Week

Topic(s)

• Introduction/Welcome
• Introduction and greeting to APD CSI by City dignitaries and APD CSI staff.  Overview of course rules, regulations and requirements.  
• Powerpoint presentation on the Metropolitan Forensic Science Center to include each discipline within the organization.  
• Tour of the MFSC

• Photography
• Crime scene photography (each attendee must bring a 35mm or digital camera to this session)
• Lecture on photography, photography techniques, camera functions, lighting conditions
  
• Practical application
  1.  Scene Photography
  2.  Vehicle Photography
  3.  Shoe/Tire Impressions
  4.  Painting with Light
  5.  Luminol Photography

• Fingerprinting
• Lecture on usage and history of fingerprints
• Introduction to AFIS
• Fingerprint techniques and procedures
• Practical application
  1.  Powder Processing
  2.  Chemical Processing
  3.  Fuming Processing
  4.  Ink Print/Eliminations
  5.  Blue Glue Processing

• DNA/Blood Spatter
• Lecture on DNA, CODIS, and identification capabilities.  Lecture on blood spatter and investigative techniques.
• Practical application
  1.  Spatter - Rat Trap
  2.  Spatter - Cast Off
  3.  Presumptive for Blood
  4.  Alternate Light Source
  5.  Surface Angles

• Firearms
• Lecture on firearms to include mechanisms, balistic analysis, NIBIN, tool mark identification.
• Practical application
  1.  Distance Determination
  2.  Trajectory Analysis
  3.  Wound Balistics
  4.  General Rifling Examination
  5.  Tool Mark Casting

• Chemistry/Alcohol/Computer Forensics
• Lecture on Drug Recognition and Schedule
• Meth Lab Processing and Decontamination
• Computer Forensic Analysis
• Practical application
  1.  Drug Presumptives
  2.  Alcohol Testing
  3.  Lab Decontamination
  4.  Computer Search and Retrieval Capabilities
  5.  Drug Recognition

• Crime Scene Investigation
• Lecture on crime scene procedures, processing techniques, and death investigation
• Case Study and Scene Reconstruction 

• Crime Scene Processing
• Lecture on Crime Scene Diagramming, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Fire Scenes
• Evidence Handling
• Practical application
  1.  Scene Diagramming (homework)
  2.  Fire Scene Examination
  3.  MVA Reconstruction
  4.  Evidence Collection
  5.  Evidence Packaging

• Crime Scene Processing
• Process Crime Scene as a team based on learned information
• Practical application
  1.  Scenes to be announced

• Presentation for crime scene processing for each team.
• Graduation and Certificate presentation
• Closing Ceremony and Refreshments