​Instructor:  ​Shelley Dill, MS, CCSA
Course length:  16 hours

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Multi-spectral imaging has become a powerful tool in forensic investigations. These non-invasive, lightweight, portable image capturing devices has streamlined on scene and laboratory processing of forensic evidence for fingerprints, biological fluids, gunshot residue and more. With the ability to visualize evidence in real-time and with the integration of touch panel interfaces, these all-in-one devices can capture evidence in the ultraviolet and infrared without the need for a dark environment. This technology has decreased scene time for forensic investigators along with decreasing the amount of evidence being processed in the laboratory with hazardous chemicals.

This two-day (16 hour) workshop will introduce students to the current multi-spectral imaging systems available with a discussion on the technology and how to integrate them into forensic investigations. This course is design for students in which their agency owns a multi-spectral imaging system. The majority of this course will be spent on completing hands-on practical exercises to familiarize the student with their agency’s device. (For questions on if your agency’s device is appropriate for this course, please contact us).

Course Outline:

• Light Theory and the impact of ALS in forensics
•  Multi-Spectral Imaging Systems
  
  • Overview of devices available and the technology
  • Benefits of multi-spectral devices to forensics investigations
  • Types of evidence that can be identified and captured using a multi-spectral camera
• Review: Basic Photography review using the built-in camera (still and video)
  
  • Hands-on Practicals
• Application of oblique and coaxial lighting
  
  • Hands-on Practicals
• Built-in Smart Buttons or Product Verification Library (PVL) Functions
  
  • Hands-on Practicals
• Additional System Operations
  • Downloading options
  • Metadata
  • Connecting to external hardware for presentations
  • Editing options
    • Hands-on Practicals
• Available companion devices and Apps
  • Hands-on Practicals
• Ultraviolet: Absorption, Reflection, Fluorescence and Phosphorescence
  • Hands-on Practicals
• Near Infrared: Absorption, Reflection, Fluorescence and Phosphorescence
  
  • Hands-on Practicals
    
• Built-in Smart Buttons or Product Verification Library (PVL) Functions
  
  • Hands-on Practicals
    
• How to cite usage of multi-spectral imaging devices in supplemental reports
  
• Explaining the technology and usage in court if necessary
  
• Grading
  
  • Final Practical: Students will be provided “evidence” samples in which they will photograph using a multi-spectral imaging device to properly capture the images in the formats requested. These images will be turned into the instructor for review and grading (pass or fail).
    

This course has been approved for 16 hours of certification/recertification training credits by the IAI Crime Scene Certification & Forensic Photography Certification Boards. 

Shelley Dill, MS, CCSA

Holding a Bachelor of Arts Degree (BA) in Sociology with a concentration in Criminal Justice and with a Political Science minor from Westminster College in Pennsylvania in 1999.  After college she worked as a Juvenile Probation Officer for seven years.  During that time, she attended two Probation and Parole Academies and the Cyril H. Wecht Institute of Forensic Science and Law at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.  In 2006, she was hired as a Crime Scene Technician with the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office in Pensacola, Florida.  In 2014, she attended Troy University and earned a Master of Science in Criminal Justice.

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