ERDI Underwater Criminal Investigation Course Jan 8-9, 2022
Properly collecting evidence underwater is both a sought-after skill and a technical art. Learning that skill starts with sound training right here.
Divers and Evidence Part 5: Standing at the Crossroads
When a decision has to be made, make it. There is no totally right time for anything. George S. Patton Jr. I admire your determination. Today’s world is packed full of things that demand your attention… some of which you choose to listen to, and others you have to listen to. Since you’re here, I …
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Divers and Evidence Part 4: Avoid Screwing it Up. Like We Did.
Question: “Do you treat every dive like its evidence? What happens if you don’t? Doesn’t that ruin the investigation?”
Divers and Evidence Part 3: OJ Simpson and Public Safety Divers – A Lesson
The most shocking “not guilty” verdict ever rendered… and the poignant lessons for public safety divers.
Divers and Evidence Part 2: Rules You Didn’t Know Existed
Time to dispel a few myths that have been setting divers up for failure without them even knowing it.
Divers and Evidence Part 1: The Lies We Tell Ourselves
This is Part 1 of our Divers and Evidence series where we rip the Band-Aid off and took a good look at the lies we tell ourselves.
Be The Professional: Public Safety Divers and Evidence – When Being Prepared is the Only Option
This series will reframe your understanding of evidence dives and give you a different perspective on the execution, collection, and processing of criminal evidence underwater.
Tim Andro to speak at Boston Sea Rovers Conference
NePSD founder and head instructor, Tim Andro, will be speaking at the renowned three-day SCUBA diving conference, Boston Sea Rovers, for the second consecutive time. This year with the addition of a public safety diver workshop seminar.
Tim Andro to speak at Human Factors in Diving Conference Sept. 24th
NePSD founder and head instructor, Tim Andro, will be a guest speaker at this years Human Factors in Diving conference, where he will be addressing a diver-related near-miss and the changes that event brought about.
James Warnet
James brings more than 15 years of firefighter experience and nearly a decade of dive experience to the team.
He is a member of the Mahwah Fire & Rescue Co #1 Dive Rescue team, where he is a lead public safety diver, supervisor, and lead UCI diver.
James is also a twice-certified law enforcement officer (former), and a graduate of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, the FBI Advanced Police Course and the Bergen County Law and Public Safety Institute.
His law enforcement experience, formal training on interview and interrogation, Constitutional law and evidence collection (from both Homeland Security and the FBI) make him an invaluable asset for crime scene operations, and teaching those skills for Underwater Crime Scene Investigator courses.
James is also the resident webmaster and tech genius, and a freelance copywriter.