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 Schedule

Moderator: Adrienne Williams

General Session: Salons D, E, F

7:00 AM		Registration
7:50 AM		Bagpipe Musical Welcome – Mike Carpenter
8:00 AM		Invocation and Opening Remarks
		Welcome – Deputy Chief Constable Doug LePard, Vancouver Police Department
		Welcome – AFTE President Ann Davis
		General Meeting Information – Evelyn Pederson
8:30 AM		The Firearm and Toolmarks Scientific Working Group in Australia
		Sergeant Gerard Dutton, Ballistics Section, Tasmania Police In late 2001, The Australian Firearms and Toolmarks Scientific Working Group was formed and met as a group for the first time in Perth. Broadly speaking, the F&T SWG are responsible to the Senior Managers of Australian and New Zealand Forensic Laboratories (SMANZFL), with the support of the National Institute of Forensic Science (NIFS). The F&T SWG is comprised of eight members: one experienced forensic firearms investigator from each of the Australian police jurisdictions. At the first meeting, many important issues facing the forensic firearms discipline in Australia were discussed and ranked in importance in order to deal effectively with them. A huge volume of work has now been completed, to the benefit of all who work in this discipline in Australia. The most important project of the F&T SWG was undertaken by a four man sub-committee: the writing of a National Training Curriculum for trainee forensic firearms investigators. The Curriculum consists of twelve separate Trainer's and Student's Guides including topics such as 'Shooting Scene Reconstruction', 'Ammunition', 'Firearms', 'Internal, External and Terminal Ballistics', 'Introductory' & 'Advanced Comparative Microscopy' and 'Serial Number Restoration'. There is also a 24 page overview document titled the 'Administrative Training Guide' outlining to students, trainers and laboratory management their respective responsibilities and how the course works. In total, the Curriculum is in excess of 700 pages and for the first time, this course will now standardize the level of training given to student forensic firearms investigators in Australia, regardless of the jurisdiction who employs them. It is a necessity that the course be delivered in the laboratories of each police jurisdiction and whilst it is not available to the public, it is envisaged that one of the respected Australian Universities will administer the course, allowing the student to have their training officially recognized outside police and forensic circles, thereby gaining a tertiary qualification in "Forensic Firearms Investigation".  Although much of this presentation will outline the new training curriculum in more detail, the presenter will also expand upon many of the other important issues the F&T SWG has now dealt with, as well as a brief outline why the group has been so successful.
9:30 AM		Break held in Exhibitor’s Area – Salons A, B
		Sponsored by Diemaco
10:00 AM		What’s New in Ammunition
		George Kass, Forensic Ammunition Service The presentation will cover the latest updates in headstamps, new calibers and ammunition.  The latest industry standards will be discussed.
10:20 AM		Ethics in Forensic Firearms Investigation
		Sergeant Gerard Dutton, Ballistics Section, Tasmania Police Forensic firearms investigators are occasionally faced with a range of ethical dilemmas during the course of their work. As forensic evidence can be critical to the outcome of Court proceedings, the ethical standards of all forensic practitioners, not only those working in the firearms arena, must be extremely high and beyond reproach. The presenter will discuss various ethical issues of relevance to forensic firearms investigators and some of the ethical quandaries he has experienced whilst carrying out firearms investigations.
11:00 AM		Lunch – Stanley Park Ballroom
12:00 PM		AFTE Business Meeting

Information regarding the Business meeting and Ethics Violation issues will be posted soon!

		Evening Schedule	Location
6:30 PM - 9:00 PM		Theme Dinner	Stanley Park Ballroom

 After-Hour Activities

Monday night featured a theme dinner with entertainment.  The theme featured a show of Native Indian culture.

 

 

Up the street from the hotel we found an unusual restaurant called "The Crime Lab".

 

 

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