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Daryl W. Clemens,
Editor
From the Editor
 Hi
folks, welcome to fall, and
another edition of The
Examiner. We have a few
things for you this month,
including an interesting
article about one of the
founders of forensic science
and his impact on the game
of baseball of all things.
Dick has an article for us
on checklists, and I review
a crime scene processing
guide.
There's a lot going on for
everyone of late I'm sure,
but don't forget that ICSIA
is still looking for someone
to take over as newsletter
editor, and for someone to
help with membership matters
as well. If either of these
roles interest you, drop
Hayden or I a note.
Daryl
Got comments/questions or
want to submit an article
for The Examiner? e-mail
me: Daryl
W. Clemens
Director's Letter
Greetings from the Executive
Director!
It is September already and
we are all busy with life,
work and home. Hopefully we
are taking the time to
appreciate family and
friends as at the end of
things, they are all we
have. Work is work. Many of
us who have been at this
awhile keep the ugly side of
our work in deep place in
our mind and seldom if at
all ever let that monster
out. We do what we do and
move on. I appreciate all
that you do for your
communities and seeking the
truth in every case you
work. THANK YOU!
In a lighter note we are
very happy to announce that
all of the Scenes of Crime
Technicians from Belize have
joined ICSIA! We have 29
new members from Belize!
Welcome! Your certificates
and lapel pins will be given
to you in October.
The 2015 ICSIA Conference in
New Orleans is coming
together and the Conference
Chair, Chad Pitfield, is
working hard to make it an
enjoyable and enlightening
CSI Conference! As the
conference comes together we
will be posting the
information on the web site
so please check the web site
often!
We have a “White Paper”
section of the Members Area
of the web site. This
section contains “how to”
documents and technical
papers. Please review the
material and if you have
something to add please do
not hesitate to submit it
for approval.
Thanks for your continued
support and looking forward
to seeing all of you at the
next conference!
Hayden B. Baldwin, Executive
Director
International Crime Scene
Investigators Association (ICSIA)
ICSIA's 2015 Conference
New Orleans, Louisiana
(Jefferson Parish)
Welcomes the 2015 ICSIA
Conference.
May 19th-21st, 2015
More details will be posted
on
icsia.org as they
become available, but make
plans now to attend.
The Man behind
Regression of the Mean
by Dwane S. Hilderbrand, M.Ed
On occasion I am compelled
to appease the wild academic
side of me that is caged
deep beneath my sole.
Sometimes satisfying this
itch I find that I embarrass
myself more than not. So,
since I have your attention
I thought I would write a
brief article on a subject
that has nothing to do with
forensic science, but
something that I found very
interesting about one of our
pioneers in the science of
fingerprints.
As I have travel around
the US with my business of
training, I have many
opportunities to visit
baseball ball parks. As some
of you readers that know me
might know and remember I
have a great love for
baseball.
Read More
Review: Crime Scene
Investigation- Procedural
Guide
by Daryl W. Clemens
This is an unusual book to
review. When it first
arrived, in soft cover and
spiral binding, I thought
"Well, what the heck is this
about?". Having read
through it now it makes
perfect sense. Essentially
this book is like the
greatest crime scene
checklist ever. It runs
through the basics of what a
scene investigation is
about, and what the the
steps are, and then proceeds
to do the same thing for
pretty much every type of
crime there is. Section four
includes the basic
"how-to's" of processing
various types of evidence,
from latent prints to blood
to shooting scenes. These
sections are short and more
of a refresher for material
learned in more detail
elsewhere, the section on
using fingerprint powder for
example occupies about a
half a page. This is not a
criticism, the book is
intended as a field guide,
and for that purpose the
amount of information
provided is more than
adequate. In fact it's
already pretty thick, so
additional material would
make it overlarge to
transport and basically
defeat the purpose for which
it is intended.
At the back are a series of
Appendices containing a
variety of logs and
checklists- Scene entry log,
note form, photography log,
firearms and post blast to
name a few examples. These
forms can be copied, or they
can be downloaded from the
publisher and printed out or
modified for your personal
use.
Dick's article this edition
is also on the value of
checklists. They can
certainly be useful,
particularly if crime scene
investigation is a part-time
assignment. This book serves
that purpose well. It would
also be very useful for
those who are attempting to
write departmental policies,
as most everything you could
want is spelled out in
logical order- Initial
Response, Crime Scene
Management, Notes,
Photography, Sketching and
right down the line.
Links:
Publishers web site
Amazon
On the Web-
By Daryl Clemens
Crime scene technicians to
be trained to international
standard
Crime Mapping & Analysis
News - A Police Foundation
Publication
Science at the National
Institute of Justice- In
a new video, NIJ subject
matter experts describe how
they solve real world crime
problems using science and
innovation and describe the
impact their work is having
on criminal justice.
Greg Ridgeway talks about
how NIJ learned which shift
length works best for law
enforcement. Gerry LaPorte
emphasizes that foundational
sciences are the key to
forensic science. John
Picarelli discusses research
that found an effective
program to reduce the demand
for prostitution. Mark
Greene explains the impacts
of the physical sciences on
law enforcement.
Online Training
ICSIA collaborated with the
Criminal Justice Institute
of the University of
Arkansas to produce an
online training course: Crime
Scene First Responder For
The Uniformed Officer
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