individual cancellation after January 31, 2012 unless the entire class is cancelled. 

NM DPS certification is available for attendees.