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This course covers the basic and advanced photographic techniques required to document crime scenes and accident scenes for court presentation. Topics include: functions and controls of digital single-lens-reflex (DSLR) cameras, depth of field and motion control, close-up photography, functions and controls of detachable flash units, and solving lighting problems using fill-flash.

This course focuses on the various methods for collecting data, sketching, diagramming and mapping methods of documenting the crime scene. The course consist of hands-on practical exercises using the various techniques discussed to document crime scenes and participants will demonstrate proficiency in the use of at least one computer aided drawing (CAD) program.

Upon completion of the Crime Scene Operations, participants have the knowledge necessary to command a crime scene. Practical exercises include: digital photography, crime scene diagramming, proper methods of casting footwear and tire impressions, basic bloodstain pattern analysis, dusting for prints, and proper methods for collecting, packaging, and preserving evidence.

This course explores the development, history, and advancement of bloodstain pattern interpretation. Participants learn to recognize, document, collect, preserve, and examine bloodstain pattern evidence. Successful graduates of this course are eligible for admission into the International Association of Bloodstain Pattern Analysts (IABPA).

New and emerging technologies for latent print visualization, collection, and documentation on various surfaces are taught in this course. Participants gain hands-on experience using the proper methods of recording fingerprints to ensure the prints contain useful data for analysis and comparison.

This post-approved, basic course is intended for law enforcement, first responders, or patrol officers involved in the identification, collection, and preservation of DNA evidence. The program makes extensive use of group exercises, problem-solving scenarios, and case studies.

Crime Scene Management in Correctional Facilities is a five-day, 40-hour, hands-on training program offering correctional investigators and security officers access to forensic evidence identification, documentation, collection, and preservation procedures.

The introductory-level course blends facilitated learning and lecture periods with mock crime scenes and provides a safe and effective training environment for correctional personnel.

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LAS VEGAS - There's futuristic technology now in the hands of North Las Vegas police investigators and they're the only ones in southern Nevada to have this type of tool.

The department unveiled its new 3-D crime scene mapping gadget exclusively to 8 News NOW.

The new 3-D mapping tool gives investigators a 360-degree view of crime scenes. When looking at a car with bullet holes, it can show the angle of the shots. It gives detectives an idea of what the scene looked like from the driver's seat.

It's just the beginning of what the CSI technology can do.

While it may not look like much as first glance, the small box isrevolutionizing how North LasVegas police investigate crime scenes.

Until now, investigators like DanaMarks only had one chance to get it right and collect every bit of evidence she could at a crime scene.

Now this 3-D laser scanner preserves the scene virtually.

"Being able to capture as much evidence as we need and being able to go back virtually to a crime scene instead of having to physically go back to a crime scene," said DanaMarks, crime scene investigation supervisor, NLVPD.

Sam El-Said with Precision Survey Supply is helping investigators learn how to use the new wave form technology. It's able to scan and map out everything in its path almost 1,000 feet in each direction.

"It's going to be able to capture this information in 3D in forever and all time, like I said, with accuracy in the millimeters," said El-Said.

Until now, investigators have mostly relied on photos to show what a crime scene looked like. Processing a scene can take several hours, even days.

With 3-D mapping, many scenes can be preserved in less than an hour.

"If you're asked a question, oh man, I didn't think about that at the time, you can go into the scan and all the data is there. The evidence is still there," said Sgt. Sean Walker, NLVPD traffic division.

When a case goes to court, the technology allows a judge or even a jury to see what a witness might have seen too.

"If we have information from someone saying they were looking out from a certain window, we can actually put the camera view from that window and see what they could or could not have seen," Marks said.

With Cyclone, the software paired with the 3-D laser scanner, it drastically eliminates any uncertainty in a murder or even fatal car crash investigation.

"In our software, we are able to use this tool to measure that skid mark or bullet trajectory and be able to simulate and or recreate what actually occurred," El-Said said.

It's cutting edge technology police say will help find evidence to put criminals behind bars in a fraction of the time.

"Alot more data with less time," Marks said.

The technology has met and exceeded the DaubertStandard and has already been used in court cases in other parts of the country, according to distributors. The Daubert Standard provides a rule of evidence regarding the admissibility of expert witnesses' testimony during legal proceedings.

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Dmitriy Shapiro Daily Telegram Staff Writer @lenaweeshapiro

RAISIN TWP One man is dead and another is in custody following an alleged homicide Thursday evening at Heritage Park in Raisin Township.

