ASIS PCI study plan
ASIS PCI · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 7 hours per week
Case Management & Evidence Collection
Map the case-management lifecycle from intake through disposition and label each stage's decision points
Draft a case-intake checklist that captures jurisdiction, authority, scope, and conflict-of-interest screening
Define chain-of-custody fields and build a blank custody log template
Classify ten evidence types by collection method and handling risk
Your checkpoint
A two-page intake-and-custody reference sheet with a reusable custody log template
Case Management & Evidence Collection
Sequence the steps of planning an investigation and justify each step's purpose
Explain how evidence admissibility standards shape collection decisions
Write case-note conventions that record time, source, and action for every entry
Identify common documentation failures that weaken a case file
Your checkpoint
A one-page case-note standard plus a sample entry demonstrating the convention
Evidence Collection & Analysis and Case Presentation
Compare preservation, acquisition, and transport methods for physical and digital evidence
Outline the components of an evidence-collection report
Practice converting raw evidence notes into a structured summary
Distinguish relevant from irrelevant findings when preparing a file
Your checkpoint
A completed evidence-collection report built from a self-authored scenario
Analysis and Case Presentation & Investigative Techniques
Structure a case presentation with findings, evidence, and conclusions in logical order
Match interview and interrogation approaches to situation and subject type
Draft ten open-ended questions that avoid leading the subject
Explain how interview notes feed the analysis phase
Your checkpoint
A five-slide case presentation outline with an attached interview question set
Investigative Techniques & Investigative Principles and Practices
Describe surveillance and observation techniques and their documentation requirements
Summarize the legal and ethical limits on investigative techniques
Apply the principles of confidentiality, objectivity, and proportionality to three scenarios
Explain how investigative principles govern technique selection
Your checkpoint
A one-page techniques comparison table with a principles-application note
Investigative Principles and Practices & Case Management
Explain how professional standards and organizational policy constrain case handling
Trace how a principles violation propagates into case-management and evidence problems
Draft a short code-of-conduct summary for investigators
Identify reporting obligations and escalation paths
Your checkpoint
A one-page investigator conduct and escalation summary
Analysis and Case Presentation & Investigative Techniques
Refine a case presentation for clarity, brevity, and evidence traceability
Anticipate likely challenges to evidence and prepare responses
Rehearse a timed verbal summary of a case
Cross-check every conclusion against a supporting exhibit
Your checkpoint
A finalized case presentation with an exhibit-to-conclusion traceability index
Case Management & Evidence Collection & Analysis and Case Presentation & Investigative Techniques & Investigative Principles and Practices
Integrate all five domains into a single end-to-end case walkthrough
Identify weak links between domains and close them
Complete timed practice sets across all domains
Review and correct all prior deliverables
Your checkpoint
A consolidated end-to-end case portfolio with a self-scored gap list
Milestones
Week 2: Can explain the case-management lifecycle and chain-of-custody requirements without notes
Week 4: Can produce a structured evidence report and a case presentation outline from raw notes
Week 6: Can articulate investigative techniques, their limits, and governing principles
Week 8: Can walk through a full case end to end and identify cross-domain gaps