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Basic Detective School

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This course provides new detectives with the skills to investigate crimes properly and professionally, with each segment taught by individuals highly qualified in their respective fields.

Below are the blocks of instruction:

Barbara Ulatowski, Sergeant, Michigan State Police (Retired) held various duties during her career with the Michigan State Police, including polygraph examiner at the Metro North and Northville Posts, and instructor at the MSP Academy for Interview and Interrogation. She is the founder of the Professional Polygraph Services that conducts polygraph exams for public agencies and private individuals. Barbara has conducted approximately two thousand polygraph examinations during her tenure as a Trooper and business owner. She is also an adjunct instructor of Criminal Justice at the Oakland Community College-Auburn Hills Campus. 

Jason Pernick served as a police officer before becoming an Assistant Prosecutor in Oakland County Prosecutor's office for more than 30 years, Chief of the Warrants Division: Focuses on what prosecutors are looking for from Detectives and How To Write a Search Warrant.

Jonathan Walden, Michigan State Police Detective Sergeant specializing in Human Trafficking. 

Sergeant Jon Elges, Currently a Detective Sergeant with the Oakland County Sheriff's Office with over 24 years in law enforcement. Jon has been a detective for over 12 years, 10 years of which have been in the Oakland County Computer Crimes Unit.  Jon has been qualified as an expert witness multiple times in five different courts around the Metro-Detroit area.

Detective Brian Wilson, Oakland County Sheriff's Office - Fugitives: Newly promoted detectives will learn effective skills needed to bring fugitives to justice.

Brad Rougeau, is a Detective with the Ann Arbor Police Department working primarily fraud and financial crime investigations. He is currently assigned as a task force officer with the United States Secret Service- Southeast Michigan Cyber Fraud Task Force.  Det. Rougeau has worked as a patrol officer, as a member of a surveillance team, as an undercover narcotics detective and a fire investigator. Brad is a graduate of Oakland Community College, Oakland University and the Oakland Police Academy, where he has been involved in police training since 2010 in both the basic police and advanced police training programs. 

Layne Sakwa, received her Juris Doctor from the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law in 2004.  She began practicing law as an Oakland County Assistant Prosecuting Attorney until 2012 and currently practices criminal defense. Layne currently serves on the Oakland County Criminal Assignment committee.  

Course Details:

- 302 Funds Eligible -

- 2025 Continuing Professional Education Funds Eligible -