Thursday,
November 14, 2006
CAC - CMS Survey-
The CAC Northern California Firearms
Study Group is continuing to conduct a survey on CMS as
described in an earlier independent mailing. The deadline
for submission of responses has been extended from Jan 1
to April 1, 2007 to encourage AFTE member participation.
Click here to link to the survey
Sunday,
December 10, 2006
Ethics Litigation Trial
Concluded- A civil complaint arose
out of the public censure of Paul Dougherty by AFTE on May
24, 2004. A trial was held on October 24, 2006 and the
Statement of Decision was signed December 6, 2006. Judgment
was granted in favor of AFTE and the individually named
defendants on all causes of action. The public censure
remains in effect.
See member’s forum for more details (members only)
To view
the court decision click here (pdf file)
Thursday,
December 7, 2006
ATF Serial
Number Restoration Courses-
The ATF National
Firearms Examiner Academy Serial Number Restoration Course
provides training in serial number restoration techniques to
forensic laboratories and law enforcement agencies.
Courses are planned for January and March of 2007...
Click here for
more info!
Monday,
November 13, 2006
15th Annual
YPG Test Session-
The 15th Annual Yuma Proving
Ground Forensic Firearms Test Session will occur on Saturday
Dec.9, 2006. Due to Scheduling issues this is a tentative
date and my need to be changed to allow Army priorities to
be accommodated, it will be confirmed two weeks in advance.
Each fall since 1992 the U.S. Army Yuma Proving ground,
along with the Arizona Department of Public Safety and the
Southern California Firearms Study Group, has hosted a test
session to allow the forensic science community to study
exterior ballistics and other firearms and forensic related
issues...
Read More!
Thursday,
November 9, 2006
AFTE
Historical Committee Data Search-
The AFTE Historian Committee has
completed the compiling of the names and years of service of
those people who have served on the AFTE Board of Directors,
AFTE Committees and, for some years, Award Winners...
Click Here!
Friday,
November 3, 2006
Associate
Membership Ad Hoc Committee
Call for Feedback-
AFTE has established the "Assessment of Associate Membership
Ad Hoc Committee" to assess the feasibility of adding a new
Associate membership level to AFTE.
Read
More!
Daubert
Seminar Chapter II
-
This one day lecture will be
hosted by the New Jersey State Police Ballistics Unit at
their Hamilton, New Jersey Technology Center. This lecture
is a tuition free course.
Course Syllabus now available!
Monday,
October 23, 2006
AFTE 2007
-
The 38th annual AFTE Training
Seminar will take place at the Hyatt Regency, San Francisco,
California from May 27th through June 1st, 2007. We welcome
everyone to this beautiful city and to what promises to be a
fantastic training conference..
For more information click here!
Friday,
October 13, 2006
Daubert
Seminar Chapter II
-
This one day lecture will be
hosted by the New Jersey State Police Ballistics Unit at
their Hamilton, New Jersey Technology Center. This lecture
is a tuition free course.
For more information click here!
Monday,
October 9, 2006
Nominating Committee -
So do you have what it takes?? Pete
Striupaitis,
Chair, and the other members of the AFTE Nominating
Committee are looking for members who would be interested in
serving on the AFTE Board of Directors. Current CV's can be
sent to Mr.
Striupaitis at
striup@aol.com
Tuesday,
September 15, 2006
Crime Lab
Funding at Risk-
From the Crime Lab Project Forum... "It's
conference time in Congress. The House and Senate have
completed their work on the budgets for the Department of
Justice and now it is time to reconcile the differences.
Unfortunately for forensic science, that difference is
significant. Please call
and e-mail your Member of Congress and ask them to
make the House recede to the
Senate for the Paul Coverdell Act. The fact is the
Senate funded the Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Act at $18
million and the House provided nothing. That means that if
the House of Representatives prevails nothing other than DNA
will be funded. No fingerprint work, no toxicology work and
no firearms analysis. Call your Member of Congress today!"...
Read More!
Tuesday,
August 29, 2006
New England
Regional Training Conference-
The New England area Firearm Examiners are holding their
10th annual training seminar Wednesday, September 20, 2006. To view the full announcement...
Click here!
