An excellent Crime Scene Training and Forensic Training day by David Mears
As a youngster, I always fancied myself as a 'detective', watched all the programmes and had all the books, and with deerstalker hat and magnifying glass would often annoy my Mother with phrases beginning with "It's elementary my dear Mother�" each time I revealed which sibling had eaten the last biscuit. Fast-forward 30 years, and following the CSI (crime scene investigation programmes on TV) I found myself excited to read in my local paper of a place (CSI 4 A Day) in Essex in the UK offering the opportunity of being a Crime Scene Investigator for the day! The article spoke of forensic investigating, fingerprinting, photographing, evidence gathering and even suspect interviewing! Real forensic training! How could I resist�.

Arranging and booking my place was made easy by senior trainer Peter Whent (who it turned out spent his entire working life working as an investigator from minor offen ... Read more »