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Catawba Valley Community College students Abbie Kincaid and LaToya Williams were recently awarded the Brian R. Porter Memorial Scholarship through the CVCC Foundation Inc.

The scholarship honors the memory and career of Porter, who served as a deputy sheriff for the Gallia County Sheriffs Office in Gallia County, Ohio. The scholarship was founded by Porters friend and Catawba Valley Community College faculty member Kristy Wooten to benefit students pursuing a career in criminal justice or law enforcement.

Kincaid is enrolled in the Basic Law Enforcement Training program. She earned an associate degree in Criminal Justice Latent Evidence at CVCC in 2015 and an associate degree in Criminal Justice Technology last May. She also holds certificates in law enforcement, retail-industrial security, court administrator, correctional-probation and parole, and latent evidence crime scene investigation she earned at CVCC.

She served as president and vice president of the Criminal Justice Club and now serves as treasurer. She is an active member of SkillsUSA and won first place at the state level and first place at the national level in the crime scene investigation competition in 2015. In the same category, she also placed first in the 2016 state competition and took third in the nation in 2016. She was awarded the Student Government Association award for Academic Excellence in Criminal Justice Latent evidence. She is a member of the Student Leadership Academy and Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society.

A native of Iowa, she volunteers with the Catawba County Humane Society and works as an officer at the rank of corporal for Allied Universal security company. She and her husband and family live in Maiden.

A Catawba County native, Williams is enrolled in the Criminal Justice Latent Evidence associate degree at CVCC. She attended Bandys High School and completed her high school diploma through the GED program at CVCC. Williams has achieved high honors for the past two semesters and has been invited to join Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society. She is a member of the Criminal Justice Club and plans to graduate in early 2018.

Williams has been employed by Republic Service for nine years. She started out as a receptionist, and was later promoted to customer service. She has served as the maintenance shop administrator for the past two years. She and her three children live in Conover.

The mission of the CVCC Foundation, Inc. is to foster and promote the growth, progress, and welfare of CVCC. For more information on giving, contact Teresa Biggs, executive director of the CVCC Foundation, 828-327-7000, ext. 4288, tbiggs@cvcc.edu.

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Kampala The U.S. Government is helping to build the capacity of Ugandan authorities to protect the country's natural heritage and to combat illicit trafficking that threatens both Uganda's abundant wildlife and security.

The donation of 10 wildlife crime scene investigation (WCSI) kits by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) will assist several Ugandan agencies in their mission to combat wildlife-related crimes throughout the country. The Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA), the Uganda Police Force (UPF), and the Natural Resource Conservation Network (NRCN) were among the beneficiaries on this donation, and also received training in forensic investigation techniques.

Law enforcement and forensic science experts from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - a division of the U.S. Department of the Interior (the lead U.S. agency for public land management) - trained 17 investigators from UWA, UPF and NRCN during a recent week-long workshop near Murchison Falls National Park. With support from the Uganda Conservation Foundation, these experts helped participants develop the skills to conduct wildlife crime scene investigations, including collecting evidence and preserving the chain of custody. The workshop also fostered cooperation and information exchanges among the participants from UWA, UPF, and NRCN, which will help to advance future investigations.

After the workshop, USAID donated 10 wildlife crime scene investigation kits to be used by the trained investigators in the field. The kits contain materials necessary for collecting and preserving evidence from wildlife crime scenes, which is crucial for the successful prosecution of wildlife crimes. USAID made this donation through its regional Partnership to End Wildlife Trafficking with the Interior Department's International Technical Assistance Program (DOI-ITAP). "Wildlife crime is a threat not just to conservation, but to the security and livelihoods of Uganda's people," said USAID Mission Director Mark Meassick. "This partnership allows us to share the expertise of U.S. conservation professionals to help enhance Uganda's wildlife management and enforcement capacities, improve national and international coordination, and share best practices."

Wildlife trafficking remains a significant problem for Uganda. The Standing Committee of the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species of Flora and Fauna in 2013 named Uganda one of the leading nations responsible for illegal ivory trade. Between 2009 and 2014, some 20 metric tons of ivory were trafficked through Uganda, mainly to Asia. The country's continued role as a transit hub for illegal trafficking also exposes it to the negative effects of organized crime and corruption. Illicit revenue gained from such activities often funds insurgent groups that contribute to regional instability and fuel further demand for trafficked products.

The training workshop and donation of the kits are the first steps in a planned program of training and technical assistance in combating wildlife crime to be implemented under the partnership between USAID and DOI-ITAP. This support aims to build a cadre of Ugandan wildlife professionals with the specialized knowledge and skills to bring wildlife poachers and traffickers to justice, and to help end practices that threaten both Uganda's rich biodiversity and security.

