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January Classes


Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Evidence of Latent Prints at a Crime Scene
What a Crime Lab is “Really” Like
Presenters: Jill Arwine –Washington State Forensics Lab Services
Terry McAdam-Washington State Forensics Lab Services
Place: Lakewood Fire Training Center 5000 Steilacoom Blvd/across from cemetery/at
            Clover Park Technical College
Time: 9:30 a.m.—Noon (note early start time of 9:30)
Class Fee: $10.00/A contribution will be made to WA State Patrol Memorial
            Foundation
Class Coordinator: Margie Hoffman, 253-588-4589, mteach65@runbox.com

Jill Arwine will present a class on the procedures used in the processing of latent prints. There are specific fundamentals of examining evidence found at crime scenes for the presence of latent prints. The Latent Fingerprint examiners not only process evidence and crime scenes for fingerprints, they also locate, photograph, process and compare latent prints. They use the Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS). Her PowerPoint presentation on the collection and preservation of various types of evidence will conclude with hands-on practice.
 

Terry McAdam’s class will emphasis the various aspects of services provided by a forensics lab. The specialty areas in the lab are: biochemistry, firearms/tool marks, microanalysis, chemical analysis, and controlled substances analysis. The lab has a Patrol’s Crime Scene Response Team that is available 24 hours to assist local law enforcement agencies.

Thursday, January 24, 2008
Martin Luther King’s Last Battle: Going Down Jericho Road
Presenter: Michael Honey/UW Tacoma Professor
Place: Garfield Book Company/Corner of Garfield & Pacific Ave
Time: 10:00 a.m.
Class Fee: $10.00 Class
Coordinator: Marilee Titus, 253-588-0498, mmtitus@earthlink.net

 

Michael Honey will discuss his book Going Down Jericho Road, which presents a definitive history of the struggle for economic justice that became Martin Luther King Jr.’s last crusade. Mr. Honey will talk about his study of the strike that set the stage for King’s murder. The 1955 Montgomery bus boycott was one bookend on Martin Luther King’s life and the 1968 Memphis sanitation strike is the other. Most people know that MLK died in Memphis, but they don’t know why. Going Down Jericho Road  connects King’s struggle against racism, war,  and militarism to the workers’ struggle for economic and racial justice.

Michael Honey  is a founding faculty member (1990) at University of Washington/Tacoma and teaches African-American and U.S. History. He holds the Fred and Dorothy Haley Endowed Professorship in the Humanities at UWT. He works with the Heritage Foundation concerned with preserving the cultural and legacy of movements for social change. He is a graduate of the Northern Illinois University (Ph.D.) and lives in Tacoma.