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Morgan Hays, CLPESpecialties
Fingerprint Science, Forensic Anthropology TFT Courses Taught Basic Fingerprint Classification and Comparison, Basic Latent Print Workshop, Palm Print Search and Comparison Techniques, Fingerprint Evidence Processing, Collection, and Photography |
About Morgan Hays
Morgan Hays is currently supervisor of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) Latent Print section at the Jacksonville Regional Operations Center. He began his forensics career with FDLE in August of 2002, as a crime lab technician in the DNA Database section. He was promoted to forensic technologist in the Chemistry/Toxicology section in August 2003 and then promoted to crime laboratory analyst in the Latent Print section in August of 2004. In August of 2009, he was promoted to supervisor of Latent Print and Impression Evidence section. Today, he mentors and supervises twelve employees, as well as continues to complete casework in the discipline. In 2009, he was awarded the Missing Children’s Day Law Enforcement Task Force/Team of the Year by the State of Florida.
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 2 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 ASCLD/LAB – International Certified Assessor for the American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors/Laboratory 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 the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) Latent Print section at the Jacksonville Regional Operations Center. He began his forensics career with FDLE in August of 2002, as a crime lab technician in the DNA Database section. He was promoted to forensic technologist in the Chemistry/Toxicology section in August 2003 and then promoted to crime laboratory analyst in the Latent Print section in August of 2004. In August of 2009, he was promoted to supervisor of Latent Print and Impression Evidence section. Today, he mentors and supervises twelve employees, as well as continues to complete casework in the discipline. In 2009, he was awarded the Missing Children’s Day Law Enforcement Task Force/Team of the Year by the State of Florida.
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 2 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 ASCLD/LAB – International Certified Assessor for the American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors/Laboratory 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.