Kyprianos Georgiou, Editor
From the Editor
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Dear members,
I hope everyone had a great
summer and you are all
refreshed and back to your
daily routines.
It is now time for our next
newsletter "The Examiner".
Like I mentioned in
previous editions, we will
be exploring different
issues that CSIs are phased
with on their day-to-day
work. This month's edition,
we will be exploring the use
of UAVs in CSI work.
Throughout this newsletter,
different sections are
coloured in blue and
underlined which will open
new windows with more
information and details
about UAVs.
If you have any questions or
comments or if you would
like to contribute any
articles in future
newsletters, please do not
hesitate to contact me
through this link
K.Georgiou@tees.ac.uk
Director's Letter
Greetings from the Director!
As I write this I am in the Chicago
area, the homicide capital of the USA.
The crime rate has always been high here
as I worked this area as a police
officer and CSI for almost 30 years and
each year the numbers continue to climb.
Unfortunately we are seeing more
officers killed in the line of duty,
some being ambushed. While we are not
going to resolve these issues in a short
time please be extra cautious at crime
scenes and make sure you have sufficient
protection at the scene while you
concentrate on the job before you. I
have known CSI’s to be shot while
processing crime scenes, it has been
rare. Be careful out there and stay
safe!
This issue of the Examiner’s theme is on
UAV’s. I personally have some
experience with them as I own three of
them. I think they are a great tool for
law enforcement and as CSI’s I believe
they are a great tool for taking
photographs and video from a different
perspective. I find them to be a great
tool to be used in searching for missing
people or manhunts. They are much
cheaper to use then planes or
helicopters and can be deployed very
quickly. I fully support their use. But
having said that we also must consider
the other side of the coin. In the wrong
hands the drones can cause problems. So
I do believe the use of the drones do
need to be regulated, perhaps licensed
and pilot tested. As we all know this Is
not going to stop the illegal use of
them. It is like Chicago having the most
stringent gun laws in the country and
yet has the highest homicide rate. You
can regulate the good people but not the
criminal. It only takes a few to ruin
it for the rest of us.
Plans are underway for the 3rd Annual
CSI Conference. In May 2016 it will be
at the Embassy Suites near the airport
in Kansas City, Missouri. The rooms are
all 2 room suites, full breakfast and a
social hour is included in the room
rates. Free shuttles to the airports and
to local shopping. Please check the web
site often as the most current
information on the CSI Conference will
be posted there. Mark your calendars for
the conference date and get your agency
requests turned in to attend the
conference in soon! Since we are in the
planning stages we are open to
suggestions or comments. We are looking
for presenters and if you are interested
in giving a presentation or conducting a
workshop or breakout session we will
happily look at your proposal. At this
point we are looking at having general
sessions kin the mornings and breakout
sessions and workshops in the afternoon.
At this point we are looking at
repeating some of the breakout sessions
so if you miss it one day you can attend
the next day. We are also looking at a
night session on night photography and
perhaps a few mock crime scenes. The key
to a successful conference is active
participation by you as members. Please
share the information about the
conference with others. The larger the
attendance the more we can offer.
Plan NOW to attend the CSI Conference
May 19, 20 & 21, 2016 in Kansas City,
Missouri!
Stay safe!
Hayden B Baldwin, Executive Director
International Crime Scene Investigators
Association
www.icsia.org
hbb@icsia.org
ICSIA's 2016 Conference
Kansas City, Missouri
Welcomes the 2016 ICSIA Conference.
May 19 - 21, 2016.
Book your place now for another great
conference.
ICSIA collaborated with the Criminal
Justice Institute of the University of
Arkansas to produce an online training
course:
Crime
Scene First Responder For The Uniformed
Officer
Future Editions of "The Examiner"
The themes for the following 2 editions
of the "The Examiner" are:
1)
November
2015: Photographing
and documentation of evidence and crime
scenes.
2)
January
2016: DNA
If you would like to contribute any
papers/articles/stories from your
experiences about any of these themes,
please do not hesitate to
contact
us here with your papers in order to
include them in our future newsletter.
Thank you