BPA 101

IAI Approved

This workshop presents the basics of bloodstain pattern analysis aimed at providing practical skills in identifying and interpreting bloodstain patterns. Along with pattern classification and identification, the workshop will focus on variables that affect stain and pattern formation. Students will have an opportunity to apply these concepts with practical, wet labs to reinforce the main learning objectives throughout the lecture.

Distortion and ACE-V  (4 hours)

IAI Latent/Tenprint Cert/Recert Approved

This course will introduce the attendee to the scientific method currently followed in the Latent Print community, ACE-V (Analysis, Comparison, Evaluation, and Verification.) The intricacies of the Analysis stage will be broken down and particular attention to the levels of detail, ridge flow, pattern type, ridge counts, minutiae, and minutiae formations, ridgeoscopy and poroscopy will be covered. Types of impressions commonly found at crime scenes will be discussed as will the meanings of the terms “of value” and “no value.”  Discussions will also include the numerical system vs a holistic approach, as well as other topics currently being discussed in the field. Instruction will also be focused on distortion and the how, what, why and when, behind an impression appearing as it does. The course will culminate in hands on activities creating distortion firsthand as well as taking a set of legible fingerprints.

Mastering Mid-Range Photography

IAI CS and Photography Approved

This course will cover photography methods for the crime scene investigator and focus on taking various midrange photos. The course will cover all types of photography, the exposure triangle, and photo composition. Students will learn the issues commonly associated with midrange photos and how to fix them. 

No prior classes are required for this course. Students should bring a camera and any associated equipment.

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