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Forensic Training
Meetings, training
courses and schools that may be of interest to Forensic
Scientists. See Disclaimer below.
Association Meetings
Scheduled
Courses
Misc. Training/Events
Training
Providers
Disclaimer
Training courses listed
below and the appearance of hyperlinks to training sites does
not constitute an endorsement by the Association of Firearms
and Tool Mark Examiners. AFTE does not exercise any
editorial control over the information you may receive by
attending one of these courses or the information, products or
services found on their affiliated Web sites. Course
descriptions and links to their Web sites are provided only as
a service for AFTE members or other authorized visitors to
this web site and AFTE bears no responsibility for their
contents.
Association Meetings
AFTE Training Seminar 2008-
Honolulu, Hawaii
Training Courses
Forensic Digital
Photography
October 23-24, 2007
San Francisco, CA
website:
http://www.projectile.com/forensicdigital.htm
This two-day seminar is designed to meet the needs of
those working in the forensic field who need to use a
digital camera as part of their duties. Focus is upon
forensic requirements, protocol, and practical training
in the basics of forensic photography with digital
cameras, computers, and imaging software. Evidence,
wound, and crime scene photography is emphasized.
Participants will learn how to use a digital camera,
take good images, preserve the images, get the images
into a computer, enhance or add graphics, and print the
images.
This seminar is accredited by the American Board of
Medicolegal Death Investigators for 12 hours of CEU.
Misc. Training/Events
None at this time.
Training
Providers
ATF
National Firearms Examiner Academy
The mission of the
National Firearms Examiner Academy is to provide
training for apprentice/entry level firearm and
toolmark examiners from Federal, state and local law
enforcement agencies. The curriculum is composed of
the fundamentals of firearms and toolmark examinations
and will serve as the basis for the trainee, under
supervision, to develop into a qualified firearm and
toolmark examiner..
[more]
California Criminalistics Institute
The
California Criminalistics Institute is a unit of the
California Department of Justice, under the Bureau of
Forensic Services, and provides specialized forensic
science training to personnel who are practitioners in
the field of forensic science.
[more]
Forensic
Science Associates - Ed Hueske
As
an adjunct professor at the University of North Texas (UNT)
and the forensic training coordinator at the UNT Police
Academy, Mr. Hueske is involved in conducting numerous
seminars in various areas of forensic science for both
civilians and police personnel. For
more information visit:
http://forensic-xprt.com/trasem.html.
Serial Number Restoration Course
The ATF's National
Firearms Examiner Academy, Serial Number Restoration
Course, provides training in serial number restoration
techniques to forensic laboratories and law
enforcement agencies.
[more]
If you know of any
training courses that would be of interest to AFTE
members and other forensic scientists, please forward
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