Advanced Friction Ridge Analysis
Course details
2024
| Session(s) | Location | Start date | End date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 24-02 English | Ottawa | 2024-04-15 | 2024-04-19 |
| Tuition |
|---|
| $3,900.00 |
Notes
- Accommodations are offered to course participants. Our rooms are subject to availability and the request must be indicated on the course registration form
- Meal plans are offered to course participants. The specific meal plan must be indicated on the course registration form
- Travel grant funding is available to our non-federal law enforcement agencies
Description
This course assists trained forensic identification specialists in analyzing and comparing difficult or unusual friction ridge detail. Students are introduced to the Analysis, Comparison, Evaluation and Verification (ACE-V) process and learn how to address concerns of bias and sources of errors. Some of the topics covered in the course include sufficiency and exclusion decisions, distortion analysis, and expert witness testimony.
Format and delivery
- Length of course
- 5 days
- Class size
- maximum 20 students
- Delivery setting
- classroom
Learning outcomes
- Knowledge of the different developmental stages of friction skin
- Understanding how to draw conclusions using the established ACE-V process, including feature selection and specificity, and sufficiency and exclusion decisions
- Ability to analyze various distortions
- Understanding how to explain sources of error and error rates
- Knowledge of legal issues
Eligibility and mandatory requirements
- This course is for forensic identification specialists and/or full-time crime scene examiners who have worked in a digitized fingerprint identification section of a police agency with two years operational experience in that role
- Registrants must have successfully completed the Forensic Identification Course (FIC) or an equivalent
- Acceptance or refusal in the course is at the discretion of the Canadian Police College
Assessment
- Success in the course is based on participation and completion of all required assignments
- Various evaluation methods are used, including a pre-course assignment and final written exam
- Optional component - the students can bring an interesting or a complex fingerprint case to present to the class
- Re-testing or re-evaluation is conducted at the discretion of the course instructor
Contact
For more details or other information about the course, please email cpc_registrar-registraire_ccp@rcmp-grc.gc.ca.
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