Senior Crime Scene Analyst

Jim Thomas O’Brien, LLC
Identification Specialist
732-921-5754

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MY EXPERIENCE AS AN INSTRUCTOR OR SPEAKER:

INSTRUCTOR
Certified by the N.J. Police Training Commission 03/28/88
1/05 to Present
Adjunct Science Professor – Middlesex County College
Introduction to Forensic Science / Forensic Science
06/20/07 Cherry Hill Police Department, Cherry Hill, N.J.
Fire Scene Evidence Documentation & Collection
08/13/02
N.J. Div. I.A.I. - Evaluation & Comparison of Latent Prints
01/25/01
Newark Police Dept., Crime Scene Investigation Course
Basic Crime Scene and Evidence Photography
2000 to 2004
N.J. Div. I.A.I. - Basic Crime Scene Investigation Course
Evidence Recognition, Preservation and Collection
1999 to 2004
N.J. Div. I.A.I. - Basic Crime Scene Photography Course
Crime Scene and Evidence Photography
06/24/99
Middlesex County Fire Academy
Arson Evidence Collection and Preservation
1997 to 1999
Middlesex County Basic Corrections Officers Academy
Identification of Evidence
1993 to 1998
Middlesex County Police Training Center, In-Service Training
Latent Print Processing of Major Crime Scenes
1989 to 1999
Middlesex County Police Training Center, In-Service Training
Crime Scene Preservation
1987 to 1996
Middlesex County Police Academy, In-Service Training
Advanced Latent Print Development Techniques
1986 to Present
Middlesex County Auxiliary Police Academy
Preservation of Evidence
1986 to 1996
Middlesex County Basic Police Academy
Identification and Records

SPEAKER
5/5/07 New Jersey Association of Legal Secretaries Conference, Somerset, N.J.
Crime Scene Investigation
2/4/06 Legal Secretaries of New Jersey Conference, Piscataway N.J.
Crime Scene Investigation
10/05 Middlesex County College / Professional & Community Programs
The Real World of Crime Scene Investigation
10/7/03 Plainsboro P.D. Civilian Police Academy
Crime Scene Investigation
11/01/99 N.J. Div. I.A.I. Annual Training Conference, Cape May, N.J.
Palm Print Identification


TRAINING COURSES THAT I HAVE ATTENEDED:
10/05
N.J. Div. I.A.I. - Annual Training Conference, Atlantic City, N.J.
04/04
N.J. Div. I.A.I. - Regional Meeting / Training Session
Crime Scenes Involving Street Gangs
02/04
N.J. Div. I.A.I. - Regional Meeting / Training Session
Crime Lab Safety & PEOSHA
10/03
N.J. Div. I.A.I. - Annual Training Conference, Atlantic City, N.J.
02/02
N.J. Div. I.A.I. - Regional Meeting / Training Session
Safety for Crime Scene Investigators
10/01
N.J. Div. I.A.I. - Annual Training Conference, Cape May, N.J.
04/01
N.J. Div. I.A.I. - Regional Meeting / Training Session
Blood Spatter Recognition
03/01
N.J. Div. I.A.I. - Regional Meeting / Training Session
Expanding and Frangible Ammunition / Forensic Entomology
03/00
Arnold Markle Symposium - New Technologies for the 21st Century
02/00
N.J. Div. I.A.I. - Regional Meeting / Training Session
Medico-Legal Death Investigations
11/99
N.J. Div. I.A.I. - Annual Training Conference, Cape May, N.J.
10/98
N.J. Div. I.A.I. - Annual Training Conference, Cape May, N.J.
07/98
I.A.I. 83rd Annual Training Conference, Little Rock, Arkansas
04/98
N.J. Div. I.A.I. - Regional Meeting / Training Session
Footwear and Tire Track Evidence
10/97
N.J. Div. I.A.I. - Annual Training Conference, Cape May, N.J.
10/96
N.J. Div. I.A.I. - Annual Training Conference, Cape May, N.J.
05/96
Ocean County Police Academy
Skeletal Remains in Homicide Investigations
04/96
N.J. Association of Forensic Scientists Seminar
Footwear Impressions from Crime Scene to Court
10/95
N.J. Div. I.A.I. - Annual Training Conference, Cape May, N.J.
10/95 Traffic Institute, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois
Crime Scene Technology - Workshop III
05/95
Penn State University, University Park, Pennsylvania
Forensic Entomology
10/94
N.J. Div. I.A.I. - Annual Training Conference, Cape May, N.J.
03/94
Metropolitan Police Institute, Dade County, Florida
Crime Scene Investigations
06/93
“Demystifying Palm Prints” Symposium conducted in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania by Ron Smith, Mississippi State Crime Laboratory
10/92
N.J. Div. I.A.I. - Annual Training Conference, Cape May, N.J.
03/92
Union County Police Academy
FBI Advanced Criminal Investigation Course
10/90
N.J. Div. I.A.I. - Annual Training Conference, Cape May, N.J.
10/87
N.J. Div. I.A.I. - Annual Training Conference, Cape May, N.J.
05/87
Middlesex County Police Academy - Method of Instruction Course
05/85
Eastman Kodak Law Enforcement Photo Workshop Rochester, N.Y.
11/84
Kean College, Union New Jersey – Homicide Investigation Seminar
01/84
Justice Complex, Trenton, New Jersey
Photography, Surveillance and Identification Seminar
10/82
N.J. State Police Academy, Sea Girt, N.J. - Forensic Science Seminar
02/82
Middlesex County Police Academy - Criminalistics / Crime Scene Course
10/81
FBI Academy, Quantico, Virginia
Administrative Advanced Latent Fingerprint Course
05/81
Middlesex County Police Academy – Bloodstain Evidence Course
02/79
Middlesex County Police Academy
FBI Advanced Latent Fingerprint Techniques
02/79
Middlesex County Police Academy
FBI Fingerprint Classification Course
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