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Lawrence StringhamSpecialties
Property and Evidence Management and Procedures TFT Courses Taught Property and Evidence Management Property and Evidence Procedures Introduction to Crime Scene Management Fingerprint Evidence Processing, Collection, & Photography Forensic Use of Smartphone Applications |
About Lawrence Stringham
Larry has been connected with law enforcement since 1985 when he joined the US Air Force as a Security Policeman. Working with the USAF and later with the National Guard, Larry became a certified Police Officer in Little Rock Arkansas. Retuning to Hernando County, Florida, where he was raised, he was hired by the Hernando County Sheriff’s Office as a 911 dispatcher and in 1991 became a crime scene technician. Larry worked here for 6 years, during which time he attended basic and advanced courses in crime scene, arson investigation and fingerprint technology.
In 1997, Larry became a Forensic Technician for the Cape Coral Police Department. At that time, this assignment was a one-man position. He worked hard to grow the department and its forensic section. Being promoted to supervisor of the Forensic Section in 2005, Larry now supervises eleven employees and has increased the Department’s viability by creating latent, computer, video, and lab units within the forensic section. In 2017 Larry oversaw the accreditation of the crime scene unit and the lab to ISO/IEC 17020 standards.
Larry has an Associate’s Degree in Criminal Justice and has testified as an expert in the fields of latent print identification, 10-print identification, and crime scene procedures to include forensic light sources, photography, scene processing, crime scene reconstruction and Evidence procedures and Management. He presently sits on the Board of Directors for the IAI and is on the Chairs the Management Committee. He is presently serving as the Conference Planner for the Florida Division of the International Association for Identification (FDIAI) and is a past president of the FDIAI.
Larry has been connected with law enforcement since 1985 when he joined the US Air Force as a Security Policeman. Working with the USAF and later with the National Guard, Larry became a certified Police Officer in Little Rock Arkansas. Retuning to Hernando County, Florida, where he was raised, he was hired by the Hernando County Sheriff’s Office as a 911 dispatcher and in 1991 became a crime scene technician. Larry worked here for 6 years, during which time he attended basic and advanced courses in crime scene, arson investigation and fingerprint technology.
In 1997, Larry became a Forensic Technician for the Cape Coral Police Department. At that time, this assignment was a one-man position. He worked hard to grow the department and its forensic section. Being promoted to supervisor of the Forensic Section in 2005, Larry now supervises eleven employees and has increased the Department’s viability by creating latent, computer, video, and lab units within the forensic section. In 2017 Larry oversaw the accreditation of the crime scene unit and the lab to ISO/IEC 17020 standards.
Larry has an Associate’s Degree in Criminal Justice and has testified as an expert in the fields of latent print identification, 10-print identification, and crime scene procedures to include forensic light sources, photography, scene processing, crime scene reconstruction and Evidence procedures and Management. He presently sits on the Board of Directors for the IAI and is on the Chairs the Management Committee. He is presently serving as the Conference Planner for the Florida Division of the International Association for Identification (FDIAI) and is a past president of the FDIAI.