Daryl W. Clemens, Editor
From the Editor
September,
cool weather, football,
hunting season. My wife's
birthday is this month too.
I like the first bit of
fall, when it's still warm
in the sunshine, and my
bullet resistant vest is
less like the sauna it's
been all summer long. I'd
like to see our call volume
drop, but it hasn't happened
yet. Nothing but shootings
all weekend long here. I did
take yesterday off for the
kick-off for
ArtPrize, Grand Rapids
big art competition. Looking
forward to a fun few weeks
downtown, and maybe some
positive feedback on my own
entry :)
Daryl
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want to submit an article
for The Examiner? e-mail me:
Daryl W. Clemens
President's Message
Message from Hayden B. Baldwin,
Executive Director
It has been a busy time since
the last newsletter. We have new
members, new members on the
Board of Directors and CSI’s who
have completed our certification
process. We have several new
members of ICSIA from across the
USA and 5 new members from the
British Virgin Islands and a new
member from St. Lucia. Welcome
new members!
I am happy to announce we have
added two new positions to the
Board of Directors. The
applicants selected are
Christine Ramirez from Texas and
Dan Desjardins from Arizona. We
have posted their photos and
bio’s on the web site at
http://www.icsia.org/officers.html
Welcome Christine and Dan!
Our Caribbean Director,
Christopher Anderson, informed
us that two officer’s from the
Jamaican Constabulary Force have
successfully passed their
certification tests and are now
CFCSI, Certified Forensic Crime
Scene Investigators.
Congratulations
Detective Corporal Lawrence
Robinson and Detective Constable
Delton Gordon!
(from left to
right is Cpl Lawrence Robinson,
Caribbean Director Christopher
Anderson and Constable Delton
Gordon)We
encourage others to review the
certification process at
http://www.icsia.org/FCSI/Certification/
and apply for certification!
I have submitted to the editor a
few photographs on Cross
Polarization lighting technique.
This is not a new technique but
so much easier to do now then it
was years ago with film
photography. If you have any
techniques you want to share
please send us the information
and we will be happy to review
it for the publication in the
newsletter!
ICSIA will only grow and be
useful to everyone if we have
member participation. In the
member’s area of the web site
are sections for sharing your
photographs of your crime scene
vehicles, patches and other
images. The white paper section
is your opportunity to share
with others. Please review these
sections and submit photographs
and articles to share with
others.
Finally, pass the word about
ICSIA! Our current membership
fee is $25.00 for two years and
certification is only a $50.00
fee. Both of these are great
bargains.
Hayden B. Baldwin, Executive
Director
International Crime Scene
Investigators Association (ICSIA)
http://www.icsia.org
hbb@icsia.org
A Sample of Cross
Polarization with Linear
Lighting
By Hayden Baldwin
The camera is a
Nikon D300 with a
Nikon 60mm Macro
lens. Attached to
the lens is a B&W
Circular Polarizer
filter. The camera
was set to auto
focus, Program Mode
and the images were
taken hand held. The
light is a 160 White
LED Video light
covered with a sheet
of linear polarizing
film.
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