CSI: Regis University Conference Featured Speakers
Tim Johnson, Deputy District Attorney, 20th Judicial District
High Tech Stalkers
Once the subject matter of Hollywood movies, cyberstalking has dramatically increased since the spread of cell phones, Internet, MySpace, Facebook, and other social networking sites. This course will examine the phenomena of cyberstalking, how to effectively investigate and prosecute these crimes, as well as offer tips on how to protect your identity.
Tim Johnson graduated from the University of Colorado School of Law in 1997. He is currently assigned to the white-collar crime unit in the Boulder County District Attorney’s Office. Prior to that, he spent five years in the Sex Assault and Domestic Violence Unit. Mr. Johnson is a member of the Boulder County Law Enforcement Domestic Violence Task Force and the Domestic Abuse Prevention Project. He has provided training to hundreds of law enforcement officers in Colorado. Topics of training have included both basic and advanced domestic violence investigations and prosecutions, strangulation, stalking, protection orders, firearms, non-stranger sexual assault, computer crimes, identity theft, and others. Mr. Johnson was appointed to represent prosecuting attorneys on the Domestic Violence Offender Management Board in April 2005. In 2008 he was selected as the chair of that Board.
Cris Finn, PhD, RN, Assistant Professor, Rueckert-Hartman College for Health Professions, Regis University
Violence and Child Abuse: Identifying Injuries
This presentation examines Child Maltreatment and Forensic Bio-markers as they relate to violence against children and forensic nursing.
1st Responder to Coroner: Participate in a Live Scenario
Attendees get hands-on experience in arriving at a crime scene, assessing the situation, and mobilizing to accommodate the needs of law enforcement, EMTs, and crime scene investigators. This seminar is ideal for those with an interest in the reality of these high-stress situations.
Cris Finn is currently a full-time Professor at Regis University teaching advanced nursing curricula and healthcare ethics. Additionally, Cris is the Principal of Quality Solutions, an organization for health care quality, utilization, and business management. Cris has been guest lecturing to government/university audiences on the subject of community medicine and the law emphasizing forensic nursing issues. She was afforded the opportunity to teach internationally for four weeks in each of six countries including Pateala, India; Durban, South Africa; Harare, Zimbabwe; Vancouver, Canada; and the United States at Colorado University and University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. She continues to consult with the U.S. Attorney General’s office as an expert witness in forensic, quality, and business issues.
Gary Scott, Faculty - Community College of Aurora
Forensic Anthropology and Human Osteology
You will better understand the importance of forensic anthropology and osteology, the study of bones, after attending this in-depth course. Discover why anthropologists say that the human skeleton speaks to us. Gary Scott will discuss topics from identification to dismemberment to decomposition, and answer the question – “What is the Body Farm?”
Gary Scott has a Master of Arts in Anthropology degree from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville and a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of North Dakota. He has been an adjunct faculty member with the Community College of Aurora (CCA) for ten years. His personal interests focus within the areas of human osteology, paleontology, archaeology, and forensics. His advisor at Tennessee was Dr. William Bass, originator of the "Body Farm" forensic research facility. He has been involved with archaeological excavations of prehistoric sites in Colorado, North Dakota, Minnesota, and Tennessee. These sites represented a wide spectrum of cultures dating from 12,000 to 1,000 years before the present. Annually, he leads a three-day camping field trip course in Southeast Utah to visit unpreserved Prehistoric Puebloan (Anasazi) sites. At CCA he teaches Physical Anthropology, Introduction to Forensic Anthropology, Introduction to Archaeology, and Cultural Anthropology.
Fred Gimeno, Denver Police Department
Luminol Photography at Crime Scenes
This “hands-on” workshop will offer the chance to be behind the camera with Luminol in the classroom.
Fred Gimeno served on the Denver Police Department as a training officer and corporal for 30 years before recently retiring. While on the force, Fred was challenged to develop a way to detect blood at crime scenes that couldn’t be seen with the naked eye. Fred helped perfect methods of photographing luminol reactions which revolutionized luminol photography.
