Michael G. Haag

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(505) 401-6225



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Classes in the following locations for 2009:

Zurich, Switzerland proposed dates: June 22-26, 2009

Dallas, Texas: 3 days, August 24-26, 2009
hosted by the Dallas Police Department

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GUNSITE 2009 Dates Announced

Registration is NOT  through GUNSITE

Students accepted on a first come,
first confirmed basis at the discretion of the instructor

September 28th - October 2nd  2009

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NOW AVAILABLE!

TRACE BULLET METAL ANALYSIS KITS
for
LEAD AND COPPER

Is it a bullet hole?

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What type of bullet was it?

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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.

 

 

 

 

Past Shooting
Reconstruction Classes:

NFEA 2009


Bernalillo SD / New Mexico LE, 2009 NM

GUNSITE 2008

Eugene, OR 2008

RCMP Hosted SSRC
2008 Vancouver Canada

NFEA 2007


GUNSITE 2007

Centre of Forensic Sciences Hosted SSRC
2007 Toronto, Canada


Albuquerque PD / New Mexico LE, 2007 NM


San Bernardino / LA Basin, 2007 CA

GUNSITE 2006

NFEA 2006, Maryland

Los Angeles Police Dept. 2005, CA

GUNSITE 2005

Long Beach / LA County, 2005, CA

GUNSITE 2004

NFEA 2004, Maryland

Los Lunas, 2004, New Mexico

NFEA 2003, Maryland

RMDIAI 2003, Colorado

GUNSITE 2002, Arizona

Miami 2000, Florida

NFEA 2000, Maryland

Conflict of Interest Statement