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Course: Math & Physics Review Workshop for Crash Investigators
Category: Motor Vehicle & Accident Investigation
Location: Somerset County Prosecutor`s Office Police Training Institute, Hillsborough
Attire: Business Casual / Practical Application
Description:
2025 Math & Physics Review Workshop for Crash Investigators
The Math & Physics Review Workshop for Crash Investigators was revised and updated in 2024. This interactive workshop deals with the mathematical equations and physics evaluations used by Crash Investigators.  Attendees will be challenged to solve a variety of crash-related scenarios.
Attendees are strongly encouraged to review the basic principles of math and physics found in the Advanced Crash Investigation Courses before attending this workshop. To work out the problems during this workshop, a scientific calculator, traffic template, and 360-degree protractor will be needed.
 
Some Topics Covered in the Workshop:
  • Days 1 & 2
    • Work and Energy
    • Crictical Speed Yaw
    • Airborne
    • Time Distance
  • Day 3
    • 2D & 3D Momentum
 
Pre-Requisites to Attend
At a minimum, attendees must have completed one of the following courses or their equivalents:
  • NJ Advanced Crash Investigation
  • NJ Crash 2
  • Vehicle Dynamics
 
Location: Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office Police Training Institute, located in the Emergency Services Training Academy (ESTA) - 402 Roycefield Road, Hillsborough, NJ 08844
 
Date: Wednesday, June 5, 2025 – Friday, June 6, 2025
 
Time: 0800-1600hrs
 
Cost:  Free - Kean University’s Statewide Comprehensive Traffic Safety Program presents these workshops, which are free to Law Enforcement Crash Investigators, with funding and support from the New Jersey Division of Traffic Safety.
 
Registration:
Students wishing to register must wait until 90 days before the course occurs and go to “ https://form.jotform.com/241680941994165 “ and fill in the registration form. Students will need to ensure that Somerset County is selected from the drop-down for the workshop location.
Registration Options:
Officers can sign up for the workshop by selecting one of the following options:
  1. Attend days one and two only
  2. Attend day three only (Momentum)
  3. Attend all three days
 
You are not enrolled in the class until you receive an email confirmation from Program Coordinator Rich Maxwell. The confirmation email will also contain the exact location/address of the class.
 
If you have any questions or problems enrolling, contact Rich Maxwell at maxweric@kean.edu or cell phone (732) 567-7431.
 
Please contact the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office Police Training Institute (scpti@co.somerset.nj.us) with any venue-related questions or concerns.
Schedule: All classes are coordinated through the vendor link above.