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Footwear and Tire Track Evidence
For the Crime Scene Investigator
3 Day Workshop

 

 

 

 

"There is no branch of detective science which is so important and so much neglected as the art of tracing footsteps."

Sherlock Holmes: A Study in Scarlet - 1887

"A bicycle, certainly, but not the bicycle...I am familiar with forty-two different impressions left by tyres.  This...is a Dunlop, with a patch upon its outer cover.  Heidegger's tyres were Palmers, leaving longitudinal stripes."

Sherlock Holmes: The Adventures of Priory School

Workshop Summary

More than 110 years ago Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, recognized through his fictional character Sherlock Holmes, the important role that footwear and tire track evidence plays in a criminal investigation.  Today, however, the value of this evidence is frequently overlooked by investigators and crime scene technicians.

This two day workshop is an intensive hands-on program that will teach the student proper preservation, documentation and collection techniques.  Additionally, the student will learn methods of applying footwear and tire track evidence to an investigation.

Areas of instruction include:

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Casting

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Case Law

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Impression Dynamics

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Dry & Wet Origin Impressions

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Contaminated Impressions

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Chemical Enhancement Techniques

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Static Lifting Devices

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Photography Techniques

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Obtaining Exemplars

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Vehicle Database Search

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Footwear Database Search

Required Equipment

Attendees will need to bring a camera (film or digital), tripod and off-camera flash.

This workshop is being hosted by the Northeastern Illinois Public Safety Training Academy in Glenview, Illinois on November 7-9, 2005.
Class size is limited to 12 students.

For more information call Imprimus Forensic Services, LLC at 847.804.8420 or e-mail us at IFS@Imprimus.net.

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