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Course Description

This is a four-day seminar including:

o      Essential digital theory and techniques

o      How to extract the maximum amount of information from problem images

o      Image diagnosis - how and when to use these valuable tools

o      How to prepare digital fingerprint charts

o      Preparing for presentation of digital evidence in court.   

Photoshop is the software used, but ImagePro, PowerPoint and plug-in options are used and discussed.

 Attendance Criteria  

o       If you believe that your fingerprint images contain more detail than you can recover.

o       If you are unsure of the science or legal history behind digital techniques.

  • If your department is investigating the acquisition of image enhancement software.
     
  • If you have AFIS capability and wish to optimize the quality of impressions for search.

 Your images contain more information than analog techniques alone can reveal.  If you are not using these techniques, you are missing evidence.

 Regardless of which software you are using, or contemplating using, this workshop will leave you better positioned to use it effectively.

 Requirement for each attendee

 v     A laptop computer

o       Windows 2000 or later

o       512 MB RAM minimum

o       CD Drive

v      PowerPoint

v     Adobe Photoshop (any version but students are encouraged to download the free 14 day demo of Photoshop CS3 from the internet just before coming to the class, if they do not already have it on their laptop)

v     Although tutorial images will be provided, the student is strongly encouraged to bring a digital camera (preferably SLR) and a tripod.

 Included

  v     A tutorial & reference manual covering all information in the workshop.

v     A certificate of completion.


 

ABOUT YOUR INSTRUCTOR  

Brian E. Dalrymple
 

In 1971 Brian Dalrymple began a career in identification with the Ontario, Canada Provincial Police, Forensic Identification Services. In 1977 he co-developed the technique of evidence detection with argon lasers through inherent fluorescence and became the first in the world to operate an argon laser for the detection of evidence in criminal investigations. The extensions of this technology are now in global use and have provided crucial evidence in hundreds of major investigations.

In 1991, as Associate Section Head, he introduced the first Computer Evidence Enhancement System to Canada, and later became the first Canadian to tender expert evidence in this discipline. In 1992 he was promoted to Manager, Forensic Identification Services, a position he held until his retirement in 1999. He initiated and co-wrote the Body Examination Protocol for the Province of Ontario, Canada.

Brian Dalrymple has taught extensively in North America and the Middle East. He is the recipient of the John Dondero Award (1980, IAI), the Award of Merit (1980, Institute of Applied Science), the Foster Award (1982, the Canadian Identification Society) and the Lewis Minshall Award (1984, Fingerprint Society). Brian has also been awarded numerous performance citations, including three Commissioner’s Commendations. He has published extensively in the disciplines of luminescence detection, photography of evidence, and digital enhancement of evidence and served as a contributing author in the Encyclopedia of Forensic Sciences (Academic Press – 2000).

Brian Dalrymple is currently an instructor at the Ontario Police College, and provides forensic consulting for police agencies, private sector and attorneys. He has joined the Ron Smith & Associates, Inc. team of forensic experts as a consultant and staff instructor.

 

GENERAL COURSE INFORMATION

Daily Schedule: This course will begin promptly at 8:00 a.m.

Class attire should be casual and comfortable.

This training seminar has been approved for (32) hours of Continuing Education Credit required for I.A.I. Certification and Re-certification

Certificates of achievement, authorized by the International Association for Identification, will be awarded to each student successfully completing the seminar.

TUITION: See course registration page
 

COURSE CALENDAR

September 9-12, 2008
October 21-24, 2008
 

 


 

WAYS TO ENROLL

Online:
Visit the registration link for the scheduled date and location in which you are interested and fill out the online registration form associated with this course.

By FAX:
Complete all the information on the registration form, print it out and fax it to us at 601-626-1122.

By Mail:
Complete all the information on the registration form, print it out and mail it to us at:

Ron Smith & Associates, Inc.
Attention: Training Division
P.O. Box 670
Collinsville, Mississippi 39325


By Phone:
Call us toll free at 1-866–TEAM RSA (832-6772) and register directly with one of our Training
Division staff members.

PAYMENT OPTIONS:
By Check:
Checks are to be made payable to “Ron Smith & Associates, Inc.” All registrants should forward a
department check, personal check or purchase order, along with a copy of their completed registration
form to Ron Smith & Associates, Inc.


By Credit Card:

To pay by credit card, please contact Ron Smith & Associates, Inc. and speak with one of our
representatives. Call toll free at 1-866–TEAM RSA (1-866-832-6772)