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Ron Smith and Associates, Inc.
1-866-832-6772
Fax: 601-626-1122
info@ronsmithandassociates.com

http://www.ronsmithandassociates.com/

Training Schedule

Forensic Consulting, Management, Training & Job Placement Services Ron Smith & Associates, Incorporated is a multi-service forensic consulting, management and training company which offer a wide array of forensic related training seminars throughout the United States and various other countries. The majority of these seminars are contractually co-sponsored by the International Association for Identification. These two, three, four and five day seminars are specifically designed to provide the student and their agency the greatest possible benefits, without taking their key position employees away from their responsibility areas for extensive periods of time. We are making every attempt to bring these seminars to every region of the country by developing long term relationships with various agencies and training facilities. It is our long term goal to develop at least fifteen (15) to twenty (20) regional sites throughout the United States and to bring a variety of training seminars to each of these sites throughout the year.



ASCLD/LAB Training

For year round courses:  ASCLD/LAB Training http://www.ascld-lab.org/trng/trngoverview.html

 


FBI Fingerprint Testimony Training

The Training and Records Testimony Team (TRTT) of the Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's  provides training and expert witness testimony in the science of fingerprints, including all the proper preparation/ processing of friction ridge skin, and criminal history report data to agencies with authorized access to the CJIS systems. The TRTT offers a variety of classes which are conducted at the FBI/CJIS Division in Clarksburg, West Virginia. In addition, some of our courses are available via Video Teleconferencing (VTC). Agencies are encouraged to send their employees to the FBI/CJIS Division to obtain fingerprint and criminal history training from the TRTT. The internal classes are scheduled on a quarterly basis and advertised on the FBI's Internet site at www.fbi.gov.


McCrone Research Institute (McRI)

McRI is an independent not-for-profit educational and research organization in Chicago.  Please visit our website to learn more: www.mcri.org.


Click here to view the McRI 2009 Course Calendar


Links of interest within the McCrone Research Institute website include:

The McCrone Research Institute Courses (calendar, outline, registration, tuition and more…):
http://www.mcri.org/home/section/10/courses

The Microscope Journal and Microscope Publication textbooks and manuals:
 http://www.mcri.org/home/section/71/publications

The Inter/Micro Conference:
http://www.mcri.org/home/section/101/conference

Dr. McCrone and the Shroud of Turin:
http://mcri.org/home/section/63-64/the-shroud-of-turin


McCrone Research Institute
2820 South Michigan Ave.
Chicago, IL
60616-3230
312-842-7100

September 7-10, 2010

Association of Forensic Quality Assurance Managers (AFQAM)

Annual Meeting
 
New Orleans Riverside Hilton
New Orleans, LA

Contact: Zoë M. Smith
E-mail: z6849s@yahoo.com
Website: http://www.afqam.org

September 11-12, 2010

Federal Bureau of Investigation's Criminal Justice Information Services Division is sponsoring a workshop in Scottsdale, Arizona on coding dental forensic information for the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) and the National Dental Image Repository.

The training is designed to provide NCIC dental coding and NDIR instruction to forensic odontologists and licensed dentists who wish to provide assistance to law enforcement in identifying missing and unidentified person cases. 

The agenda includes a NCIC overview; missing, unidentified and wanted person file overview, NCIC Supplemental Dental Record; NCIC Dental Comparsion Algorithms; coding of missing and unidentified person records; interpreting NCIC Cross Match Reports; and NDIR overview and submission, among other possible topics. 

Attendees will receive a certificate for sixteen (16) hours of training at the end of the course.  Participants should check with their organization or association to see if continuing education credits accepted. 

Registrations will be accepted on a first-come, first served basis and only 40 slots are available.  Registrants should be licensed dentists and will be required to submit a copy of their license to register.  For additional information, please contact Mrs. Stacey C. Davis via email.

Stacey Davis 

Stacey.Davis@leo.gov

 


September 12-16, 2010

American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors Annual Symposium 2010 http://www.ascld.org/content/2010-symposium

For year round courses:  ASCLD/LAB Training http://www.ascld-lab.org/trng/trngoverview.html

 


September 27 - October 1, 2010

Northwest Association of Forensic Scientists (NWAFS) Annual Meeting

Portland, OR


CONTACT/MORE INFORMATION:

Celeste Grover
971-673-8245
celeste.grover@state.or.us
http://nwafs.org/meetings.htm

OCTOBER 4-8, 2010

MAFS IS GOIN’ TO KANSAS CITY!

Marriott Kansas City Downtown
200 W 12th St
Kansas City, Missouri 64105

(Located in the heart of the newly revitalized downtown Power & Light Entertainment District)

Watch www.mafs.net for more information!

December 6-10, 2010

Basic Bloodstain Pattern Analysis Workshop presented by the Specialized Training Unit at the Metropolitan Police Institute of the Miami-Dade Police Department, Doral, Florida.


For information contact:
Toby L. Wolson, M.S., F-ABC
Miami-Dade Police Department
Crime Laboratory Bureau
9105 N.W. 25th St .
Doral, FL 33172
Voice: 305-471-3041
Fax: 305-471-2052
E-mail: Twolson@mdpd.com

December 9-11, 2010

CURRENT TRENDS IN FORENSIC SCIENCE

Tarrant County College Downtown
Fort Worth, Texas

This symposium is designed to meet the educational needs of Law Enforcement Agents, Prosecutors and Defense Attorneys, Justices Of the Peace, Medical Professionals and others in the Medicolegal Investigation Systems. The goal of the seminar is to provide attorneys, physicians and law enforcement agencies an understanding of the operation of the Medical Examiner’s Office including formulation, investigation and interpretation of death scenes, autopsy, investigation and laboratory results. This is accomplished by using appropriate presentations and audience participation.

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