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Mark CriderSpecialties
Homicide and Death Investigations Criminal Investigations Interview and Interrogation Techniques TFT Courses Taught |
About Mark Crider
Mark Crider is a highly accomplished recently retired Homicide Detective with the Denver Police Department, bringing 34 years of distinguished law enforcement experience to his work as an investigator, instructor, and subject matter expert. His career began with honorable service in the U.S. Air Force Security Forces, followed by his role as a patrol officer with the St. Petersburg Police Department. In 1995, he joined the Denver Police Department, where he spent more than 23 years as a detective—over 21 of them in the Homicide Unit.
Mr. Crider has served as the lead investigator in more than 120 homicide investigations, consistently achieving a clearance rate well above the national average. He has also responded to and investigated hundreds of suspicious deaths, accidental deaths, suicides, overdoses, and Officer-Involved Critical Incidents. His extensive investigative background is supported by several hundred hours of specialized training in Homicide and Advanced Homicide Investigation, Interview and Interrogation, Child Death Investigation, and Crime Scene Management and Reconstruction. He has testified in District Court on hundreds of occasions and has been recognized as an expert witness in Bloodstain Pattern Analysis and Crime Scene Reconstruction.
A dedicated instructor since 2015, Mr. Crider has developed and taught courses at the Denver Police Academy in death investigations, interview and interrogation techniques, and new criminal investigator development. His expertise extends internationally as well. In 2018, he was selected by the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) as a Subject Matter Expert to design and teach a 40-hour Homicide Investigation course for police officers, investigators, prosecutors, and judges in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. He was later chosen to create an Advanced Homicide Investigation course for INL in San Salvador, El Salvador, and has delivered this program multiple times to participants from numerous Central and South American nations.
Mr. Crider is widely recognized for his investigative excellence, instructional leadership, and commitment to elevating professional standards in death investigation both domestically and internationally.
Mark Crider is a highly accomplished recently retired Homicide Detective with the Denver Police Department, bringing 34 years of distinguished law enforcement experience to his work as an investigator, instructor, and subject matter expert. His career began with honorable service in the U.S. Air Force Security Forces, followed by his role as a patrol officer with the St. Petersburg Police Department. In 1995, he joined the Denver Police Department, where he spent more than 23 years as a detective—over 21 of them in the Homicide Unit.
Mr. Crider has served as the lead investigator in more than 120 homicide investigations, consistently achieving a clearance rate well above the national average. He has also responded to and investigated hundreds of suspicious deaths, accidental deaths, suicides, overdoses, and Officer-Involved Critical Incidents. His extensive investigative background is supported by several hundred hours of specialized training in Homicide and Advanced Homicide Investigation, Interview and Interrogation, Child Death Investigation, and Crime Scene Management and Reconstruction. He has testified in District Court on hundreds of occasions and has been recognized as an expert witness in Bloodstain Pattern Analysis and Crime Scene Reconstruction.
A dedicated instructor since 2015, Mr. Crider has developed and taught courses at the Denver Police Academy in death investigations, interview and interrogation techniques, and new criminal investigator development. His expertise extends internationally as well. In 2018, he was selected by the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) as a Subject Matter Expert to design and teach a 40-hour Homicide Investigation course for police officers, investigators, prosecutors, and judges in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. He was later chosen to create an Advanced Homicide Investigation course for INL in San Salvador, El Salvador, and has delivered this program multiple times to participants from numerous Central and South American nations.
Mr. Crider is widely recognized for his investigative excellence, instructional leadership, and commitment to elevating professional standards in death investigation both domestically and internationally.