CENTRAL ILLINOIS POLICE TRAINING CENTER
Brian Fengel, Director
Phone: (309) 690-7355
Fax: (309) 690-7359
Heather Grove: hgrove@icc.edu
Diane Schrementi:ds018b@icc.edu
Robert Pyszka: rp717@icc.edu
Courtroom Success
Instructor: Domenic Cappelluti, Public Grants & Training Initiatives
June 5, 2026
8am – 4pm
Class will meet at: CIPTC, ICC Peoria Campus, 5407 N. University, Poplar Hall P101
Enrollment Deadline: May 29, 2026
Course Size: Minimum –15 Maximum – 64
Course Objective
Your expert instructors will discuss their experiences, share current success stories, and most importantly focus on crucial mistakes. You will learn your individual strong and weak points when testifying, and then discover today’s newest techniques that are guaranteed to help you become the “superstar witness”. Remember, being nervous in court is acceptable; being unprepared is not!
Course Content
Blocks of Instruction:
· Self evaluation: Are you a target in court?
· Understanding today’s courtroom procedures during homicide trials
· Physical considerations that make or break the trial
· Successful verbal and nonverbal behavior when testifying
· Effective case preparation
· Handling defense attorney tactics, strategies and trap questions
· Victim and witness preparation
· Reading the jury
· And much more….
Mobile In-Service Training Team#7 Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board
MTU 7 request for certification of this course has been approved by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board
Meets the following mandatory training criteria: Civil Rights 3 hours, Constitutional Use of LE Authority 3 hours, Procedural Justice 2 hours and 8 hours of Lead Homicide Continuing Education
