Erin West, MS, CLPE, CCSASpecialties
Crime Scene Investigation Latent Print Processing Latent Print Examinations Expert Witness Testimony Military Forensic Applications TFT Courses Taught Battlefield Forensics Courtroom Testimony for Fingerprint Examiners Forensic Supervision Forensic Interpersonal Skills (Webinar) Forensic Professional Skills (Webinar) Processing Improvised Explosive Devices for Fingerprints |
About Erin West
Erin West began her career in Forensics in 2006 as a Crime Scene Investigator for the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office in Florida. In 2010, she became a Battlefield Forensics Instructor for the United States Army Intelligence Center of Excellence, where she was responsible for training military personnel how to use a variety of forensic disciplines to investigate crimes overseas. In 2012, she became a Supervisor and then a Deputy Program Manager for a Department of Justice forensic laboratory housed at American Systems, where she was responsible for training and supervising staff working in different forensic disciplines and at different levels of management. She has spent the last few years working as a full time Latent Print Examiner for the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office in Florida, where she is responsible for training new examiners to full competency.
Erin earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice from the University of Central Florida in 2006 and a Master of Science degree in Forensic DNA and Serology with a graduate certificate in Forensic Toxicology from the University of Florida in 2012.
Erin is a member of the International Association for Identification (IAI) and the Florida Division of the IAI and has been a presenter at the annual FDIAI Conference. She is an IAI Certified Crime Scene Analyst and an IAI Certified Latent Print Examiner.
Erin West began her career in Forensics in 2006 as a Crime Scene Investigator for the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office in Florida. In 2010, she became a Battlefield Forensics Instructor for the United States Army Intelligence Center of Excellence, where she was responsible for training military personnel how to use a variety of forensic disciplines to investigate crimes overseas. In 2012, she became a Supervisor and then a Deputy Program Manager for a Department of Justice forensic laboratory housed at American Systems, where she was responsible for training and supervising staff working in different forensic disciplines and at different levels of management. She has spent the last few years working as a full time Latent Print Examiner for the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office in Florida, where she is responsible for training new examiners to full competency.
Erin earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice from the University of Central Florida in 2006 and a Master of Science degree in Forensic DNA and Serology with a graduate certificate in Forensic Toxicology from the University of Florida in 2012.
Erin is a member of the International Association for Identification (IAI) and the Florida Division of the IAI and has been a presenter at the annual FDIAI Conference. She is an IAI Certified Crime Scene Analyst and an IAI Certified Latent Print Examiner.