80 hours of this course instruction meets the Crime
Scene Certification Board’s approved instruction for
the Crime Scene Certifications
Instructor: Everett Baxter Jr.
Everett Baxter Jr Forensics, LLC
Each student will receive the books Complete Crime
Scene Investigation Handbook and Complete Crime
Scene Investigation Workbook.
Items each student is required to bring:
The students would need to bring a camera, an external
flash, a tripod, a sync or PC cord for the external flash,
a shutter release cord or remote control and a flashlight.
Optional Item: If your agency has an Alternate Light
Source and can spare being without it for 2 weeks,
bring it to the class. The student will use that Alternate
Light Source when performing several of the practical
exercises.
Course Description
The Crime Scene Investigation Course is for
Crime Scene Investigators, Evidence Technicians,
Detectives, Investigators, Uniformed Officers and
anyone who has the responsibility of processing a crime
scene. The student will learn the necessary skills to
identify, document, collect and process various types of
evidence that may be encountered at a crime scene.
This course will be both challenging and
demanding. Almost all blocks of instruction will be
followed by an exercise or exercises to reinforce the
lecture materials, with a majority of the exercises
including photography as part of the exercise. Some of
the exercises will be as simple as writing a description
from a photograph to as complex as actually utilizing
various fingerprinting and sketching techniques.
The students will learn the various techniques
to document evidence, which includes note taking,
photography and sketching. The students will then
progress into various methods used to locate evidence.
The students will learn the various types of physical
evidence and the appropriate methods used to document
the particular evidence.
Course Content
The course will follow the format of the book
The Complete Crime Scene Investigation Handbook.
The book is divided into 24 chapters, which includes
serology evidence, trace evidence, firearms evidence,
toolmark evidence, latent fingerprint development,
footwear and tire mark evidence, computer evidence
and questioned document evidence. The students will
then use the taught techniques to identify, document
and preserve these types of evidence.
The students will then learn the documentation
of evidence that may not always present at all crime
scenes, however may encounter from time to time.
These various special considerations include shooting
scene documentation, bloodstain documentation,
clandestine grave documentation, fire scenes and
clothing and injury documentation.
The students will wind down the training with
lectures on the processing methodology and report
writing. The students will then have an opportunity to
put their knowledge to work by processing a mock
crime scene.
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 has 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 Grace 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 and the Complete Crime Scene
Investigation Workbook.
