Academy
How the association does this work, written down. Open-source research, verification, digital safety and what may lawfully be looked at.
- Courses
- 47
- Lessons
- 106
Investigation
Principles from published manuals, not procedure. What has to be done at a scene is set by the law of the country you are standing in and by the orders of the service you belong to; where those differ from this, they govern.
- The scene: arriving and securing it What the first person there does, in order, and why almost all of it is about not doing things. 3 lessons
- Kinds of crime, and how each is worked Why a burglary, a fraud and a homicide are investigated differently, and what stays the same in all three. 1 lesson
- How it is done: the United States and Ukraine Two systems, two sets of published rules, and what a member of the association should take from each. 2 lessons
- Talking to a witness without changing what they saw Memory is evidence, and questions damage it. The international standard on interviewing, and why nearly all of it is about listening. 2 lessons
- From the scene to the court Continuity is the dull part that decides whether any of the rest of it was worth doing. 2 lessons
- When somebody is missing The first hours decide the case, and the most damaging thing anybody does in them is wait. 1 lesson
- What forensic science can and cannot tell you Some of it is as strong as anything in court. Some of it was accepted for decades and does not survive examination. 1 lesson
- Notes, statements and what a court does with them The notebook is read out years later by somebody looking for the sentence you did not think mattered. 1 lesson
- Responding to a report of domestic abuse The single most useful thing on this page is what strangulation predicts, and how often it leaves no mark. 1 lesson
First aid
Reading, not certification. Nothing here replaces accredited first-aid training, and it must not be relied on in place of it.
- First aid: what the reading covers Educational material only. It does not replace accredited first-aid training and must not be used in its place. 1 lesson
- At a road collision What to do on arriving at a crash, in order — and the several things that make it worse. 2 lessons
- Drowning and rescue in water Why drowning is the one emergency where breaths come before compressions, and why most rescuers should stay dry. 2 lessons
- Severe bleeding The single intervention by which an untrained bystander most reliably prevents a death. 1 lesson
- Unresponsive Recognising that a heart has stopped is the step most often missed, and it is the step everything else depends on. 3 lessons
- Burns Twenty minutes of cool running water, and a list of the things people do instead that make it worse. 1 lesson
- Heart attack and stroke Two conditions where the treatment exists, works, and stops working with every minute of delay. 1 lesson
- Seizures and collapse Including the mistake that gets people arrested instead of treated. 2 lessons
- Anaphylaxis and overdose Two emergencies with a specific antidote, and two ways of killing somebody by standing them up or by leaving. 2 lessons
- Heat and cold Confusion is the sign that turns both of these from uncomfortable into an emergency. 2 lessons
- Psychological first aid What to do for somebody in acute distress or suicidal crisis, what never to do, and what to do afterwards for yourself. 3 lessons
Documenting international crimes
Documenting is dangerous work. Nothing here overrides the instructions of the emergency services at the site, and material gathered carelessly can endanger the person who gathered it and the people in it.
- What is being documented, and for whom The legal categories, the protocols that govern the work, and the reason a bad record is worse than none. 2 lessons
- Recording a strike or shelling What to capture at a site, in what order, and what turns a photograph into something an investigator can use. 2 lessons
- Speaking with survivors An account taken badly costs the person twice and the case once. What consent actually requires, and what may never be promised. 2 lessons
- Material somebody else recorded Open-source footage becomes evidence only if it survives being checked — and stops being evidence the moment it is edited. 1 lesson
- Recognising and documenting ill-treatment What a non-clinician may record, what only a clinician may assess, and why a bad record is worse than none. 1 lesson
- Attacks on medical care Hospitals, ambulances and the wounded are protected by name in the Geneva Conventions — and what to record when they are hit. 1 lesson
Emergency safety
Reading, not training. Follow the emergency services and the civil-protection authority where you are; where they differ from this page, they govern.
- The first hours of a crisis What to do in the first hours of an emergency, in the order it matters: find out what is actually happening, tell the people who need to know you are safe, and decide whether to stay or go. 10 lessons
- Family emergency preparedness The plan, the supplies and the conversations to have before anything happens — including the ones about children, elderly relatives, pets and anyone who cannot simply walk out. 12 lessons
- Alerts, shelter, and what is left afterwards Understanding official warnings, protecting yourself from blast and glass, and the hazards that remain once it appears to be over — including why you never touch what might be unexploded ordnance. 10 lessons
- Earthquake What to do during the shaking, and the more dangerous minutes after it stops. 1 lesson
- Flood Why the rule about water depth is the one to remember, and what to do before, during and after. 1 lesson
- Fire and evacuation Smoke kills before fire does, and almost every rule follows from that. 1 lesson
- A chemical release Uphill, upwind, away — and why an untrained rescuer who runs in becomes a casualty who also needs decontaminating. 1 lesson
- An attack in a public place Run, hide, tell — in that order, and what to expect from armed police when they arrive. 1 lesson
- Unexploded ordnance and mines The rule is one sentence long, and the whole lesson is the reasons people break it anyway. 1 lesson
- A radiological incident Time, distance, shielding — and why taking iodine tablets on your own initiative is a mistake. 1 lesson
- Evacuating people who cannot leave on their own The plan that forgets the people who need it most is the plan almost everybody writes. 1 lesson
- Plague: recognising it early and protecting yourself What plague is, its forms and incubation periods, the first signs, what a person can and cannot detect alone, how it is found and treated, and how to protect yourself against each form. 12 lessons
Judging a source
Digital safety
Investigation methodology
Handling material
Principles only. What makes material admissible is decided by each country's own law, and this association has no standing to define procedure for any force.
Privacy and ethics
What it costs
Nothing. Every course and every lesson is free to read, with no account, no membership and no payment. Open any course below and start reading.
Members have the same courses inside their account, where the association remembers which lessons they have finished. That is the only difference; nothing here is held back.
This material is education, not certification, and it does not replace accredited professional or medical training. It describes how the association works; it is not legal advice and confers no powers.