Officer John Super, Denver Police Dept.
Deadly Force Encounters
Those in attendance will find themselves close to what it is like to be involved in deadly shootings – a very rare opportunity for attendees as Officer Super explains what he experienced when his partner was shot in the face in front of him and he killed the assailant.
Officer John Super is one of “Denver’s Finest” seasoned Police Officers. A Vietnam Veteran, John brought his Vietnam experiences as a combat ground-soldier to the profession of law enforcement and the streets of Denver. He is a highly-decorated officer having won the Denver Police Department’s Medal of Honor, Medal of Valor, the Life Saving Medal, and the Distinguished Service Cross to name a few. He is considered by his fellow officers and his command officers to be “one of the best” – his many awards for valor being testament to these accolades. John’s presentation on Confronting Deadly Force is precipitated upon his experiences in Vietnam and on the streets of Denver.
Lane J. Brunner, PhD. Dean, School of Pharmacy, Rueckert-Hartman College for Health Professions, Regis University
Toxicology Case Study
Dr. Brunner has always been fascinated by how drugs affect the body. He received his Doctorate degree from the University of Georgia. Subsequent to post-doctoral research at Oregon Health Sciences University, he was a tenured faculty member at The University of Texas at Austin where, in addition to teaching, he ran a biomedical laboratory funded by the National Institution of Health. Nationally known for his expertise in drug metabolism in pharmacokinetics, Brunner has been called upon to investigate the role of therapeutic and illicit drugs in criminal and civil matters. In June 2007, Dr. Brunner joined Regis University where he serves as the Founding Dean of the new School of Pharmacy.
When someone is harmed or dies from a drug overdose, medication interaction, or dosing error, the forensic toxicologist is called upon to try and provide clarity as to what happened. Although we hear about events that occur with movie stars, sports figures, and other famous people, we rarely learn about what happens with ordinary folks until the event becomes more personal. It is often only then that we truly appreciate how dangerous medications can be. During this workshop, Dr. Brunner will discuss the types of cases commonly seen and you’ll learn about some of the tools used to solve the mysteries associated with drug-induced deaths.
Amy Martin, MD, Chief Medical Examiner, Denver County
Forensic Autopsy
Dr. Martin will present some of her most interesting cases and detail the inner-workings of the Medical Examiner’s Office.
Dr. Amy Martin is a board certified forensic pathologist who has been with the Denver Office of the Medical Examiner since 1992 and was appointed Chief Medical Examiner/Coroner for the City and County of Denver in December 2007. Prior to that, she was a Deputy Coroner for the Hamilton County Coroner’s Office in Cincinnati, OH. She has performed numerous autopsies on victims of child abuse and testified as an expert witness in over 150 cases, including child abuse deaths, in numerous jurisdictions in Ohio, Colorado, Kentucky and Indiana. She is an active participant in child death review teams both at the local and at the state level in Colorado.
Clark Davenport, Geophysicist, Dr. Thomas R. Bellinger, Hydrologist, Vickey Trammell, Botanist, NecroSearch International
Clandestine Graves
Dr. Thomas R. Bellinger is a Hydrologist active in NecroSearch International, a locally formed group of professionals organized to assist law enforcement in locating clandestine graves at crime scenes. As one of the original members of NecroSearch International, the he and the team have been instrumental in locating numerous high-profile gravesites of crime victims in the United States and abroad. Presentations on NecroSearch’s experiences are academically informative and exciting for the professional and the lay-person alike. These seminars have attracted over 160 attendees in the past. This one is expected to fill quickly. Early registration is strongly recommended.
Lieutenant Ken Landwehr, Wichita Police Dept.
BTK Serial Killer Investigation and Capture
Lt. Landwehr will give his first-person experiences of tracking and eventually capturing one of America’s most notorious serial killers, Dennis Radar (“Bind Torture Kill”), who terrorized Wichita for over 30 years.
