Bloodstain Pattern
Analysis 1 Course
(40-Hours CLEET Accredited #21-####)
When: July 12 - 16, 2021
8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Hosted by: Tulsa Police Department
Location: Tulsa PD Training Center
6066 E 66
th
St. N.
Tulsa, OK 74117
Hotel and non-course information contact:
Joe Campbell: tjcampbell@cityoftulsa.org
Class limit: 24
Discounts available for agencies sending
3 or more participants to the same class
Instructor: Everett Baxter Jr.
Everett Baxter Jr Forensics, LLC
This course is an approved Bloodstain Pattern Analysis
course and follows the International Association for
Bloodstain Pattern Analyst Recommended Training
Course Standards. The IABPA does not specifically
endorse any specific training course.
Each student will receive a Bloodstain Pattern Analysis
1 workbook. If the attendee would like BPA reference
materials (Bloodstain articles and videos), please bring
a thumb drive.
Items each student is required to bring:
The students would need to bring a scientific calculator
(the calculator in most smart phones has a scientific
calculator), calipers and a camera with a tripod. This
class uses real blood during the experiments.
Course Description / Content
This is the first course in Bloodstain Pattern Analysis
where the attendees will learn a variety of concepts
associated with blood and bloodstains. This course
provides the scientific and mathematical background for
Bloodstain Pattern Analysis. This course is the first
step in the training progression for an individual to
become a Bloodstain Pattern Analyst.
This course offers the students an introduction of the
history of Bloodstain Pattern Analysis. Students will
also receive information and discussions on the science
and physics associated with bloodstain pattern analysis.
Bloodstain Pattern Analysis is the scientific study of the
physical properties of blood in motion and the static
aftermath resulting from dynamic event(s); it follows
the same scientific principles and laws of physics
associated with other liquids. Because of this fact, the
concepts of bloodstain pattern analysis are reproducible
in a laboratory and/or experimental setting. Bloodstain
Pattern Analysis has been accepted as a scientific
discipline.
Discussion on bloodstain terminology and bloodstain
descriptions will be provided. The attendees will
receive a review of geometry and trigonometry as it
relates to Bloodstain Pattern Analysis. Area of
convergence, area of origin, bloodstain sequencing,
bloodstain movement, computer uses in Bloodstain
Pattern Analysis, court preparations, presumptive tests
and chemical enhancements and bio-hazards associated
with bloodstains will also be presented.
Many of the Bloodstain Pattern Analysis concepts and
events will be demonstrated through various
experiments the students will perform during the
course. Some of the exercises will reinforce the
mathematical principals discussed while others will
utilize hands on experiments using human blood. The
experiments utilizing the blood will provide the
attendees with opportunity to view the formation of the
bloodstains under different circumstances and events.
The experiments will also provide the attendees with
some insight on how to setup and conduct an
experiment when the analyst is presented with unique
bloodstain pattern.
The attendees will develop the knowledge to recognize
and document the various bloodstains encountered at
crime scenes. The attendees will be introduced to and
will utilize a Bloodstain Pattern Analysis Worksheet to
document various bloodstain experiments. The
attendees will be presented with a final mock bloody
scene where they will put the training from the previous
four days into action.
Instructor
Everett Baxter Jr. has an Associate Degree in Applied
Science – EMS and a Bachelor’s of Science in
Chemistry. He has over 29 combined years in law
enforcement. He is retired from the Oklahoma City
Police Department, where he spent over 17 years in the
Crime Scene Unit. Mr. Baxter was previously
employed with the Norman Police Department where
he worked in the EMS and Patrol Divisions. Mr. Baxter
has had specialized training in Crime Scene
Investigations, Homicide Investigations, Basic
Bloodstain Pattern Analysis, Advanced Bloodstain
Pattern Analysis, Math and Physics for Bloodstain
Pattern Analysis, Shooting Scene Reconstruction,
Crime Scene Reconstruction, Forensic Mapping,
Clandestine Grave Investigation, Infrared and UV
Photography, Alternate Light Source applications,
Strangulation Detection with A Forensic Light Source,
Footwear Impression Photography, Digital Photography
of Latent Fingerprints, Cold Case Investigations. Mr.
Baxter currently teaches or has taught Crime Scene
Investigations, Police Photography and other CSI
related classes at the college level. Mr. Baxter has
presented numerous lectures and seminars at
conferences, educational groups and various civic
groups. Mr. Baxter has been court qualified as an
Expert in Crime Scene Investigations, Crime Scene
Reconstruction, Bloodstain Pattern Analysis, Shooting
Scene Reconstruction and 3D Sketches in both District
Court and federal Court.
Mr. Baxter has written papers on the Effects of
Cleaning Products on Bloodstains (co-authored),
Alternate Light Source. Mr. Baxter has written the
books the Complete Crime Scene Investigation
Handbook (CRC Press June 2015) and the Complete
Crime Scene Investigation Workbook (CRC Press June
2015).
