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FEBRUARY 2008 | ||
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Welcome to the February 2008 Crime Scene Investigator Network Newsletter
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New CSI and Forensic Job Announcements | ||
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Crime Scene Investigator | Hillsborough County, Florida Sheriff's Office Final Filing Date: February 29, 2008 $40,768 -- $63,294 per year Responds to and investigates crime scenes for physical evidence. The Crime Scene Investigator is a civilian position that is responsible for photographing and otherwise documenting crime scenes; locating and collecting all types of trace, biological, and other physical evidence; attending autopsies and examining deceased bodies for evidence and collecting same; and testifying in court and other proceedings. <View complete job listing> | ||
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Forensic Imaging Specialist - Senior and Advanced
| High Point, North Carolina Police Department Final Filing Date: March 10, 2008 Salary: $20.96 and $30.00 per hour to start Senior level: Use complex forensic photographic and digital imaging procedures to analyze evidence. Specific tasks include: document physical evidence using general and macro-photographic techniques on 2- and 3-dimensional objects; use large format cameras; develop and print black and white photographs; adjust and print digital files; analyze digital evidence; write reports and prepare court exhibits; and testify in courts of law. Advanced level: In addition to the senior level job duties this position also acts as the technical leader for one of the laboratory's Forensic Imaging units, i.e., possess technical expertise to analyze the most complex and unusual cases using specialized techniques, assign cases, review work of unit analysts, administer the quality assurance program for the unit, train analysts, recommend for purchase or prepare purchase requests to maintain necessary supplies for the unit, etc. <View complete job listing> | ||
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Fingerprint & Evidence Specialist
| Carlsbad, CA Police Department Final Filing Date: February 8, 2008 Salary: $62,360 - $75,800 per year The Fingerprint and Evidence Specialist will identify, examine, collect, document, preserve and transport evidence at crime scenes; search for latent impressions and other physical evidence; prepare evidence lists and property tags for collected property and evidence. Responsible for recording and detailing crime scenes. This includes the documentation of crime scenes using various photographic media and techniques. This position will obtain major case prints from suspects, victims, witnesses, police and fire personnel; attend medical legal autopsies at the Medical Examiner’s Office to collect photographic and physical evidence; collect evidence from deceased and photographs all aspects of the body necessary for investigation at all crime scene and during autopsies. The Fingerprint and Evidence Specialist processes and prepares evidence for court and testifies as an expert witness on all phases of latent print identification, crime scene photography and other physical evidence. This position is also responsible for writing reports on latent print identification findings and crime scene processing. <View complete job listing> | ||
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Forensic Laboratory Manager | Murray City Corporation, Utah Final Filing Date: March 14, 2008 Salary: $26.75 - $40.13 per hour Under general supervision of the Assistant Chief, supervises and manages the daily operations and staff of the crime lab, evidence section and the crime scene response team. The incumbent will perform advanced scientific casework and maintain their own expertise; respond to crime scenes, process evidence, develop latent fingerprints, conduct AFIS searches, make fingerprint comparisons and testify as an expert witness in court; perform ASCLD/LAB inspections for both internal and external audits. <View complete job listing> | ||
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Crime Scene Investigator
| City of West Palm Beach, Florida Police Department Final Filing Date: Open until filled Salary: $18.89 per hour Gathers and processes crime scenes including photographs, evidence collection, diagrams and other pertinent information. Testifies in court regarding evidence collected, fingerprints identified and other issues related to the court case. Prepares, analyzes and packages evidence. Utilizes chemicals, powders and physical methods for detection and visualization of latent prints using proper safety equipment and procedures. Compares latent prints with a suspect's known inked prints to determine probable match. Enters and searches the computerized AFIS system for information. Obtains inked fingerprints from adults, juveniles, and applicants. Prepares detailed reports and documentation regarding crime scene analysis and evidence collection. Photographs suspects, scenes and events. Answers phones, maintains filing system, and performs other general office duties. <View complete job listing> | ||
