5-Day Integrated Approach to Ballistics, Bloodstain Analysis and Crime Scene Reconstruction, Marshall, MI (May 3-7, 2027)
$745.00
SKU
CSR600-270503
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An integrated Approach to Ballistics, Bloodstain Analysis and Crime Scene Reconstruction
With the cooperation of the Calhoun County Sheriff’s Office, Sirchie is offering its 5-Day hands-on Crime Scene Reconstruction Training at the Marshall Regional Law Enforcement Center, 714 US 27 North, Marshall, MI 49068 (parking in front of building).
This class is approved for 40 hours crime scene and 10 hours of BPA credit toward initial and recertifications.
This intensive forty-hour Shooting Incident Reconstruction, Bloodstain Analysis and Crime Scene Reconstruction course is designed to provide investigators and forensic practitioners with a scientifically grounded, standards-based approach to analyzing complex shooting scenes. The course integrates foundational principles of internal, external, and terminal ballistics with systematic crime scene documentation, evidence recognition, and reconstruction methodologies. Emphasis is placed on understanding forces acting on projectiles and intermediate targets, recognizing and documenting defects in vehicles and other substrates, and applying OSAC best practices to ensure defensible, repeatable forensic work.
Through a balance of classroom instruction and extensive hands-on practical exercises, students will develop applied skills in trajectory analysis, bloodstain pattern documentation and interpretation, and scene reconstruction. Participants will work with trajectory rods, strings, lasers, and curved-surface measurements; document bloodstains to determine angle of impact, areas of convergence, and areas of origin; and examine real-world shooting artifacts such as ricochets, deflections, bullet wipe, and glass defects.
A dedicated range day places students in dynamic, instructor-created scenes, requiring them to process, document, and interpret evidence under realistic conditions that mirror operational casework. The course concludes with focused instruction on best practices for forensic documentation, low-light and laser photography techniques, bias mitigation, report writing, and courtroom testimony.
On the last day of this course, students will take a written final examination covering the topics discussed during the week. Students must obtain a passing score of at least 80% to successfully complete this course.
Instructor Bio: Doug began his law enforcement career with the Gibson County Sheriff’s Department in Southwestern Indiana. While working at the Sheriff’s Office, Doug attended Vincennes University where he majored in Law Enforcement/Criminalistics, graduating Cum Laude. Doug began training as a crime scene technician for the Gibson County Sheriff’s Department and held that position from 1993 – 1998. In December of 1998, Doug moved to Texas and worked as a Crime Scene Specialist with the Austin Texas Police Department. While in Texas, Doug became certified as a Crime Scene Investigator through the International Association for Identification. Doug is also a certified by the American Board of Forensic Entomology as a Forensic Entomology Technician.
From November of 2002 to May 2007, Doug took the position of Chief of Police with the Oakland City Police Department in Indiana. He then moved to Thornton, Colorado where he worked as a Crime Scene Investigator with the Thornton Police Department Crime Lab. In August 2009, Doug was promoted to Sr. Criminalist and continues to serve in this capacity. Doug has lectured both domestically and internationally on various forensic topics to include Crime Scene Investigation, Forensic Entomology, Bloodstain Pattern Analysis, Shooting Incident Reconstruction and Crime Scene Reconstruction, and continues to do so. Doug has been qualified as an expert witness in both Federal and State Courts.
Doug is a past President of both the Indiana and Rocky Mountain Division of the International Association for Identification and is still an active member of both the parent body IAI and the Rocky Mountain Division. Doug served as the Regional Representative for the RMDIAI until 2019. Doug is a member of the Association for Crime Scene Reconstruction (ACSR) and has held the positions of board member, President- Elect, President and currently is serving Chairman of the Board of Directors for this organization. Doug is the Vice-Chair of the Crime Scene Consensus Body for the American Academy of Forensic Science Standards Board. Doug is also a member of Laura Pettler & Associates roundtable of world-renowned forensic experts that boasts a 98% solve rate using Pettler’s Murder Room death investigation method. Doug is the founder of the Colorado Forensic Investigators Group (COFIG) and the owner of Triad Forensics LLC, a forensic training and consulting company located in Colorado
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