DUST N’ BUST

This Twenty-four (24) Hour Three Day, Hands-on Training Course will provide the Law Enforcement Officer the fundamental techniques necessary to obtain complete and legible inked finger and palm impressions. The officer will also acquire skills in the proper recovery of latent finger and palm impressions at the crime scene. In addition, the officer will be introduced to proper methods in Crime Scene Administration and Management and Collection and Preservation of Physical Evidence. It is noted that this course is a preliminary introduction to Crime Scene Investigation designed to give, newly assigned Detectives and Patrol Officers tasked to conducting crime scene investigations, a fundamental knowledge  of Crime Scene Investigation techniques.

Course Schedule

Day One: Fingerprinting Techniques and Classification

• Fingerprint Pattern Recognition
• Acquiring Inked Finger and Palm Impressions
• Palm Print Identification
• Introduction to Electronic Fingerprint Capture Devices
• Introduction to Automated Fingerprint Identification Systems (AFIS)

• Visual Examination of Latent Impressions
• Preserving Latent Impressions with Cyanoacrylate (super glue)
• Photographing of Latent Impressions
• Recovering and Lifting Latent Impressions
• Recovery of Patent (three dimensional) Finger and Palm Impressions
• Processing vehicles for Latent Impressions
• Utilizing Alternate Light Sources, Fluorescing Powders and Dye Stains
• Submission of required projects by class members
• set of inked finger and palm impressions
• photographs and lifts of latent impressions

Day Three: Crime Scene Investigation

   Crime Scene Investigation (cont.)

• Crime Scene Administration, Management and Documentation
• Trace Evidence Recovery (Hair, Fiber, Blood, Semen, Soil, etc.)
• Recovery of Two and Three Dimensional Shoe and Tire Impression Evidence
• Class Critique and granting of certificates

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