DOCJT Graduates 20 Investigators from Kentucky Criminalistics Academy
Crime scene investigators from across the commonwealth graduated Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019, from the Department of Criminal Justice Training's Kentucky Criminalistics Academy. KCA is made up of two, five-week, 200-hour courses that DOCJT instructors developed for full-time and newly-appointed CSIs and patrol officers who serve as CSIs for their agencies. In addition to sworn officers, the KCA is open to civilian CSIs who work for law enforcement agencies.
The Crime Scene Technician course certification is the first of two, five-week courses officers can complete in crime-scene investigation. Today’s graduates are students who have completed both five-week courses, fulfilling the full range of training offered through the Kentucky Criminalistics Academy.
The entire KCA certification includes training in:
Digital photography
Advanced latent print development
Evidence collection and documentation
Latent fingerprint recognition and identification
Shooting scene reconstruction
Bloodstain pattern recognition and documentation
Post blast investigation
Forensic mapping
Computer crimes investigations
Forensic anthropological recovery course (University of Tennessee)
The Department of Criminal Justice Training is a state agency located on Eastern Kentucky University’s campus. The agency is the first in the nation to be accredited under the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies’ public safety training program designation. DOCJT also earned accreditation through the International Association for Continuing Education and Training in 2013.
The KCA Class No. 8 graduates and their agencies are:
Jake Adkins
Dept. of Criminal Justice Training
Benjamin J. Blank
Lexington Police Department
Lee Carmichael
Dept. of Criminal Justice Training
Nathan Craig
Versailles Police Department
David K. Dick
Kentucky State Police Post 1
Varinka T. Ensminger
Lexington Police Department
Jack A. Hedges
Kentucky State Police CIRT
Nicholas Hoffman
Fort Thomas Police Department
Anthony T. Holman
Lexington Police Department
Madison Kuklinski
Elizabethtown Police Department
Morgan Lageman
Hopkinsville Police Department
Steven E. Lowery
Kentucky State Police Post 4
Tyler Norris
Bowling Green Police Department
Larry C. Patterson, Jr.
Somerset Police Department
Jeffery L. Roby
Owensboro Police Department
Michael T. Smith
Middlesboro Police Department
Aaron Steele
Harrodsburg Police Department
Scott Steward
Kentucky State Police Post 2
James Vaughn
Dept. of Criminal Justice Training
Franz F. Wolff
Lexington Police Department