Monday,
August 21, 2006
AFTE
Certified Members Re-certification-
The first re-certifications of certified AFTE members will
begin in December. If you do not remember your date of
certification, check your actual certificate or look at the
list of
certified members posted on the AFTE web site. The
re-certification requirements and a form for
recording the necessary information have been posted on the
web site for the previous four years. Refer to these
documents when applying for re-certification. You must use
the documentation form. This form must also be signed by
your immediate supervisor acknowledging completion of the
requirements you have listed. The accuracy of the submitted
documentation is the responsibility of the certified member.
The submission of fraudulent documentation may lead to
revoking of certification, potential ethics violations, and
finally loss of membership.
To apply for re-certification, complete the
Re-Certification Application Letter and the
Re-Certification Points Schedule form. Send
these documents to the Certification Committee Chairperson,
by mail or electronically, at least two months prior to the
expiration of the original date of certification. Include a
payment to AFTE of $25.00 for each area of certification
that you wish to be considered for re-certification. The
information will be reviewed by members of the committee,
and you will be contacted.
If you have any questions, contact the certification
Committee Chairperson.
Wednesday,
August 16, 2006
SWGGUN Admissibility Resource Kit-
The scientific working group has compiled a
substantial amount of information on evidence admissibility
and placed it in one location in an attempt to assist
examiners when preparing for court or evidence admissibility
challenges. Please review the information compiled under the
“Resources” tab...
Click here!
Sunday,
August 13, 2006
AFTE 2006 DVD
Sales-
The technical papers given at
the 2006 AFTE Training Seminar in Springfield, MA were
recorded on DVD's and are now being offered to AFTE members
and non-members...
Click here!
New Trailer!
AFTE 2006
Scholarship Recipients-
Bios and pictures of this years AFTE Scholarships are now
available for your viewing pleasure. Congratulations
to both Lauren Claytor and Jordan Tidrick!...
Click here!
Thursday,
July 13, 2006
Eastern
Regional Training Conference-
If you can make it to Virginia in October plan on attending
the training conference hosted by the Virginia Institute of
Forensic Science and Medicine in conjunction with the
Virginia Department of Forensic Science Firearm and
Toolmarks Section. To view the full announcement...
Click here!
Thursday,
July 6, 2006
ATF National Firearms Examiner
Academy-
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives,
National Firearms Examiner Academy (NFEA), announces the
Class 2006-7 student application process. The NFEA is
designed to provide firearm and toolmark-related training to
federal, state and local apprentice/entry level firearm and
toolmark examiners...
Click here!
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AFTE Member of the Year,
Ron Nichols |
Monday,
July 3, 2006
AFTE 2006-
All training seminar pages have been updated.
If you have looked earlier go back and take another look!
New content has been added to most pages...
Start here!
Friday,
June 30, 2006
AFTE 2006-
Pictures and abstracts of Tuesday and
Wednesday's Lectures and workshops are now available.
Thursday and Friday's activities will be updated sometime
over the coming weekend.
Tuesday |
Wednesday
Tuesday,
June 27, 2006
AFTE 2006-
Pictures of Monday's Lectures and Board
Meeting and a few
shots from the workshops can be found by...
clicking here
Monday,
June 26, 2006
AFTE 2006-
Pictures of Sunday's Reception and a few
shots from
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the workshops can be found by...
clicking here
Saturday,
June 24, 2006
AFTE 2006 Gearing Up!-
The host committee is hard at work setting up
the registration area for Sunday's registration rush.
Members are starting to trickle in for what could be the
largest turnout in AFTE history for a training seminar!
Over 330 members are pre-registered. For the
unfortunate members who won't be able to attend, keep an eye
on the website for a plethora of information coming your way...
click here
Tuesday,
June 20, 2006
AFTE 2006 Pre-Registration Ends-
Pre-Registration for "AFTE 2006" and all courses will be closing
effective June 19th, 2006. We have now signed the final
food contract with the MassMutual Civic Center and will no longer be
able to add meal or banquet tickets. For more info...
click here
Monday,
June 19, 2006
Notice for all Armorer and Workshop
Attendees- Class coordinators for all
armorer courses and workshops
are now posted in the forum. If at anytime during the
seminar assistance is required for any of the listed courses
please contact the assigned class coordinator...
click here
The
forum also now contains the rosters for all
armorer courses and workshops.
Please check to confirm your name is spelled correctly for
your certificate of completion. If any changes are required
please contact William Wheatley before end of business on
June 21, 2006...
click here
Wednesday,
June 7, 2006
AFTE Training
Seminar- The preliminary program
for the training seminar is now available for those
interested in a sneak peak at the schedule of events for the
week...
click here
www.afte.org
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