32 years as a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
27 years as a Forensic Crime Scene Examiner at various RCMP Ident Sections across Canada
Training in Basic Ident Methods & Techniques including fingerprints, palmprints, physical matches, and photography; Police Survey & Transit course; Video, Arson; Photography; Homicide & major crime scenes; bi-annual workshops withing the RCMP; seminars with the Canadian Identification Society.
Court accepted qualifications in numerous jurisdictions across Canada.
Fingerprint Examiner under the Criminal Code of Canada.
Life time member of the Canadian Identification Society.
In charge of various Forensic Ident Sections across Canada.
In charge of the RCMP's Fingerprint Identification Team for the Swissair Flight 111 airplane crash in 1998.
4 years as the prime RCMP Forensic Identification Specialist working with the Transportation Safety Board of Canada in the Swissair Flight 111 crash investigation conducting physical evidence location & identification, photography, videography, etc.
Developed snowmobile track investigation techniques and training material that has resulted in the identification of crime scene tracks.
Extensive background and training in Forensic Photography and Videography.
Extensive background with Auger Electron Spectroscopy and its application to fire/arson/explosion scenes.