Events

This 40-hour Crime Scene Photography course provides instruction that can permit the student to successfully document evidence and scenes in a professional manner. The course begins with instruction of basic photographic techniques such as the mechanics of exposure, depth-of-field, and motion control. Camera handling and operation are stressed in all areas to include camera controls and how they work.  Electronic flash techniques are also presented with a nighttime Painting-With-Light Exercise included.

This forty-hour workshop is designed to help get the training process started for new examiners by introducing them to the terminology and concepts necessary to become a latent print examiner. 

This Basic Latent Print Comparison workshop is designed to introduce the student to the science of latent print examination. It will provide the student with the basic knowledge, skills, and abilities to conduct comparisons as a latent print examiner. By knowing the history of latent print examination, the biology of the friction ridge skin, levels of friction ridge skin detail, and proper ACE-V methodology it will help the student become an expert in the latent print discipline.

For years, people have used ancestry and genetic testing to find more about themselves – their heritage, their birth parents, a child they’ve given up for adoption, even predictions about predisposition to health conditions. The advent of current day direct-to-consumer testing companies now provides a convenient way for individuals to access their genetic information from the comfort of their own homes.

To illustrate the relationships among individuals, a genealogist traditionally combines DNA analysis with results obtained through public record searches to build out family trees. This technique is not new. What has recently come under great scrutiny, however, is the way this information is currently being utilized by law enforcement to identify criminal suspects in unsolved or cold cases.

2023 Iowa Division of The International Association for Identification Educational Conference and Business Meeting on November 20-21, 2023. This year's conference will be at the FFA Enrichment Center (DMACC - Ankeny Campus) in Ankeny, Iowa. Follow the link below to find out more details and register. Can't wait to see you all there!

Crime scene personnel should always be able to perform the most effective techniques when locating evidence that may help in the criminal investigation. To do this, the use of presumptive chemical tests and alternate light sources are important components of successful crime scene work. While some blood evidence may be easily visualized, sometimes this type of evidence is not.  

The purpose of this three-day workshop is to introduce attendees to the different chemicals used to enhance bloodstains and patterns that are visible on crime scenes and evidence and also to detect blood that is unseen because the amount of blood is too small or because the blood has been removed in a cleaning of the scene. The use of chemical presumptive tests to determine if blood is present and if the detected blood is of a human or a nonhuman source will also be introduced.

Photographing chemical reactions to bloodstains and the use of infrared photography is also important and will be addressed in this workshop.
This workshop will be taught by a certified crime scene expert.