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Andy Kehm, D-ABMDISpecialties
Crime Scene Investigations Bloodstain Pattern Analysis Death Investigations Photography |
About Andy Kehm
Andy has been in the Law Enforcement field for 28 years. He is currently the Chief Deputy Coroner with the Lehigh County Coroner’s Office since August 2014. Andy was the Patrol Sergeant with the DeSales University Police Department for one year after retiring with twenty-one years of service with the City of Bethlehem Police Department. He served as a Detective/Sergeant assigned to the Criminal Investigations Division and supervisor of the Forensic Services Unit.
Andy has been a Field Training Officer, Emergency Response Team (SWAT) member for ten years, Water Rescue Team member, Criminal Investigator, and a founding member of the City’s Crime Scene Unit where he has testified as an expert in Crime Scene Investigations in Northampton County Court, Fingerprint Processing and Identification in Federal Court (3rd Circuit), Northampton County, and Lehigh County Courts, Crime Scene Investigation and Forensic Examination in Northampton County Court and Bloodstain Pattern Analysis in Lehigh County Court.
Andy served six years with the U.S. Army Military Police Corps attending the U.S. Army Military Police School, Military K-9 School, and the Military U.S. Customs Inspector School. In the Military, he performed Patrol and Field Operations, Patrol K-9 Handler, and three years working with the U.S. Customs Service in West Germany.
Since 1995, Andy has been a Deputy Coroner (part-time) for the Lehigh County Coroner’s Office and is a Diplomate with the American Board of Medicolegal Death Investigators. Andy graduated from the Allentown Police Academy and attended continuing education courses in the following locations: St Louis University School of Medicine, Miami-Dade Police Training Institute, Mercyhurst College, National Transportation and Safety Board, The Pennsylvania Chiefs of Police Association, Laboratory of Forensic Science, Sirchie Fingerprint Laboratories, Office of Attorney General, Penn State University, and Harrisburg Area Community College for Basic, Advanced, and Master Forensic Disciplines and Programs.
Andy has presented training and presentations for the Bethlehem Police Department, St. Luke’s Hospital, Lehigh County District Attorney’s Office, Cedar Crest College, Lehigh Valley College, and the Lehigh County Coroner’s Office. He is an Adjunct Professor/Program Manager of the Northeast Forensic Training Center at Northampton Community College.
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
Andy has been in the Law Enforcement field for 28 years. He is currently the Chief Deputy Coroner with the Lehigh County Coroner’s Office since August 2014. Andy was the Patrol Sergeant with the DeSales University Police Department for one year after retiring with twenty-one years of service with the City of Bethlehem Police Department. He served as a Detective/Sergeant assigned to the Criminal Investigations Division and supervisor of the Forensic Services Unit.
Andy has been a Field Training Officer, Emergency Response Team (SWAT) member for ten years, Water Rescue Team member, Criminal Investigator, and a founding member of the City’s Crime Scene Unit where he has testified as an expert in Crime Scene Investigations in Northampton County Court, Fingerprint Processing and Identification in Federal Court (3rd Circuit), Northampton County, and Lehigh County Courts, Crime Scene Investigation and Forensic Examination in Northampton County Court and Bloodstain Pattern Analysis in Lehigh County Court.
Andy served six years with the U.S. Army Military Police Corps attending the U.S. Army Military Police School, Military K-9 School, and the Military U.S. Customs Inspector School. In the Military, he performed Patrol and Field Operations, Patrol K-9 Handler, and three years working with the U.S. Customs Service in West Germany.
Since 1995, Andy has been a Deputy Coroner (part-time) for the Lehigh County Coroner’s Office and is a Diplomate with the American Board of Medicolegal Death Investigators. Andy graduated from the Allentown Police Academy and attended continuing education courses in the following locations: St Louis University School of Medicine, Miami-Dade Police Training Institute, Mercyhurst College, National Transportation and Safety Board, The Pennsylvania Chiefs of Police Association, Laboratory of Forensic Science, Sirchie Fingerprint Laboratories, Office of Attorney General, Penn State University, and Harrisburg Area Community College for Basic, Advanced, and Master Forensic Disciplines and Programs.
Andy has presented training and presentations for the Bethlehem Police Department, St. Luke’s Hospital, Lehigh County District Attorney’s Office, Cedar Crest College, Lehigh Valley College, and the Lehigh County Coroner’s Office. He is an Adjunct Professor/Program Manager of the Northeast Forensic Training Center at Northampton Community College.
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
- International Association for Identification- Member since 4/29/05
- Pennsylvania Coroner’s Association-Member since 1995
- American Board of Medicolegal Death Investigators, Registry # 1270, since 2008
- Scientific Working Group for Medicolegal Death Investigations – SWGMDI
Death Scene Investigations Sub-Committee, April 2011 to 2013 - International Association of Coroners & Medical Examiners – Active Member since 11/02/2011
- International Association of Bloodstain Pattern Analysts – Provisional Member # 3778 since Jan 2012
- Association for Crime Scene Reconstruction – Active Member #AC861 since April 2012