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Crime Scene Investigator | City of Newport Beach, California Final Filing Date: Continuous Salary: $4,149 to $5,838 per month) Under the general supervision of a Detective Lieutenant, Detective Sergeant, Senior Crime Scene Investigator and the functional supervision of sworn police staff, the Crime Scene Investigator identifies, collects, preserves and processes physical evidence at crime scenes, prepares appropriate reports, and testifies in court. This position involves work on rotating shifts including weekends and holidays. Crime Scene Investigators are subject to extended shifts when required and call out on a 24-hour basis, 365 days per year. <View complete job listing> | ||
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CSI In The News
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<9/11 victims identified from new DNA finds> A fresh effort to identify victims of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Centre is under way in New York following the discovery of fragments of human remains in the area around Ground Zero. So far a handful of people whose remains were not found in the initial trawl through the rubble have been identified. But forensic scientists hope that when DNA identification begins in earnest more victims will be found, scientists at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences in Washington DC were told on Saturday. Guardian Unlimited - UK, by James Randerson – February 25 2008 <Regional crime lab would help towns crack cases> Inside the The Mat laundry at 360 Cumberland Ave., Portland, forensic evidence technician Victor Cote is dusting for fingerprints, footprints and checking all possible traces of evidence that may lead him to the suspects who attempted to break in to the business the night before. With a black brush, Cote applies a fine black-carbon dust to a door that was busted in, its lock smashed in a failed attempt to access the safe behind it. The carbon dust reveals a footprint where the perpetrator kicked in the door. Cote presses clear tape over the footprint, removing the tape and pressing it onto a piece of forensic paper, revealing the markings of a shoe print. KeepMEcurrent.com - Scarborough, ME, by Mercedes Grandin – February 22, 2008 <Investigators learn how to study blood patterns at crime scenes> Blood tells a story. In a small room in Edmonds a pool of blood on the floor and red smears on a table appear to weave a violent tale. Crimson droplets stain a wall and a trail leads out the door. No one is in the chair facing a table laden with booze bottles, playing cards and money. No one is there to tell detectives what happened. Bothell police officer Dan Christman, a blood pattern expert, asks investigators to take a closer look. HeraldNet - Everett, WA, by Diana Hefley – February 16, 2008 <Patricia Cornwell Spends $250,000 Proclaiming Respect for Cops> A week after donating $1 million to New York's John Jay College of Criminal Justice to fund courses in crime-scene investigation, bestselling mystery novelist Patricia Cornwell has spent a further $250,000 on full-page newspaper ads to reassure police officers that she likes them. Cornwell told the Associated Press last week that she had made the donation after having seen "cops walk through blood'' and "leave their own fingerprints on a window.'' The ads, which appeared on Friday in the New York Times, the Washington Post and USA Today, read, in part, "What has been publicized certainly does not accurately reflect my deep respect and admiration for these hardworking law enforcement professionals.'' Cornwell now says her comments to the AP were directed at the general public, not the police. "What I was appalled by was what I've seen citizens do, not the police,'' Cornwell said when reached by phone. Bloomberg, by Edward Nawotka – February 15, 2008 <Cornwell Gives $1 Million for CSI in NYC> Patricia Cornwell is donating $1 million to a top criminal justice college for a new academy to teach CSI techniques. The best-selling novelist said she's taking action because she's appalled by what she's seen at crime scene investigations. "I've seen cops walk through blood. I've seen them leave their own fingerprints on a window," Cornwell said in an interview Friday. "I've seen bloody clothing put in a plastic bag, instead of a paper bag, so it decomposes." Her funding will help start the Crime Scene Academy at New York's John Jay College of Criminal Justice, set to open this fall with training in DNA typing, fingerprint enhancement techniques, ballistics and forensic psychology. The Associated Press – February 8, 2008 | ||
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