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Upcoming Training:
Crime
Scenes and 3D Laser Scanning
at
the
California
Association of Criminalists (CAC) Seminar
Yosemite,
CA
April
19-23, 2010
The
CAC website:
http://www.cacnews.org/events/seminars.shtml
AND
Proper
Trajectory Measurement Techniques
at
the
Association
of Firearm and Tool Mark Examiner's (AFTE)
Conference
Henderson,
NV
May
2-7, 2010
The
AFTE web site:
http://www.afte.org/
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Interested in
3D Laser Scanning
at Crime Scenes?
Forensic Science Consultants
offers the only crime scene oriented
training in 3D Laser scanning...
Sample
shooting scene from GUNSITE using trajectory back extrapolation:
Shots fired into a Jeep Cherokee from three separate locations
A portion of the valadation process for the use of 3D scans in trajectory
analysis:
How accurate can we be? Is your agency attempting ISO 17025 accreditation?
If so, most of the hard work has already been done in establishing a
method of validation and accuracy assessment.
A snapshot of the scans used in a validation of
the ScanStation 2 as a trajectory measurement device:
When is a linear trajectory model appropriate? How accurate are these
assessments over 70+ meters?
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If your agency
is in need of training or information regarding the use, capabilities,
and specialized products that can be generated using a 3D laser scanning,
contact Forensic Science Consultants. Michael Haag has extensive training
in the use of the Leica ScanStation scanners.
He has also published and presented papers detailing how these revolutionary
tools can open new doors in crime scene investigation (particularly
shooting scene reconstruction) and courtroom presentation of scenes.
Presentations have been given by Michael Haag regarding trajectory analysis,
validation of the use of scanning in crime scene measurement, validation
of scanning for use in trajectory measurement, and post blast (VBIED)
scanning.
As a member of an accredited laboratory, Michael Haag has insights that
can guide you through your ISO / ASCLD process.
Forensic
Science Consultants
can help you with answers regarding:
1)
Capabilities of 3D Scanners in forensic science
2)
Training users for the purposes of crime scene investigation
3)
Specialized training in shooting scene reconstruction
with 3D laser scanners
4)
Validation of 3D scanners for crime scene and trajectory use
5)
Understand the types of products that scanning can allow you to present
rapidly
A
partial list of agencies currently using 3D scanning at crime scenes:
California Department of Justice (Cal DOJ)
California Highway Patrol (CHP)
City of New York - Office of the Coroner/ME
Killeen Police Department
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Dept
Metropolitan Police Department - Washington D.C.
Pennsylvania State Police
Pinellas County Sheriff's Office
Puerto Rico Institute of Forensic Science
San Antonio Police Department
Savannah-Chatham Police Department
Albuquerque Police Dept
The Premier Text on Shooting Incident Reconstruction
By
Lucien Haag, Former Criminalist and Technical Director, Phoenix Crime
Laboratory, President, Forensic Science Services, Inc., Carefree, AZ, USA
Description
Forensic scientists, law enforcement, and crime scene investigators are often
tasked with reconstruction of events based on crime scene evidence, and the subsequent
analysis of that evidence. The use and misuse of firearms to perpetrate
crimes from theft to murder necessitates numerous invitations to reconstruct
shooting incidents. The discharge of firearms and the behavior of projectiles
create many forms of physical evidence that, through proper testing and
interpretation by a skilled forensic scientist, can establish what did and
what did not occur. This book is generated from the authors numerous years of
conducting courses and seminars on the subject of shooting incident
reconstruction. It seeks to thoroughly address matters from simple to complex
in providing the reader an explanation of the factors surrounding ballistics,
trajectory, and shooting scenes. The ultimate objectives of this unique book
are to assist investigators, crime scene analysts, pathologists, ballistics
experts, and lawyers to understand the terminology, science, and factors
involved in reconstructing shooting incident events to solve forensic cases.
The book will cover the full range of related topics including the range from
which a firearm was discharged, the sequence of shots in a multiple discharge
shooting incident, the position of a firearm at the moment of discharge, the
position of a victim at the moment of impact, the probable flight path of a
projectile, the manner by which a firearm was discharged and much more.
Audience
The audience would include practicing forensic scientists, firearm and
tool mark examiners, ballistics experts, crime scene personnel, police
departments, forensic consultants, attorneys and judges, Medical Examiners
(coroners), and forensic pathologists.
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