Since joining the Wichita Police Department in October 1978, Lt. Landwehr served in patrol, vice, narcotics, cold cases, and homicide until he was promoted to the rank of Lt. in 1989. He was a supervisor in the Forensic Lab for two years and has been the Commander of Homicide since May 1992. In his career, Lt. Landwehr has been the supervisor of over 600 homicide investigations. He currently teaches undergraduate and graduate level courses in homicide investigation at WSU and has taught Death Investigation throughout Kansas for the past 18 years to law enforcement. He is also the Director of Mid-States Homicide Investigators Association.
Sally Grew, Colorado Bureau of Investigation
Firearm and Toolmark Identification
Sally Grew has been working as a Firearms and Toolmarks analyst for the Colorado Bureau of Investigation’s Denver crime lab for five years. Before that, she spent seven years working in the FBI Lab in Washington, DC and Quantico. Sally was an instructor for the FBI’s Gunshot Residue field school, and currently lectures on firearm and toolmark evidence collection and preservation for the CBI’s annual Crime Scene class. After twelve years in this field, she’s examined everything from arm bones and AK-47s to Winchesters and wire cutters. When not peering through a microscope, Sally can usually be found on her deck in Lakewood.
Lieutenant Eric Stewart, Commander, Aurora Police Department Training Academy
Gang Street Violence
Lt. Stewart explores the vicious and growing world of gangs across the country, including the violent and bloody activities of MS-13.
Eric Stewart has been in law enforcement for 24 years and currently holds the rank of Lieutenant at the Aurora Police Department. During Eric’s career, he has worked in and supervised gang units in Los Angeles (Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department), and Aurora, Colorado. Eric has testified as a gang expert in gang-motivated murder cases in Colorado and has lectured on gangs in California, Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming. In 2001, Eric developed a basic and advanced gang school for the Rocky Mountain High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (RMHIDTA). The RMHIDTA gang schools provide basic and advanced gang training to law enforcement officers in the RMHIDTA region, which includes Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, and Montana. Eric’s areas of expertise include: West-Coast Black street gangs, West-Coast Hispanic street gangs, expert (gang) testimony, and search and seizure.
Detective Barbara Stewart, Crime Laboratory Denver Police Department
Processing Fingerprints at Deadly Crime Scenes
Detective Stewart presents the science of identifying homicide perpetrators through the art and science of fingerprint analysis.
She is a seasoned Crime Lab Detective for the Denver Police Department specializing in Fingerprint Identification in the Lab and at crime scenes. She is considered by her criminal investigation colleagues as a highly-professional, exceptionally-qualified Examiner and that her presentations are outstanding. Barbara has been instrumental in assisting with the identification of many of Denver’s high-profile offenders. Her presentations are educational for those presently in the field of fingerprint analysis, for law enforcement personnel, and for citizens who have become interested in this incredibly interesting science. Barbara will allow “hands on” interaction during her seminar.
Jamie Brower, PhD, Nicoletti-Flater Associates
School Shooters and Workplace Violence
Dr. Jaime Brower received her Doctorate in Clinical Psychology, with an emphasis in Forensics and Psychological Testing, from the University of Denver. She has been a staff member of Nicoletti-Flater Associates since June, 2002, and currently holds the positions of Clinical Director and Training Coordinator. Dr. Brower specializes in working with emergency personnel and violence. Dr. Brower provides training and therapeutic services in the areas of crisis and trauma intervention and debriefing, psychological assessment, anger management, stress management, high-risk relationships, conflict resolution, peak performance, verbal communication, managing special populations, parenting and step-parenting, divorce, suicide/suicide-by-cop, as well as workplace and school violence.
Diane Balkin, Chief Deputy District Attorney, 2nd Judicial District
Animal Cruelty and the Connection to Violent Human Behavior
Chief Deputy D.A. Balkin will demonstrate to attendees the compelling correlation between those who abuse animals and those who later inflict dehumanizing violence against their victims.
