presented at the aafs 63 rd annual meeting february 25, 2011
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Presented at the AAFS 63 rd Annual Meeting February 25, 2011. Jody Wolf, MS, MBA Marna McLendon JD, MFS. How did this start?. Arizona Forensic Services Advisory Committee. Arizona Attorney General Recommended from DNA Committee Chair – Judge Ron Reinstein. AZ FAC Composition. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Jody Wolf, MS, MBA
Marna McLendon JD, MFS
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How did this start?
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Arizona Forensic Services Advisory Committee
• Arizona Attorney General
• Recommended from DNA Committee
• Chair – Judge Ron Reinstein
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AZ FAC Composition
• ALL Arizona crime lab directors
• Law Enforcement – Dept. of Public Safety, Sheriff and Police
• Prosecution
• Justice Project
• Medical Examiner
• Staffed by Attorney General and Arizona Criminal Justice Commission
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AZ FAC Education Committee
• Chair – Attorney General Prosecutor
• Phoenix PD Crime Lab
• AZ Dept. of Public Safety
• ACJC
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Academy Board
• Members of Education Committee– AZ Attorney General’s Office– Dept. of Public Safety Crime Laboratory– Phoenix Police Crime Laboratory
• Medical Examiner
• Director of Arizona Prosecutor’s Association
• Defense Bar Training Coordinator
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Planning Effort
• Did we have all the right people?
• Who would be our class?
• How large?
• Where to hold?
• What cost?
• Who would be the faculty?
• What agency would administer?
• How would communication occur?
• Textbook?
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Planning Effort Cont.
• Took 6 months– Board Meetings once a month– Email communication
• Timeline– 3 months out: Announcement– 2 months out: Notifications Made to Attendees– 1 month out: Tuition Payments Due
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Important Considerations
• Continuing Education Credits for attendees
• Equal Opportunity for both prosecution and defense
• Involvement of the Judges
• Interactive Curriculum
• Length of Academy & Schedule
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Materials• Binder
– Presenter Hand-outs
– Topic Articles
• Text– Safferstein: Introduction
to Criminalistics, 10th Ed.
• Reference Materials– Predicate Questions
– Executive Summary of NAS Report
– Research on Forensic Science on the Internet (Cynthia Holt)
– Joe Bono’s Article: Forensic Science Needs a Lot Less Finger-Pointing and a Lot More Solutions
– Glossary of Terms
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Curriculum
• Scientific Foundation
• Forensic Disciplines
• Interactive Team Presentations
• Tours and Hands-on Practical Exercises
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Curriculum Cont.
• Scientific Foundation– NAS Report and Panel Discussion– Scientific Method– Daubert in Arizona
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Curriculum Cont.
• Forensic Disciplines– Crime Scene
Response– Forensic Biology/DNA– Toxicology– Controlled Substances– Firearms – Trace
– Arson– Trace– Questioned
Documents– Latent Prints– Death Investigation– Digital Forensics
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Curriculum Cont.• Team Presentations
– Moot Courts on Forensic Disciplines
– Prosecution & Defense Teams
– Fact Pattern: Scenario, Evidence, Results
– Judges
– Debrief
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Curriculum Cont.
• Tours and Hands-on Practical Exercises– Phoenix Police Crime Laboratory– Maricopa County Medical Examiner– AZ Dept. Of Public Safety Crime Laboratory*– AZ Computer Forensic Laboratory*– National Clearing House for Science, Technology,
and the Law– Book Fair
*Virtual Tours
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Where are we now?
• Just finished Week 6– NAS, Scientific Method, CSR, Forensic
Biology/DNA, Team Presentation, PPD Tour
• Successes:– Presenters, Participation, Tour
• Opportunities for Improvement:– Team Presentation
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Looking to the Future…
• Evaluations
• Reporting back to AZ FAC
• Next Academy
• Expanding across the State