Laredo PD Investigator Graduates From National Forensic Academy
Written by Post Public Information Representative, Apr 17, 2010, 0 Comments
Courtesy Joe Baeza,
Investigator Adriana Reyes with the Laredo Police Department was one of the 22 law enforcement professionals to graduate from Session 26 of The University of Tennessee National Forensic Academy™ (NFA™). Graduation was held March 19 on the University of Tennessee campus in Knoxville.
The NFA is one of the nation’s premier training grounds for crime scene investigators. A program of the UT Law Enforcement Innovation Center (LEIC), the NFA is a 10-week, in-residence training program. Select crime scene investigators from law enforcement organizations around the country learn about evidence identification, collection and preservation. Two sessions are held each year, and each involves 400 hours of training: 150 hours of class work, 240 hours of field exercises and 10 hours of skills assessment and evaluation.
The National Forensic Academy held its first session in 2001. Since then, the academy has graduated more than 437 law enforcement professionals from 47 states, the District of Columbia and Iceland. Session 26 hosted the first participant from the state of Connecticut.
The NFA receives funding from the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA).
In August 2008, the academy opened a new training facility in Oak Ridge. The new 7,000-square-foot space includes an interactive classroom, a laboratory, photography lab and a specially designed experiment room where CSIs can learn to better evaluate blood evidence and practice various forensic investigative techniques.
Investigator Reyes is a 9 year veteran of the Laredo Police Department and is currently a Crime Scene Investigator assigned to the LPD Crime Scene Investigation Unit. Investigator Reyes is one of three Investigators from the Laredo Police Department who have attended this training at the National Forensic Academy™. Session 27 of the NFA will begin in September 2010.