Diane Balkin is one of Denver’s most capable Deputy District Attorneys. She is responsible for the prosecutions of many of Denver’s most heinous criminal offenders. She is a seasoned prosecuter who has spent a large portion of her career working toward animal rights, legislation designed to protect animals, and prosecuting animal abusers in a most aggressive manner. Diane’s presentation is not for the “faint-at-heart”, but is one that all citizens concerned with the treatment of animals must attend.
Officer Mark Ashby, Traffic Investigator - Thornton Police Department
Detecting the Threshold of Impairment- Drugged Drivers
Learn how an elite group of officers is using scientifically created “road sides” with common everyday medical observations to assess a person’s ability to operate a vehicle. These officers focus on alcohol, prescription medication abuse, illegal drug usage, and abuse of household chemicals using body temperature and pupil reaction to light in addition to standard road side tests.
Officer Ashby has served with the Thornton Police Department since 1994 as a Patrol Officer, Field Training Officer, Recruit Training Coordinator and currently as a Traffic Investigator. Officer Ashby is one of four DRE Course Managers for the State. Officer Ashby holds instructor certification in all DUI/DRE areas of expertise to include: Standardized Field Sobriety Testing Maneuvers, Drug Expert Certification Class (DRE), Drug Intervention Training for Education Professionals (DITEP), Advanced Roadside Impaired Driving Enforcement (ARIDE), DUI Train the Trainer, DRE Train the Trainer and Drugs that Impair Driving. He has completed Accident Level III Reconstruction Class and instructs in Defensive Tactics (OPN).
Officer Ashby currently instructs all DUI and DRE State recertification classes, SFST and SFST Instructor Classes and all DRE related courses in the State. He instructs for the Colorado District Attorneys Council (CDAC) with instruction during the Bi-yearly Trial Techniques Course, and coordinates the SFST Training for the Departments Recruit and In-service trainings, to include the Citizen’s Academy. Officer Ashby was nominated with the Heat Hero Award in 2000 for his achievements with DUI enforcement. In 2007, he was nominated as the DRE of the Year by the Colorado Department of Transportation.
Sergeant Todd James, Colorado State Patrol, Immigration Enforcement Unit and FBI Special Agent Janessa Boetler
Human Trafficking
Learn about the human trafficking epidemic in our own backyard. Sgt. James and Agent Boetler will discuss the scope of the human trafficking problem and human trafficking as a whole including US citizens and legal and illegal aliens. The issues of forced labor, sex trafficking, and domestic servitude in the US and internationally will be discussed.
Todd James is a 1994 graduate of Colorado State University with a Bachelor of Science degree. He has been employed with the Colorado State Patrol since 1996 and is a Sergeant in the Immigration Enforcement Unit stationed in Colorado Springs. Todd supervises State Patrol Troopers actively engaged in human smuggling and human trafficking investigations. He has instructed multiple human trafficking awareness classes to other law enforcement agencies in Colorado for the Colorado Regional Community Policing Institute. He currently participates in a multi-agency human trafficking information sharing group in the Denver area.
Bob Lloyd, Senior Criminologist, Thornton Police Dept.
Working a Homicide Crime Scene Level I: Participate in a Live Scenario
Attendees get hands-on experience investigating, analyzing, and solving a mock homicide. Groups utilize evidence at the crime scene, technical skills, and old-fashioned police instincts to solve this murder. Those who attended last year’s session should participate in Level II.
Working a Homicide Crime Scene Level II: Participate in a Live Scenario
Attendees who participated in the Level I Crime Scene in 2008 will expand on what they learned and apply new skills to a more complex homicide crime scene.
Bob attended Epstein and Labor Blood spatter training (40 hours) with the Minnesota Bureau of Investigation in 1996, Advanced Blood Spatter training in 1998, and was President for the Rocky Mountain Association of Blood Pattern Analysis in 1998 and 1999.
