Overview

The Pennsylvania Homicide Investigators Association was founded and formed in 1992 to benefit Detectives and Criminal Investigators across the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The idea was born at a homicide conference that occurred in Kansas City, MO in 1991. Little did we know, five Pennsylvanians flew to this conference to gather information to better prepare us to undertake the important task of conducting a successful homicide investigation. We never imagined that the outcome of our efforts would result in the formation of an organization that has literally served thousands of officers and detectives, not only in Pennsylvania, but in 22 other states (AR, AZ, CT, DE, FL, GA, IL, IN, MA, MD, ME, MI,, NH, NJ, NY, OH, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WV) and three other countries (Canada, Netherlands and Northern Ireland)… The “founding fathers” of the P.H.I.A. had two simple goals in mind. One, to provide good, affordable, fundamental training in the area of death investigations for police officers and detectives in PA, and two, to develop an easily accessible network of law enforcement officials to compare notes with and trade ideas to assist in solving homicide cases. For the past 31 years, the P.H.I.A. has served law enforcement officers across the country and is one of the largest, state run Homicide Investigators’ Associations in the country. We currently have over 1,000 members and have helped numerous other states start up their own Homicide Investigators Associations. The P.H.I.A. has, for the past 25+ years, sponsored seminars for law enforcement officers across the country, and we look to do this into the future. We want to build relationships with other death investigators so that we can continue to fight for victims who can no longer fight for themselves! Tom Jordan Pennsylvania Homicide Investigators Association Executive Board Member