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"The practical exercises provided an opportunity to expand my perspective on contraband search methodologies."
(Field Detection of Drug and Explosive Odor Signatures Using Planar SPME-IMS Workshop)

~Adam Miller
Huntingdon County (PA) Emergency Management

Plan now for your next external DNA audit

Are you planning your 2013 laboratory budget and need to schedule an external DNA audit?

NFSTC wins PR News communications award

NFSTC was recognized by PR News with a 2012 PR News Award for NonProfit Communications in the Employee/Internal Communications category. Winners were announced on March 15th at the Press Club in Washington, D.C.

NFSTC wins BizTech Best Collaboration award

A joint effort from NFSTC and the University of Tennessee Law Enforcement Innovation Center (LEIC) has won the Best Collaboration award at the 2012 BizTech Innovation Summit Awards & Expo. The long-distance collaborative team was recognized for their work in developing a cutting-edge virtual reality crime scene training program, Investigator-Virtual Reality (I-VR).

Registration now open for Medicolegal Death Investigation Training

The 2012 Medicolegal Death Investigation Training Program is now open for registration. This no-cost, online training is provided by the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) and NFSTC to eligible forensic practitioners involved in medicolegal death investigation, including medical examiners and coroners.

NFSTC welcomes crime scene investigators for immersive hands-on training

The first of 12 onsite training sessions will be starting this week for 16 experienced law enforcement professionals enrolled in the Intermediate Crime Scene Investigation program. Now that participants have completed their online coursework, this select group of practitioners will get hands-on practice in latent print processing, specialized documentation of bloodstain patterns and footwear impressions, [...]