New England Area Firearm Examiners
10th Annual Training Seminar

Wednesday, September 19, 2007
8:00 – 9:00 a.m. Registration

Connecticut State Police Forensic Science Laboratory
278 Colony Street
Meriden, CT

Cost

$35.00 (Includes noon meal and breaks – please register early as the catering will be done by the same company as last year and we will need a close head count for the caterer). Lunch will be served at the Meriden Crime Lab.

Please Make Checks Out To: Robert A. Hathaway – Official Receipts will be made out.
 

Lodging Information

Sheraton Hotel & Conference Center
275 Research Pkwy
Meriden, CT 06450
(203) 238-2380
No Government Rate
$130.00 + Tax (Single)
$180.00 + Tax (Double)

Hampton Inn
10 Bee Street
Meriden, CT 06450
1 (800) 426-7866
$124.00 + Tax
Federal Rate (No State or Local Government Rate) $89.00 + Tax

Fairfield Inn Wallingford*
100 Chalet Drive
Wallingford, CT 06492
(203) 284-0001
$89.00 + Tax

Courtyard by Marriott*
600 Northrop Road
Wallingford, CT 06492
(203)-284-9400
* Wallingford, CT located less than 5 miles from Meriden CT.
$140.00 + Tax
(No Government Rate)
$124.00 + Tax if you book 7 Days in advance and do not cancel

Please check Travelocity or other web sites to see if a better price can be obtained that way.
 

Tentative Schedule

1. Ron Borgio – Smith & Wesson – will discuss new product development at Smith & Wesson

2. Kim Stevens – Maine State Police Crime Laboratory - is putting together a program on the optical system of comparison microscopes and scopes for guns.

3. Lawrence Pilcher - Rhode Island State Crime Laboratory – unusual marks on bullets as a result of “porting” the barrel.

4. Sgt. Joseph Rainone – Waterbury, CT Police Department – Cylinder Inserts in .38 Spl. Revolvers.

5. Honorable Barbara Howe – Topic – Firearms Examiners and the Courts (Daubert)

6. Ken Green – SAAMI and the F/A Examiner

7. Pete Diaczuk – A New Study on Ricochets

8. Steve Ostrowski – New Hampshire State Police Forensic Laboratory- Manufacturing Processes of the Sig Sauer “Mosquito Pistol” and the effects on Identification

9. Megan E. Murasso – University of New Haven – Forensic Science – Masters Program – Megan will describe a Magazine Database DVD she helped compile during an internship program this summer at the Rhode Island State Crime Laboratory

General Information

1. “Shot Show 2008” – February 2nd to 5th, 2008, Las Vegas

2. New England Division of the IAI Annual Meeting, November 7th to 9th, 2007 Newport, RI

3. NEAFS – October 31st to November 3rd, 2008, The Sagamore Resort (Lake Champlain), Bolton Landing, NY

4. New Book Release:

“Full Circle”
A Treatise on Roller Locking
By: R. Blake Stevens
Collector Grade Publications Inc.
PO Box 1046, Cobourg, Ontario, Canada K9A 4W
tel: 905-342-3434
fax: 905-342-3688
Email: info@collectorgrade.com 
http://www.collectorgrade.com

Note: A copy of this book will be at the Fall Meeting for review

5. AFTE 2008 Hawaiian Calendar Available

Jim Stephenson is assisting Curtis Kubo of Hawaii in selling 2008 Hawaiian Calendars to raise money for next years meeting in Hawaii. Calendar cost is $6.00 – Please mail checks to:

James Stephenson
Connecticut State Police Forensic Science Laboratory
278 Colony Street
Meriden, CT 06451
Telephone: (203) 694-6536

Contact Information

Bob Hathaway (rah@uri.edu) or Lawrence Pilcher (lcp@uri.edu)

Rhode Island State Crime Laboratory
(401) 874-2893