NIBIN-Led Policing – A Prosecutor’s Perspective

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Wed, Jul 17th, 2019 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM ET
Wed, Jul 17th, 2019 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CT
Wed, Jul 17th, 2019 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM MT
Wed, Jul 17th, 2019 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM PT
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What does it take to succeed in the investigation of crimes involving firearms?  First and foremost, it requires a collaboration of police investigators, forensic experts, and prosecutors thinking and acting together.

Investigative leads identified through the use of the ATF National Integrated Ballistic Information Network (NIBIN) are powerful sources for crime gun intelligence.  However, to maximize the value of the intelligence both for the investigation and prosecution of the cases, leads must be provided to analysts, investigators and prosecutors in a timely and comprehensive manner.

The presenters for this next installment of our 2019 Preventive Crime Gun Strategy webinar series are Marisa KcKeown, Supervising Deputy District Attorney in Santa Clara County, and Ron Nichols, a Forensic Firearm Examiner.

They will discuss:

  • How NIBIN leads, as well as other sources of crime gun intelligence, are utilized at every phase of the investigative and prosecutorial process
  • Specific procedures and strategies that have been implemented
  • Case Examples

 

 

This webinar is sponsored by Ultra Electronics Forensics Technology.  Ultra Electronics Forensic Technology is a leader in forensic analysis providing innovative and effective solutions like its unique technology: the Integrated Ballistics Identification System (IBIS®). IBIS is designed to find the “needle in the haystack” by discovering matches between pairs of spent bullets and cartridge cases at speeds well beyond human capacity. Forensic Technology helps experts obtain timely information so they can make society a safer place. By registering for this event you hereby authorize the Justice Clearinghouse to share your registration information with our sponsor organization.

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Presenters:

Marisa McKeown is a Supervising Deputy District Attorney in Santa Clara County (Calif.) and has been with the DA’s office since 2006. During her years at the DA’s office she has supervised Central Felonies and General Felonies before she was chosen to create and lead the office’s Crime Strategies Unit in 2016. The Crime Strategies Unit is an Intelligence-Led Policing and Prosecution Unit and involves large-scale investigative projects with the County’s police agencies. Ms. McKeown was a trial attorney on multiple units in the office, including Gangs and Sexual Assault. During her time at CSU she has spoken across the country about intelligence-led policing and prosecution. In particular, she has trained hundreds of police and prosecutors about gun violence restraining orders and gun-related intelligence, including the importance of ballistic imaging for all seized firearms. Her true love at work is Gang investigations, and outside of work is her two daughters, ages 6 and 8.

 

 
 

Ron Nichols, of Nichols Forensic Science Consulting, has 25+ years of experience as a firearm and toolmark examiner at the local and federal levels in accredited laboratories.

He is the author of Firearm and Toolmark Identification – The Scientific Reliability of the Forensic Science Discipline. He is widely published with a number of his publications routinely referenced in published court decisions with respect to Daubert and Frye evidentiary hearings. He has testified in over 100 criminal cases and evidentiary hearings involving firearm and toolmark evidence at the state and federal levels.

He is internationally recognized as one of the leading experts in communicating the scientific foundations of the firearm and tool mark discipline to both technical and lay audiences providing training and consultation nationally and internationally, including on behalf of the United Nations. He brings 15+ years of experience developing training curricula, modules and workshops and providing training in various national and international venues for new and experienced examiners and technicians. He currently offers a complete Firearm and Toolmark Training Academy providing effective and customized training for law enforcement agencies in the United States and internationally.

With his expertise and training in ISO/IEC 17025 and ISO/IEC 17020 he was one of the primary architects of the successful redesign of a nationwide ballistic information network. His primary area of focus was on the implementation of more timely forensic-based strategies while remaining within accreditation guidelines.

 
 
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