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Crime Scene Photography: Capturing the Scene
By Dick Warrington
As a crime scene officer, you must capture an accurate record of the scene and the evidence collected. While you do not need to be a photography expert to take crime scene photographs or testify in court about these photographs, you do need to have a solid understanding of the proper way to photograph a scene.
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FORENSIC NEWS
  • Officials Study DNA Database Gaps
    The Wisconsin Department of Corrections worked through the weekend to study problems with the state's DNA database. The problems were discovered last week by the Attorney General's office. The Department of Justice review found 12,000 convicted felons were not in the DNA database.
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  • Aurora Looking to Speed up Times for Fingerprint Matches
    Aurora, Illinois, police can collect prints from crime scenes, but matching them up to state and federal databases is another matter entirely. Getting a match can take up to nine months, if not more. Alderman Rick Lawrence is questioning budget decision not to purchase AFIS.
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  • Caution Recommended With Bitemark Evidence in Forensics
    Against the backdrop of last week's Congressional hearing into the future of forensic science, researchers from the University at Buffalo's Laboratory for Forensic Odontology Research in the School of Dental Medicine, have published a landmark paper on the controversial topic of bitemark analysis.
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  • MorphoTrak Biometric Provider for New FBI Identification Program
    MorphoTrak has been awarded a contract by Lockheed Martin to provide fingerprint identification technology for the FBI’s Next Generation Identification (NGI) system.
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  • Also in the News…
    Cold Case Team Seeks Answers
    Free Training in Medicolegal Death Investigation from NIJ
    Opinion: Making Forensic Science Scientific
    The Backlog Quiz

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September 30-October 2, 2009
The 1st International ICST Conference on Digital Forensics & Cyber Crime
Albany, NY

October 2-3, 2009
Southern California Association of Fingerprint Officers (SCAFO) Annual Training Seminar
Burbank, CA

October 3-7, 2009
IACP Annual Conference & Exposition
Denver, CO

October 6-9, 2009
Tri-Division Educational Conference
Las Vegas, NV

October 7-10, 2009
AFQAM Conference
Anaheim, CA

October 9-10, 2009
Chesapeake Bay Division of the IAI Fall Educational Conference
Roanoke, WV

October 9-11, 2009
Missouri Division of the IAI Annual Educational Conference
Lake Ozark, MO

October 12-15, 2009
International Symposium on Human Identification
Las Vegas, NV

October 14-16, 2009
Ohio Identification Officers Association Fall Training Conference
Miamisburg, OH

October 18-23, 2009
SAFS/MAFS/MAAFS/SWAFS Joint Meeting
Orlando, FL

October 19-23, 2009
Tennessee Division of the IAI Fall Conference
Nashville, TN

October 19-21, 2009
Indiana Division of the IAI Conference
Indianapolis, IN

October 19-20, 2009
New Jersey State Division of the IAI Annual Educational Conference
Hamilton, NJ

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