Director of Forensic Enterprises, Inc.

Retired (12/98) Master Sergeant with the Illinois State Police,  assigned to the Division of Forensic Services, Bureau of Crime Scene Services as a Crime Scene Supervisor for Region I.

LaSalle University, Mandeville, LA B.S., Criminal Justice Management

ILLINOIS STATE POLICE:
Graduated Illinois State Police Academy - October 1970
Criminal Investigation School - September 1975
Field Training Officers Program - June 1979
Promoted to the rank of Corporal - February 1980
Basic Supervisors School - October 1980
Transferred to Crime Scene Services - December 1980
720 Hours of Crime Scene Processing - March 1981
Advanced Fingerprint Identification - April 1981
Blood Spatter Interpretation Training - June 1981
Law Enforcement Photography - March 1982
Basic and Advanced Arson Investigation - July 1982
Promoted to the rank of Sergeant - March 1983
Instructor Development School - August 1984
Portable Argon-ion Laser Operator - May 1986
Promoted to Crime Scene Field Supervisor - January 1987
Dimensional Management Training - February 1987
Advanced Reconstruction Techniques - October 1989
Laser / ALS Training - October 1990
Promoted to the rank of Master Sergeant - March 1991
Master Sergeant's Supervisory School - March 1991
Compusketch & Compuscene Computer Training - June 1992
Computer Crime Investigations - July 1994
Crime Scene Reconstruction - 11/96
 
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
National Academy Graduate, Session 162nd - Sept. 1990
Advanced Evidence Collection, FBI Academy - Sept. 1991
 
CRIMINAL JUSTICE INSTITUTE, Little Rock, Arkansas
Digital Imaging - 04/00
Crime Scene Videotaping - 11/00

Preliminary Criminal Investigations
Latent Print Processing
Basic Law Enforcement Photography
Crime Scene Protection
Crime Scene Processing
Processing Arson Scenes
Arson Photography
Techniques in the Recovery of Human Remains
Crime Scene Management
Violent Crimes Investigation
Crime Scene Reconstruction
Innovative Techniques in Crime Scene Processing
Forensic Light Techniques
Computer Composites
Impression Evidence
Latent Print Evidence
Three Dimensional Documentation of Crime Scenes
3D Photography and Videography
Crime Scene Investigation; Basics to High Technology
High Technology in Crime Scene Investigations
Crime Scene Digital Photography
Crimes Involving Vehicles

Lead Instructor and responsible for curriculum development for the Crime Scene Technicians Program, Advanced Crime Scene Technicians Program and other crime scene courses at the Criminal Justice Institute, Forensic Science & Computer Education Center in Little Rock, Arkansas.

Instructor and developer of 9 month Scenes of Crimes Training Program and Forensic Adviser for the Jamaican Constabulary Force in Kingston, Jamaica

Instructor and developer of the 1 year training program for Scenes of Crimes in Belize City, Belize.

• Belize National Forensic Science Services, Belize City, Belize
Jamaican Constabulary Force, Kingston, Jamaica
Goias Civil Police -  Goiania, Goias, Brazil 
F.B.I. Training Academy - Quantico, Virginia
Oklahoma District Attorneys Training Council - Tulsa, Oklahoma
Northern Virginia Criminal Justice Academy - Arlington, Virginia
Central Shenandoah Criminal Justice Academy - Waynesboro, Virginia
University of New Haven - West Haven, Connecticut
University of Arkansas, Criminal Justice Institute-Little Rock, Arkansas
Valencia Community College - Orlando, Florida
Arizona Identification Council - Scottsdale, Arizona
U.S. Attorney's Office Training Committee - Hammond, Indiana
McHenry Community College - Crystal Lake, Illinois
Joliet Community College - Joliet, Illinois
Kankakee Community College - Kankakee, Illinois
Thornton Community College - South Holland, Illinois
Moraine Community College - Palos Hills, Illinois
Multi Regional Law Enforcement Training Team - Aurora, Illinois
Mobile Law Enforcement Training Team - Charleston, Illinois
Northern Illinois Training Advisory Board - Rockford, Illinois
Illinois Valley Crime Prevention Commission - Princeton, Illinois
Northwest Illinois Criminal Justice Commission - Dixon, Illinois
Cook County Forest Preserve Police - Markham, Illinois
Will Co. Chiefs of Police Assoc. - New Lenox, Illinois Lake Co.
Chiefs of Police Assoc. - Gurnee, Illinois
DuPage Juvenile Officer's Association - Oakbrook, Illinois
Midwestern Assoc. of Forensic Scientists - Peoria, Illinois
Inter. Assoc. of Firearm & Toolmark Examiners - DuPage,
Illinois Inter. Assoc. for Identification - St. Louis, Mo., Orlando Fl., Atlantic City, NJ., Scottsdale, AZ.,
     Greenville, N.C., Danvers, MA., Milwaukee, WI.
Illinois Division of the International Association for Identification - Joliet, St. Charles, Peoria, 
     Champaign, Collinsville, Mt Vernon,  Illinois
Indiana Division of the International Association for Identification - Indianapolis, IN
Wisconsin Identification Council - Kenosha, Wisconsin
International Fire Photographers Assoc. - Harvey, Illinois
Central Illinois Valley Fireman's Assoc. - Ottawa, Illinois
Midwest Homicide Investigators Association - Oakbrook, Illinois
Blue Island Part Time Training Academy - Blue Island, Illinois
Palos Heights Pd. Cadet Academy - Palos Heights, Illinois
5th District Investigators Group - Chicago Ridge, Illinois
Illinois Coroners Association - Ottawa, Illinois
Illinois State Police Training Academy - Springfield, Illinois
Illinois Department of Corrections Academy - Springfield, Illinois
Illinois State Police, Division of Internal Investigation - Springfield, Illinois
Illinois Department of Mental Health - Springfield, Illinois
Argonne National Laboratory - Argonne, Illinois
University Of Illinois-Chicago Campus - Chicago, Illinois
Chicago Police Department Training Academy - Chicago, Illinois
Middle Atlantic Great Lakes Organized Crime Law Enforcement Network - LaPorte, Indiana
Crime Scene Reconstruction - Albuquerque, New Mexico
International Bloodstain Pattern Analysis Association
Arkansas Division of I.A.I.
Association of Crime Scene Reconstruction Conference - Kansas City, Kansas
Mississippi Division of I.A.I. - Oxford, MS

