Forensics Talks

Send a text 50 Years of Forensics | EP 87 | Pat Wertheim | July 6, 2023 | 2PM Eastern   Pat began a career in law enforcement in 1973. He served as a police officer, detective, sergeant, and training officer, all the while doing crime scene investigations and latent fingerprint comparisons. In 1986, he realigned his career to focus exclusively on fingerprints. He has worked for local police, state...

Send a text 3D Analysis of Questioned Documents | EP 86 | Roberto King | June 22, 2023 | 2PM   Dr. Roberto King, the Vice President of Product at foster+freeman, UK, previously foster+freeman's Chief Technology Officer, brings a wealth of experience and expertise in forensic chemistry. During this live interview, he will delve into the fascinating world of forensic science, with a particular...

Send a text Laurie Pieters-James is a a specialist Offender Profiler whose primary function is to assess, analyze & predict criminal behaviour. She has a strong background in psychology, criminology, intelligence and law and has been and advocate for cyber awareness and training. As the Chief Operation Officer at Cybareti Consulting Services, Laurie has been involved in the profiling, investig...

Send a text Vision, Perception & Human Factors | EP 84 | William Messerschmidt    William Messerschmidt is a former police officer and traffic homicide investigator. After serving the City of Auburn with distinction for 8 years, Mr. Messerschmidt left government service to work with the late Dr. Edward L. Robinson where his work was focused on the investigation and analysis of commercial and h...

Send a text Veterinary Forensics | EP 83 | Dr. Rachel Touroo  Dr. Rachel Touroo joined the ASPCA in 2012 as the director of its Veterinary Forensics program and is currently the senior director of Veterinary Forensic Sciences. In this role, Dr. Touroo oversees the ASPCA Veterinary Forensic Science Center, assists law enforcement with suspected animal cruelty cases throughout the United States, dev...

Send a text Alexander DeBruijn began as a forensic photographer at the regional police Ijsselland in 2000 . In 2005, he joined a multi-police agency project group to investigate the adoption of Lidar and panoramic image scanners within The Netherlands police departments. in 2015 he joined the visualisation and reconstruction expert team which specializes in bringing laser scanners, handheld scanne...

Send a text Dr. Itiel Dror is well known for his academic work as it relates to theoretical issues underlying human performance and cognition. His research examines the information processing involved in perception, judgment and decision-making. Much of his work has focused on different disciplines in forensic science and has helped to reshape the way forensic practitioners think about the way the...

Send a text David Larraguibel joined the Ontario Forensic Pathology Service in 2011 where he developed a modernized methodology for photographic documentation of post-mortem examinations, specializing in the use of cross-polarization and infrared photography, as well as establishing an information infrastructure to manage large imaging datasets. He also spent a year as a Forensic Identification Su...

Send a text Dr. Richard Shepherd qualified as a doctor in 1978 and as a consultant pathologist in 1987. He worked as a Consultant Forensic Pathologist and a “Home Office” forensic pathologist for over 35 years and he was routinely involved in the investigation of all types of sudden and suspicious deaths in London, the UK and around the world. He is the author of two books, Unnatural Causes and Th...

Send a text Louis Peck is a Registered Professional Mechanical Engineer and the owner of Axiom Forensic and Lightpoint Scientific. He is a retired motorcycle racer who specializes in motorcycle collision reconstruction and teaches reconstruction and analysis of motorcycle crashes as well as photogrammetry classes to other experts. He has published numerous papers on things such as sliding friction...

Send a text Frank Grosspietsch is a firearms expert with a comprehensive background in relation to the interdiction and investigation of illicit firearms, related components, and ammunition at the local, national, and international level. He spent over 14 years as a member of the RCMP’s National Weapons Enforcement Support Team and retired in early 2020. His expertise ranges in areas such as, iden...

Send a text Megan is the Founder and Director of Forensic Guardians International (FGI), a company addressing all aspects of forensic human identification. As a leading global forensic advisor and an expert in forensic human identification and emergency management, Megan has an impressive history of advancing humanitarian forensic practice and enhancing forensic strategies and capacities for natio...

Send a text David Camm Case | EP 75 | Gary Dunn |  Gary Dunn, a 27-year FBI Agent with a wide array of experience investigating white collar, corruption, terrorism, and violent crimes, often dealt with heartbroken victims and their remorseless perpetrators. He would find both in the Camm case as David's private investigator. Stunned by the incompetent, biased police investigations, lack of a...

