Instructors:
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Matthew Steiner is a First Grade Detective with the New York City Police Department’s Crime Scene Unit. He is a twenty-four-year veteran with over nineteen years of experience as a crime scene investigator. Matthew is the lead instructor for the Crime Scene Unit and an instructor for the National Center for Biomedical Research and Training, teaching their Advanced Forensic Investigations for Hazardous Environments course. Matthew has also been featured as an expert witness for movie, television, online, and print media. He has a recurring feature with WIRED for their “Technique Critique” series. Detective Steiner has assisted in crime scene reconstructions and subject matter expert commentary for CBS News, Oxygen, Discovery, E! Entertainment, and Investigation Discovery Networks. 
Edward William Wallace Jr., served the NYPD for over 20 years and retired April of 2004. During his tenure with the NYPD, Mr. Wallace performed various law enforcement duties including, Crime Scene Investigator, and Counter Terrorism Investigator. Mr. Wallace held the coveted NYPD rank of Detective First Grade. Mr. Wallace spent 15 years in Crime Scene Investigations and investigated 2656 crimes scenes including both World Trade Center Attacks, the October 2001 Anthrax Attack, and has given testimony as a forensic expert in 398 trials. In 2001, Mr. Wallace was temporarily transferred to the Joint Bio-Terrorism Task Force, to assist in the investigation of the Anthrax Attacks. He has over 30 years of experience as an instructor and has performed numerous training lectures, nationally and internationally, to federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies, other emergency responders, and militaries’, on: arson investigations, post blast investigations, crime scene investigations/reconstruction, WMD/Haz-Mat investigations, and terrorism investigations. |
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