Daryl W. Clemens, Editor
From the Editor
Welcome to
another edition
of The Examiner.
The big news for
this edition is
the conference.
(You are all
coming right!?)
Seriously, this
is a great
opportunity, and
it's affordable.
We've also got
another good
article from
Dick Warrington,
and links to
pieces on DNA,
Death
Investigation
and
Investigative
Interviewing.
Daryl
Got comments/questions
or want to submit an
article for The
Examiner? e-mail me: Daryl
W. Clemens
President's Message
Greetings!
Spring is here!
Well it some places.
Here in the USA it
has been an unusual
winter with
excessive cold and
snow. The warmer
weather usually
means more activity
in our world. Be
careful out there!
Our CSI Conference
will be here soon
and we are getting
prepared. I have
written an article
about the conference
and you will see it
in this newsletter.
Membership continues
to grow. We
appreciate it if you
pass the word about
ICSIA to your
contacts. The more
members we have the
more we can do for
the members.
As we grow we need
more volunteers. We
are asking for
volunteers for the
Secretary position
and a Membership
Chair. Daryl has
indicated this is
his last year so we
need an Editor for
the newsletter.
Each of those
positions are busy
positions but
manageable without
taking up all your
time. Please give
this serious
consideration.
Stay safe out there!
Hayden B. Baldwin,
Executive Director
International Crime Scene
Investigators Association (ICSIA)
http://www.icsia.org
hbb@icsia.org
CSI Conference 2014
May
13-15th, 2014 we will be
hosting the 1st Annual
CSI Conference in Little
Rock, Arkansas. We have
Presenters from various
parts of the USA and
even one traveling from
the UK ! Topics being
presented are “Back to
Basics”, Certification
process, Chain of
Custody from Crime Scene
to Courtroom, Blood
Spatter Documentation,
Underwater CSI, Shooting
scene reconstruction,
Infant Death Scenes,
Arson scene processing,
Working with Forensic
Light Sources,
Electronic Crime Scene
Investigation, Death
Scene Check List,
Examination Quality
Photographs, Fingerprint
enhancement on recycled
plastic material, crime
scene reconstruction and
a round table
discussion. As you can
see we have a great
conference lined up!
This does not include
the night open mike case
presentations and
possibly a night
photography
demonstration class. If
the attendance permits
we are planning on
several breakout
sessions with topics
like Prints on Difficult
Surfaces, Demo of a new
blood stain string
device and lasers used
in documenting blood
stain patterns.
Additional breakouts may
be on 3D Photography,
PanoramaVR and IR
Photography along with
Digital Asses Case
Management and Forensic
Light Source.
Chandler Police Department's
New CSI Vehicles
Daniel R. Desjardins has
provided us with several
photos of his departments
new Ford Transit vans.
"Here
are some images of our
newest crime scene vans.
They are 2013 Ford
Transit Connect Vans. We
have been told that we
are the first in Arizona
to be using them as
crime scene vans.
We chose these for
several reasons. First,
as a purpose built urban
delivery vehicle, they
have a large amount of
cargo space in a smaller
vehicle. This makes it
them easier to maneuver
in the City than the
extended Chevy vans we
were using. Maintenance
and fuel costs are also
expected to be lower
with these vans. So far
are CSTs are loving
them. They are still
getting use to the
smaller size, but love
the way they handle."
You can see the rest of the
photos- Here
Keeping Things in
Perspective
by Daryl Clemens
I was sitting here putting
the newsletter together, and
glancing through a supply
catalog looking for
something I could share with
you all. A new tip or trick
or even an old one. It
occurred to me that you can
now buy an awful lot of
stuff. Some of it is,
frankly, damn expensive. If
you are producing a TV show
where you pretend to
investigate crime, you've
probably got a couple of
everything. Those of us
actually doing the work,
often don't most of what's
listed in the catalog.
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