Course Description
IAI approved for 8 hours of initial certification and recertification training credit by both the Latent Print and Tenprint Certification Boards.
This course is designed to help latent print examiners differentiate between plantar and palmar friction ridge skin. Knowledge gained through this course will give examiners a useful skill set in what has otherwise been an underrepresented area of friction ridge examination. The principal topics discussed in the course will be dermatoglyphics and regions/topography of plantar skin, helpful hints in recognition of plantar friction ridge skin, techniques for easier searching and comparisons, as well as how to obtain plantar major case prints. Additionally included will be a brief history of friction ridge examination and early researchers, and the biology and morphology of friction ridge skin. Students will get a chance to participate in multiple side-by-side comparisons of plantar impressions in order to practice their new skills and gain experience with them.
Instructor Corey Schroeder, CLPE
Corey Schroeder has over 25 years of major crime scene experience, beginning his career with the Fresno Police Department as a Crime Scene Investigator and Latent Print Analyst in 1996. While with FPD he worked thousands of criminal cases, including the Marcus Wesson mass murder case. In 2008 he was recruited by the California Department of Justice and began a new chapter of his career with the organization. During his tenure at DOJ he has also served as:
· Instructor: CSU, Fresno and Fresno City
· Lecturer/Trainer: Central Valley Arson Investigators, Central Valley Crime Scene Investigators, CA Friction Ridge Study Group, CA Association of Criminalists
Mr. Schroeder is an IAI Certified Latent Print Examiner, a member of multiple forensic communities, a subject matter expert for the State of California, and facilitator of the Technical Advisory Group for the latent print program for the CA DOJ.