Matthew Benjamin Small, 22, of Adrian was killed near the Stubnitz Environmental Education Center parking lot, authorities said in a press release today, June 23. According to the Lenawee County Sheriffs Department, a jogger running the trails at the park saw the victim and a male suspect near the parking lot. After a conversation with the suspect, the jogger managed to make it to his car and call 911, the report said.

Emergency personnel were dispatched to the crime scene at approximately 6:48 p.m. and blocked off the road leading to the area. Authorities said they took the suspect, who knew the victim and was near the body, into custody without incident.

The suspects name will not be released until he has been formally charged and arraigned. Police said they still were looking for a motive behind the slaying.

An autopsy of the victim to determine exact cause of death is expected later today, but the release said the victim suffered multiple stab wounds.

The park is owned and maintained by the city of Adrian but is in Raisin Township, off M-52 south of Valley Road. It has soccer and softball fields, bicycle and walking trails, a disc golf course, and the Stubnitz Environmental Education Center. There were people using Heritage Parks ballfields, but the sheriffs department said they were not aware of anyone else who was in any immediate danger.

The crime scene investigation was led by the sheriffs department, alongside units from the Michigan State Police and an officer from the Raisin Township Police Department.

A Lenawee Community Ambulance unit arrived at 10:30 p.m. and removed the body of the victim. Police remained at the scene until approximately 11:30 p.m. Units from the Raisin Township Fire Department arrived on scene to assist in cleanup.

The release said both the victims and the suspects vehicles were parked at the scene. An SUV and sedan were towed from the scene by Neills Towing in Tecumseh.

No further information was immediately available.

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TOMAH Daniel Seehafer asked cadets to raise their hands if they planned to pursue law enforcement careers.

Three-fourths of the hands went up, which is exactly what Seehafer wanted to see.

Theres a need for this, he said. We wanted to be able to plant seeds.

Seehafer, department commander for the Wisconsin American Legion, said promoting law enforcement was the goal of last weeks Wisconsin American Legion Law Enforcement Academy held at the Wisconsin State Patrol Academy at Fort McCoy. Thirty-seven teenagers between their junior and senior years of high school spent a week at the academy learning about law enforcement techniques and careers in the law enforcement field.

The academy was co-sponsored by the American Legion and Wisconsin Professional Police Association. Eighty students filled out applications that included an essay on why they wanted to attend.

The week coincided with verdicts in two high-profile trials in which police officers were acquitted in fatal shootings, and cadet Anthony Taylor said hes concerned about the image of police.

People have been bashing the cops constantly on the internet, said Taylor, a student at Beloit Memorial High School. Thats all I see. Thats all my friends talk about how nasty the cops are.

He acknowledged there are cases when police officers make bad judgments and must be held accountable but believes most officers conduct themselves in good faith.

People bash all the cops, and I think thats unnecessary theyre here to help you out, and people just dont see that, he said.

Cadet Kelsey Meston of Rockland said she has wanted to be a police officer since she was four years old even though nobody in her family works in law enforcement. She wants to be a deputy sheriff.

That has been my lifelong dream, said Meston, a student at Bangor High School. I have always been enthusiastic about becoming a police officer.

Students took 32 hours of classes that covered K9 units, bomb squads, crime scene investigation, drug/drunk driving enforcement and community policing. Law enforcement professionals from across the state served as instructors and mentors, and Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel spoke to cadets Thursday night. He took students through a case he worked as an assistant district attorney in Waukesha County to show how crimes are investigated and the factors to determine how charges are filed.

Taylor said he didnt realize there were so many different law enforcement careers, ranging from patrol officers to crime lab technicians to crime data analysts. After hearing all the different branches of law enforcement, he still wants to serve on the front line.

I want to be a patrol officer, he said. Theyre the ones who stop the stuff from happening.

Meston enjoyed meeting people from different parts of the state.

I know I made some life-long friendships here, she said. Im from a village, so its intriguing to see people coming from bigger cities. ... Its wonderful to see them coming together. Were all here for the same reason.

Ozaukee County Sheriff Jim Johnson, who served as one of the instructors, said law enforcement needs young people. He said fewer young people are pursuing law enforcement careers and that the academy gives law enforcement an opportunity to present itself in a positive light.

He said the cadets, a roughly equal number of boys and girls, have responded.

These kids are smart; theyre eager to do stuff, Johnson said. They reaffirmed my faith in kids of the future.

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