Teecht. Novel Jurist Division Forensics Technology Grouping Announces Members

          WASHINGTON – The Office of Justice Programs’ National Institute of Justice today announced of import advances to ameliorate federal coordination alongside province too local forensic scientific discipline laboratories.

          As part of this effort, the subdivision is announcing the newly selected members of the lately created Forensic Laboratory Needs Technology Working Group (FLN-TWG). The endeavor underscores the department’s commitment to creating an effective network of offense labs across the country. The working grouping volition render objective too independent cognition too expertise, ensuring that inquiry is relevant too responsive to the needs of the forensic scientific discipline community.

          “I’m really pleased to welcome the newly created Forensic Laboratory Needs Technology Working Group members too grateful for their willingness to accept part inward this of import endeavor,” said NIJ Director David Muhlhausen. “I await frontwards to hearing their valuable input too working together toward strengthening the human relationship betwixt the Justice Department too forensic scientific discipline practitioners.”

          The grouping includes laboratory directors from across the country, representing large too small, urban too rural facilities. Representatives from independent laboratories too those organized yesteryear police describe enforcement agencies are included, likewise every bit leaders inward the plain of forensic scientific discipline research.

          Housed at NIJ too supported yesteryear NIJ’s Forensic Technology Center of Excellence, the novel working grouping is the production of department-sponsored listening sessions held alongside forensic scientific discipline practitioners too stakeholders. The grouping volition concord its initiative coming together this fall, followed alongside biannual meetings.

          NIJ believes that this FLN-TWG model, that includes practitioners supported yesteryear researchers, is the best path frontwards too volition ensure that resources are focused appropriately to continue mensuration alongside the increasing demand for services. The FLN-TWG volition explore novel ways to growth casework efficiencies too implement forensic technology scientific discipline innovations that volition advance system-based strategies too Pb to a stronger judge organization too safer communities.

          The FLN-TWG members are:        

              

-           Jose Almirall, Professor, Department of Chemistry too Biochemistry too Director, Center for Advanced Research inward Forensic Science, Florida International University;

             

-           Kevin Ardoin, Laboratory Director, Acadiana Criminalistics Laboratory, Louisiana;

             

-           Les Barnett, Director, Center for Forensics, Information Technology too Security, University of South Alabama;

             

-           Angelo Della Manna, Director, Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences;

             

-           Matthew Gamette, Laboratory System Director, Idaho State Police Forensic Services;

             

-           Jan Girten, Deputy Director, Colorado Bureau of Investigation Forensic Services;

             

-           Wesley P. Grose, Director, Scientific Services Bureau, Los Angeles Sheriff's Department;

             

-           Arlene Hall, Commander, Forensic Sciences Command, Illinois State Police;

             

-           Lesley Hammer, Hammer Forensics, Anchorage, Alaska;

             

-           Brian Hoey, Laboratory System Director, Missouri State Highway Patrol;

             

-           Linda Jackson, Director, Virginia Department of Forensic Science;

             

-           Sarah Kerrigan, Professor, Department of Forensic Science, Sam Houston State University;

             

-           Timothy Kupferschmid, Chief of Laboratories, New York City Office of Chief Medical Examiner;

             

-           Troy Lawrence, Sergeant, Digital Forensic Laboratory, Fort Worth Police Department;

             

-           Steven O’Dell, Chief, Science & Management Services Division, Baltimore Police Department;

             

-           Tim Rorhrig, Director, Sedgwick County Regional Forensic Science Center, Kansas;

             

-           Jenifer Smith, Director, District of Columbia Department of Forensic Sciences;

             

-           Paul Speaker, Professor, College of Business & Economics, West Virginia University;

             

-           Stephanie Stoiloff, Senior Police Bureau Commander, Forensic Services Bureau, Miami-Dade Police Department;

             

-           Peter Stout, President, CEO, Houston Forensic Science Center;

             

-           Jody Wolf, Crime Lab Administrator, Phoenix Police Department Crime Lab; and

             

-           Peter Vallone, Leader, Applied Genetics Group, National Institute of Standards too Technology

About the Office of Justice Programs

The Office of Justice Programs, headed yesteryear Laura L. Rogers, provides federal leadership inward developing the nation’s capacity to preclude too command crime, administer judge too aid victims. OJP has half-dozen bureaus too offices: the Bureau of Justice Assistance; the Bureau of Justice Statistics; the National Institute of Justice; the Office of Juvenile Justice too Delinquency Prevention; the Office for Victims of Crime; too the Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering too Tracking. More data close OJP too its components tin move establish at www.ojp.gov.