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1 in custody after man dies in Vancouver shooting KOIN.com Come out this morning to find we have a crime scene investigation going on up the street, said Chad Lawrence, a neighbor. First time I've ever in 15 years here that I've dealt with a crime scene unit over a shooting situation. Neighbors said the ... and more »

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"CSI: Crime Scene Investigation." A wall of television screens, containing live footage of the Utica police booking room and pole-mounted cameras as well as point-in-time locations of police calls and hotspot gun crime data.

UTICA It looks like something out of "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation."

A wall of television screens, containing live footagefrom the Utica police booking room and pole-mounted cameras, as well as point-in-time locations of police calls and hotspot gun crime data.

There also are elements that arent visible to the naked eye: technological connections among seven other related sites that promise the flow of crime information from more than 70 percent of the state, minus New York City.

Its the Mohawk Valley Crime Analysis Center to be officially unveiled Thursday at the Utica Police Department and its something that participating agencies say will assist them by enhancing the flow of information among law enforcement agencies as well as providing certified crime analysts to assist their investigations.

Michael Green, executive deputy commissioner of the state Division of Criminal Justice Services, said the Mohawk Valley Crime Analysis Center is one of eight in the state that will allow agencies to better investigate, reduce and prevent crime in a collaborative effort. He said the center also will be a real-time crime center with analysts monitoring 911 calls and police dispatches as theyre occurring.

If you look across the network and see what they do there are examples every year of peoples lives that were saved, Green said. Last year there was a kidnapping where the victims were rescued in large part because of information generated by a crime analyst. Literally, SWAT goes in and kicks the door down and saves them. There were also missing persons who are located quickly through the work of crime analysts.

The center will have a full staff of 10, made up of field investigators from local agencies, as well as certified crime analysts and a supervisor. The agencies involved are the Utica police, Oneida County Sheriffs Office, Oneida County District Attorneys Office,Oneida County Probation Department, New York State Police, the state of New York, and the state Division of Criminal Justice Services.

"The Mohawk Valley Center represents the states latest investment in the field of crime analysis and solidifies New Yorks Crime Analysis Center Network as an important tool to help police solve crime, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said in a statement. "Having this technology in the hub of Oneida County will usher in a new era of cooperation among law enforcement agencies and provide the resources they need to make the Mohawk Valley safer for New Yorkers.

The startup cost of the crime analysis center is about $280,000, an amount thats paid for by the state and state Division of Criminal Justice Services. The network with centers in Erie, Monroe, Onondaga, Broome, Albany, Niagara and Franklin counties and now Oneida County is supported by a nearly $6 million a year investment from the state and DCJS.Ongoing costs involving things such as staffing are paid for by the entities involved in each center.

Utica Police Chief Mark Williams said hes interested in modeling the center after practices he witnessed at the Monroe Crime Analysis Center in Rochester. He said its crime analysts, in the event of a shooting, visit investigators in the field to determine what kind of information they have, before going back into the office to begin their research. He said one crime analyst at the Oneida center will be focused on homicides and shootings.

(The crime analysts will) find out who the victim is, who theyre associated with, search for any suspect information as well as determine who cars are registered to, Williams said. Ultimately, theyll give that investigator a nice packet of information so they dont have to spend time researching, so they can actively stay on the street investigating that crime. Im really excited about this. I think not only can we solve crimes, but we might even in certain areas prevent crime as well.

Oneida County District Attorney Scott McNamara said he was hoping for something like the center throughout his career. Hesaid because of the analysis center, and the crime analysts who will be able to watch live footage from the citys 12 pole-mounted cameras, that the office is planning on buying eight more cameras with forfeiture money.

"(The center) can be utilized by any police department and I think as time goes forward we're going to see a lot of police departments utilizing their intelligence ability and data collection," McNamara said. "Looking at the city's pole cameras, we have the ability a lot of time to solve certain crimes, but the fact that ... we bought these cameras and no one watches them (in real-time), and thatthere's no real department within the Utica Police Department that really collects data they collect it, but dont store it in any way thats searchable ... I've always believed we were leaving a lot of info collected as law enforcement on the table where other people didnt know it and couldnt use it. I think for that it's very favorable."

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4-H Tech Connect (from left) members Kacee Arase, Cassidy MatsudaandKristi Echiverriparticipated in a hair and fiber lab activity to solve amock crime.Other hands-on activities included analyzing fingerprints and footprints, career paths in forensic science and criminal justice, and a DNA presentation by Maui Police Department CSI Tony Earles. Courtesy file photo 2015.

The Maui Police Department is currently accepting applications for its 2017 CSI Camp.

The camp is a Crime Scene Investigation experience created for high school juniors and seniors, and is limited to 12 students.

The 2017 CSI Camp is scheduled for June 19-23, 2017 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily.

Topics include: crime scene photography, scene diagramming, testing for blood, bullet trajectory, fingerprints, human remains recovery, polygraph and autopsy.

Interested students should submit the application, available on the County of Mauis web site, on the Police Department page, by April 13, 2017.

For more information call (808) 463-3830 or email [emailprotected]

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