He has been an instructor for Arapahoe Community College Police Academy instructing on Crime Scene Procedures and Blood Pattern Analysis for over 15 years. He has worked as a Detroit Police Officer for a total of 20 years and ten years with the Scientific Laboratory as a homicide and crime scene investigator and has processed over 1,000 death investigation in ten years. He is a member of the lead team at the Columbine High School shootings, coordinated scene processing, documentation, and body recovery.
Jay L. Kirby, Criminal Investigator II Colorado Dept of Corrections
Prison Gang Violence and Prison Politics
Jay L. Kirby began his Law enforcement career in 1989 with the Pueblo County Sheriff’s Department. In 1990 he came to work for the Colorado Department of Corrections. In 1994 promoted to Lt., and became CDOC’s first Intelligence Officer. In 1996 transferred to the Office of the Inspector General and in 1998 promoted to a Criminal Investigator. His assignments have been Director of the Inmate Drug Reduction Program, Director Employee Drug Deterrence program, Intelligence Unit, and Investigations.
Officer Kirby is currently a Criminal Investigator for the Colorado Department of Corrections and the Supervisor of the CDOC Intelligence Unit.
Mike Harris, Investigator, First Judicial District
Child Sex Offender Internet Investigations
Experience one of the most horrifying examples of technology used to commit sexual crimes against children. Investigator Harris is a nationally recognized investigator of sexual violence directed toward children and a pioneer in capturing internet predators. Featured on Oprah, Dr. Phil, A&E Investigative Reports, Court TV and recognized by the FBI for his ground-breaking work in this growing field of violence.
Investigator Mike Harris supervises the Child Sex Offender Internet Investigations Unit (CSOII) with the First Judicial District Attorney’s Office serving Jefferson and Gilpin counties. Harris has 29 years of experience in law enforcement. Since 1991, first with the Lakewood Police Department and now with the District Attorney’s Office, Harris has investigated crimes against children.
In 1996, Investigator Harris was the first law enforcement officer in Colorado and one of the first in the U.S. to go online using the Internet to seek out sexual predators in chat rooms and other social networking sites. Harris has arrested over 315 potential sex offenders who used the Internet to prey on children.
He splits his time between active undercover operations leading to arrests of those who seek children for sexual purposes and presenting Internet safety programs for kids and parents. Harris has presented “Stranger Danger – Internet Stranger” over 1,000 times.
Det. Tilo D. Voitel and Sgt. Michael W. Farr Denver Police Department, Traffic Investigations Bureau
Accident Reconstruction
Detective Tilo D. Voitel is a 13 year veteran of the Denver Police Department after having served with the Fullerton Police Department in California for 5 years. He has been assigned to the Traffic Investigation Bureau for 9 years where he is tasked with the investigation of fatal and serious injury collisions, hit and run collisions, police vehicle collisions, police pursuits and other traffic crimes. He has specialized training in Auto/Ped/Bicycle collisions, Crash Data Recorder technology, forensic mapping and diagramming, motorcycle crash investigations, light rail collisions and instructs others in the field of accident investigation and reconstruction.
Sgt. Michael W. Farr is a 21 year veteran of the Denver Police Department serving in the Patrol Division for 11 years and the Special Operations Division for 10 years. He is currently assigned to the Traffic Investigations Bureau where he supervises the night shift personnel who are charged with the investigation of fatal and serious injury collisions, hit and run collisions, police pursuits, police vehicle collisions and other traffic crimes. He has specialized training in Auto/Ped/Bicycle collisions, Crash Data Recorder technology, forensic mapping and diagramming, and instructs others in the field of accident investigation and reconstruction.
Both Sgt. Farr and Det. Voitel are charter members of Colorado Accident Reconstruction Training Standards (C.A.R.T.S.), a consortium of the Denver Police Department, Aurora Police Department and the Colorado State Patrol. The three agencies have joined together to provide training in the field of Technical Accident Investigation and Reconstruction for Colorado area law enforcement officers.