Send a text Emotional Wellness for Forensic Investigators | EP 74 | Douglas Young  Douglas Young is currently a Senior Criminalist with the Thornton Police Department in Colorado. He began his training as a crime scene technician for the Gibson County Sheriff’s Department and held that position from 1993 – 1998. As a long time forensic professional dealing with tragic incidents, Doug has given som...

Send a text Justice South Africa | EP 73 | Stanley Bezuidenhout Stan Bezuidenhout is a Military Intelligence Veteran, a former Specialist Police Reservist, a Forensic Specialist, Court expert Witness, Trainer, Published Author, and Public Speaker with more than 20 years’ experience. He has served private, commercial, and government clients internationally in South Africa, large parts of Southern A...

Send a text Andro Vos spent 15 years at The Netherlands Forensic Institute as the Program Director, Policy advisor to the National Prosecutor office, and the Ministry of Justice and Security. In May 2022, he opened the first Wildlife Forensic Academy in Cape Town, South Africa which is the world's first platform for mobilization of wildlife forensic knowledge and expertise. This state-of-the-...

Send a text Jeff Gurvis is an independent bloodstain pattern analyst from Chicago who has his roots at the Northern Illinois Police Crime Laboratory where he served as a latent print examiner, crime scene coordinator and bloodstain pattern analyst.  He has taught several basic and advanced bloodstain classes for the FBI and the National Forensic Academy at the University of Tennessee as well as in...

Send a text Tobin Tanaka  has been a forensic document examiner (FDE) with the Government of Canada since 1993. He received his training (1993–1996) and worked as an FDE at the Canadian Security Intelligence Service between 1993 and 2000. In 2000, he commenced working as an FDE for the Canada Customs & Revenue Agency, which was transferred to his current employment at the Canada Border Service...

Send a text Forensic Data Science | Forensics Talks Ep. 28 | Geoffrey Stewart Morrison | April 8, 2021 Dr Morrison is a Canadian forensic scientist who specializes in forensic inference, statistics, and in forensic speech science. Join us as we discuss the importance of data in a forensic context and how we are currently in a paradigm shift in the evaluation of forensic evidence. Originally aired...

Send a text Forensics Ghana | Forensics Talks Ep. 38 | Yahaya Sumara Sulley | July 15, 2021 Yahaya Sumara Sulley is a Forensic Science Educator and a Senior Research Assistant in the Forensic Science Department of the University for Development Studies (UDS), Tamale-Ghana . His recent paper outlines how forensic science has gone "dark" in Ghana and many citizens are not aware of the hope...

Send a text Paul Coley is the founder and CEO of Scent Evidence K9. As a former FBI Forensic Canine Operations Specialist, he is now focused on scent detection training programs, scent preservation kits, and integrating UAS/drone technology into the K9 trailing process.   Originally aired on March 25, 2021

Send a text Bryon O'Neil is the Sheriff’s Deputy with the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office in Clackamas, Oregon since 2006.  Bryon has a bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice & MBA in Marketing, both from the University of Portland. He has been a Certified Crash Reconstructionist since 2010 and has investigated more than 280 crashes with over 100 of those being fatal.  He is the lead Rec...

Send a text The 2017 Stockholm terrorist attack took place on the 7th April in central Stockholm, the capital of Sweden. A hijacked truck was driven into crowds along Drottninggatan (Queen Street) before being crashed into a department store. Five people were killed, and 14 others were seriously injured.  Join us as Håkan Larsson tells us about his experiences docuenting this very large crime scen...

Send a text Selma J. M. Eikelenboom-Schieveld is a forensic scientist at Independent Forensic Services (IFS) in Colorado. She received a degree from the College for Social Work in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, in 1976, followed by 10 years’ experience in psychotherapeutic treatment.  Dr. Eikelenboom graduated from medical school from the Free University in Amsterdam in 1992. She worked eight years a...

Send a text Much of what you may have heard about AI has been applied to digital forensics, but what about all the other disciplines like anthropology, firearms examinations, latent prints, bloodstain pattern analysis and footwear impressions? Please join us as Etienne Pillin speaks to us about the role that Artificial Intelligence has to play in many other disciplines in Forensics.   Originally a...