Services

Independent forensic firearm and tool mark examinations, including: 

  • Firearm Identification: comparison of ammunition components (unfired cartridges, fired bullets and cartridge cases) with suspect firearms
  • Tool mark Identification: tool mark comparison with suspect tools
  • Firearm Examinations: Determination of manufacture, operability, defects, modifications and accidental discharge
  • Ammunition Examinations: Determination of manufacture of cartridge and ammunition components, if consistent with functional ammunition
  • Gunpowder and Gunshot Residue Testing:  Visual and chemical examination of an object that had been shot to determine the distance of the firearm from the object at time of discharge

Case record evaluation:

  • Case file review, including the Report of Examination and examiner notes
  • Interpretation of examination results
  • Determination of any additional examinations that would be of value to the trier-of-fact

 Expert witness testimony:

  • Testify to the results of the above mentioned examination of forensic evidence and evaluation of case record

Daubert admissibility hearing:

  • Defend the forensic firearm and tool mark discipline when the admissibility of the science is challenged

Onsite training:

  • Two year Forensic Firearm and Tool Mark Examiner Training Program
  • Gunpowder and Gunshot Residue School
  • Tool Mark Microscopy Training
  • Daubert Admissibility Training

 Research consulting:

  • Provide direction to research scientists with regards to the relevancy and applicability of research projects to the firearm and tool mark discipline