5/12/2014
Media Advisory CORRECTION: Learn how crashes are investigated Wednesday (May 14)
This updates the time and location of the event:
BOISE – Law enforcement officers from across Idaho are attending an intensive pedestrian-crash analysis and reconstruction training May 12-16 at the Police Officers and Training (POST) Academy in Meridian.
The media is invited to observe field-testing techniques applied to crash investigations at 10 a.m. Wednesday (May 14) at the Boise Police Department. The department is located at:
Address: 333 Mark Stall Place, Boise, ID 83704
Phone:(208) 570-6000
Vehicles driven at various speeds will collide with mannequins representing pedestrians and bicyclists to demonstrate the dynamics involved in a crash.
Officers will learn about calculation methods used to analyze the speed and movement of pedestrians, bicyclists and vehicles impacted in a crash. They also will learn how to use evidence associated with injuries to help in their investigation.
The training is sponsored by Idaho Transportation Department.