Morgan Hays, CLPESpecialties
Fingerprint Science, Forensic Anthropology TFT Courses Taught Fingerprint Evidence Processing, Collection, and Photography Palm Print Search and Comparison Techniques Processing Latent Prints on Bloody and Special Surfaces Processing Latent Prints on Porous and Non-Porous Surfaces Introduction to Fingerprint Science and Tenprints |
About Morgan Hays
Morgan Hays is currently supervisor of a Latent Print Section at a state crime lab. He began his forensics career in August of 2002, and was promoted to a latent print examiner in August of 2004. In August of 2009, he was promoted to supervisor of the Latent Print section. Today, he mentors and supervises eleven employees, as well as continues to complete all aspects of casework and testify in the discipline. In 2009, he was awarded the Missing Children’s Day Law Enforcement Task Force/Team of the Year.
Morgan is a certified latent print examiner by the International Association for Identification (IAI). He is an active member of both the IAI and the Florida Division of the International Association for Identification (FDIAI). He serves as chairman of the Latent Print Committee for FDIAI, is a former member of the Anthropology/Entomology Committee, and has worked his way through the ranks from Region 3 director to President of the association. In addition to filling positions of leadership, he has taught numerous colloquia and given lectures at FDIAI conferences, including “Biological Aspects of Friction Ridge Skin” and “Conflict Resolution and Verification.” Morgan is also an ANAB Certified Assessor for the American National Accreditation Board. He has participated as a technical assessor of latent prints for ISO 17025 laboratory accreditation assessments from the municipal to the federal level.
Morgan earned Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees in Anthropology from Florida State University. His thesis was titled “Florida’s Clandestine Graves: An Anthropological Perspective of the Dead” and was a study of the deposition of human remains in an attempt to predict where they may be buried or concealed.
Morgan Hays is currently supervisor of a Latent Print Section at a state crime lab. He began his forensics career in August of 2002, and was promoted to a latent print examiner in August of 2004. In August of 2009, he was promoted to supervisor of the Latent Print section. Today, he mentors and supervises eleven employees, as well as continues to complete all aspects of casework and testify in the discipline. In 2009, he was awarded the Missing Children’s Day Law Enforcement Task Force/Team of the Year.
Morgan is a certified latent print examiner by the International Association for Identification (IAI). He is an active member of both the IAI and the Florida Division of the International Association for Identification (FDIAI). He serves as chairman of the Latent Print Committee for FDIAI, is a former member of the Anthropology/Entomology Committee, and has worked his way through the ranks from Region 3 director to President of the association. In addition to filling positions of leadership, he has taught numerous colloquia and given lectures at FDIAI conferences, including “Biological Aspects of Friction Ridge Skin” and “Conflict Resolution and Verification.” Morgan is also an ANAB Certified Assessor for the American National Accreditation Board. He has participated as a technical assessor of latent prints for ISO 17025 laboratory accreditation assessments from the municipal to the federal level.
Morgan earned Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees in Anthropology from Florida State University. His thesis was titled “Florida’s Clandestine Graves: An Anthropological Perspective of the Dead” and was a study of the deposition of human remains in an attempt to predict where they may be buried or concealed.