Certified Senior Crime Scene Analyst with I.A.I.
Certified Instructor with the Illinois State Police
Certified Law Enforcement Instructor with the Illinois Department of Education and Registration
Certified Law Enforcement Instructor, State of Arkansas
Certified Computer Composite Artist Instructor, Visatex Corporation

Three (3) ISP District Certificates of Recognition
Three (3) ISP District Certificates of Commendation
Meritorious Service Award from the Orland Park Police Department
Directors Commendation from the Illinois State Police
Directors Award of Merit from the Illinois State Police
Capital Citation from the State of Arkansas
Eighty (85) Letters of Commendation and Recognition from Local, County, State, and
    Federal Law Enforcement Agencies

International Crime Scene Investigators Association (ICSIA)
F.B.I. National Academy Association (FBINA)
International Association for Identification (IAI)
Illinois Division of the International Association for Identification (IDIAI)
International Homicide Investigator's Association (IHIA)
International Association Bloodstain Pattern Analysis (IABPA)
Association of Crime Scene Reconstruction (ACSR)
High Technology Crime Investigators Association (HTCIA)
Evidence Photographers International Council (EPIC)
Law Enforcement/Emergency Services Video Association (LEVA)
Retired State Police Association (RSPA)
Fraternal Order of Police, Lodge 41 (FOP)

          Encyclopedia of Forensic Sciences, Academic Press, London - June 2000, Co-Author
          "Crime-Scene Investigation and Examination: Contamination", " Crime-Scene Investigation and 
           Examination: Preservation", "Crime-Scene Investigation and Examination: Recovery of  Human
           Remains"

Article, "Crime Scene Investigation", THE INVESTAGATOR magazine, Queensland, Australia, April 2001

Author and Publisher of a "LAW ENFORCEMENT MANUAL FOR THE RECOVERY OF HUMAN REMAINS", April 1990

Article "Bio Hazardous Waste, A Crime Scene Perspective" National Police Review, Volume 1 Number 1, Louisville, Kentucky.

Article "The Recovery of Human Remains, A Crime Scene Perspective", National Police Review, Volume 1 Number 2, Louisville, Ky.

Several articles for the Illinois Division of International Association for Identification Newsletter, appearing in the Crime Scene Corner section.

Article "Photography Techniques with a Forensic Light Source", Bloodhound Gazette, Volume 1, Lynn Peavey Company, Kansas City, Kansas

Article "Photographing Footwear with a Light Source", Numerous publications, including the Southern California Laser Group's Newsletter, Lightning Powder Company issue of Minutia, Georgia Division of I.A.I. Newsletter and the Arizona Identification Council's Newsletter.

Article "Crime Scene Interpretation," THE SCENE (Association for Crime Scene Reconstruction Newsletter), Vol. 5, No. 2, April 1998, p. 9.

Contributor and consultant on several articles for Law Enforcement Technology

Contributor to the Omnichrome Training Manual, Orlando Police Department's Investigator's Field Notebook and the Illinois State Police Bureau of Crime Scene Services Training Manual.

Creator of folding Crime Scene Check List card used Internationally by law enforcement agencies. Handout material used by local, county, state, federal and international Law Enforcement Agencies throughout the World.

Numerous Crime Scene Articles posted and quoted on the internet in various web sites.

Numerous Federal, State, County and Local Law Enforcement Agencies
Professional Organizations Worldwide
Private Consultant on Civil and Criminal Cases
Consultant and Adviser to Superintendent Civil Police, Goias, Brazil
Consultant and Adviser for the Jamaican Constabulary Force, Kingston, Jamaica
• Adviser and Trainer for the National Forensic Scientific Services, Belize City, Belize

ICSIA, International Crime Scene Investigators Association
FEINC, Forensic Enterprises, Inc.