Daryl W. Clemens, Editor
From the Editor
We have some big
news for you
this issue! See
below for
details. We
also have a good
line up of info,
on biological
evidence in
particular. The
NIJ has just
released some
new guidelines
and you can read
about those as
well as an
article from
Dick Warrington
on Touch DNA
below. We also
have some info
on Google's new
technology-
Google Glass.
This may very
well be the
future of
computing folks.
Especially in
law
enforcement/military
applications.
I'm in need of
articles and
photo's for
future
newsletters. So
if you've ever
thought about
writing an
article to share
with
your colleagues,
this is your
opportunity. If
you have some
neat photos
about anything
to do with crime
scenes or law
enforcement,
please send them
to me.
Daryl
Got comments/questions
or want to submit an
article for The
Examiner? e-mail me: Daryl
W. Clemens
President's Message
Greetings!
We have been busy! I
am happy to announce
that ICSIA will be
having its first
conference May
13-15, 2014 in
Little Rock,
Arkansas! The
details are being
worked out now and
the contract has
just been signed
with the hotel, the
Riverfront Wyndham
in North Little
Rock. This is a
major step for us.
Information will be
posted on the web
site as we move
forward. I fully
expect good
attendance including
CSI’s from the
Caribbean Division.
Please plan on
attending! It is a
year away so you
have plenty of time
to plan for it!
We will need help at
the conference so
please let us know
if you are coming
and want to
volunteer! We also
need you to use your
resources to help us
make this a great
conference. We need
sponsors for the
breaks, reception,
hospitality rooms,
and door prizes. We
always accept
donations too! Our
membership fees are
extremely low so we
have very little
money to spend. So
all financial help
is greatly
appreciated.
We also need to have
speakers at the
conference. If you
would like to give a
presentation or a
workshop please let
us know.
Secondly we (ICSIA)
will be at the IAI
conference as a
vendor. We will have
a booth to help
spread the word
about us, membership
and the conference
next year. If you
are going to the IAI
conference in August
in Providence, Rhode
Island please stop
by to say “Hi”! We
will be at booth
539.
In the newsletter
you will see a photo
of the new head of
the SOC Unit in
Jamaica,
Superintendent Craig
Dewar. With him in
the photo is our own
Caribbean Director
Christopher Andrews.
SP Dewar has become
a member of ICSIA.
You will also see in
the newsletter an
article by
Christopher about
the SOC in Jamaica.
Stay safe!
Hayden B. Baldwin, Executive
Director
International Crime Scene
Investigators Association (ICSIA)
http://www.icsia.org
hbb@icsia.org
Scene of Crime Jamaica
2012
Pictured above: Christopher
Anderson
on the left and on
the right Superintendent
Craig Dewar.
Read More
Crime Scene
Vehicles
by Daryl Clemens
Did you know we have a page
on the members site where we
have pictures of different
agencies crime scene
vehicles? We do! The latest
it from St. Louis County PD.
You can find it Here You
can find photos of a vehicle
from Jamaica Here The
page with the rest of the
photos is Here
ICSIA’s CSI Conference
Education, Training and
Technology, May 13-15,
2014, Wyndham Riverfront
Hotel, North Little
Rock, Arkansas
More details coming
soon- Keep checking
our
Conference Page for
the latest.
On the Web- Biological
Evidence Guidlines from
NIJ
By Daryl Clemens
The
Biological
Evidence
Preservation
Handbook:
Best
Practices
for
Evidence
Handlers
(NISTIR
7928) has
just
been
released
by the
NIJ.
This
document
provides
guidance
to both
those
collecting
biological
evidence
at
scenes,
as well
as
storage
guidelines
for the
property
manager
who has
to
maintain
it until
trial or
case
closure.
The
sections
are:
1. Retaining
Biological
Evidence
2. Biological
Evidence
Safety
and
Handling
3. Packaging
and
Storing
Biological
Evidence
4. Tracking
Biological
Evidence
Chain of
Custody
5. Biological
Evidence
Disposition.
Most of what's
in here is not a
surprise for
those of us who
are active in
the field, but
it might be a
very good idea
to print out a
copy for your
property
managers and for
patrolmen or
detectives who
only gather this
sort of evidence
occasionally.
And, I totally
used a PR
picture supplied
by the NIJ- but don't
do what
they are
showing, which
is swabbing an
unexploded pipe
bomb in the
lab...that's
just a special
kind of stupid
folks.
NISTIR 7928 may
be downloaded
at http://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/ir/2013/NIST.IR.7928.pdf.
Print copies are
available upon
request from the
National
Criminal Justice
Reference
Service at https://www.ncjrs.gov.
Photo credit:
Forensic Science
Program, Penn
State University
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