{"id":59979,"date":"2012-04-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-04-25T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uri-forensics-class-uses-fire-training-site-to-boost-cops-skills\/"},"modified":"2012-04-25T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-04-25T00:00:00","slug":"uri-forensics-class-uses-fire-training-site-to-boost-cops-skills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2012\/04\/uri-forensics-class-uses-fire-training-site-to-boost-cops-skills\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站 forensics class uses fire training site to boost cops\u2019 skills"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"press-release-import\">\n\t\t\u2018Murder, mayhem\u2019 depicted in staged crime scenes, then set ablaze<br \/><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NGKXQSj6uYE\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\/><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\tKINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 April 25, 2012 \u2013 It looked like one of the most serious crime scenes in Rhode Island history, with 32 law enforcement officers moving carefully around the house looking for clues to multiple murders and other crimes in eight rooms. Vehicles from the West Warwick Crime Scene Unit, Johnston Police Crime Scene Unit, Town of Glocester Emergency Services Command Center, and Warwick Police Department Forensic Investigation Unit surrounded the building.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tAnd yet, this was no real crime scene. It was a rich learning environment at the Union Fire District Training Center in South Kingstown, where the crime scenes were constructed in the center\u2019s concrete house.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tFor a full day the eight crime scenes became learning laboratories for law enforcement officers enrolled in criminal investigation courses offered by the Rhode Island State Crime Laboratory at the 溏心vlog免费B站.  The day after the cops investigated, gathered and processed evidence from the scenes, Union firefighters set the scenes afire.  The burned crime scenes then became interactive classrooms for arson investigators and police.<br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/wp-content\/uploads\/news\/sites\/16\/2021\/05\/CrimeScene0060.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"166\" align=\"right\"\/><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\tThe four-credit criminal investigation courses are offered each semester at 溏心vlog免费B站, and for this session all but two officers are from Rhode Island. The courses cover crime scene preservation, search, collection and transmission of evidence, and specialized techniques relating to firearms, arson, sexual assault and homicide.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nAt the Union Fire District training center, one room featured a crime of passion with a \u201cfemale body\u201d bound to a bed and profanities painted on the wall. A lamp had been knocked over and blood stained the floor. An ax protruded through a wall.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nAnother scene depicted a breaking and entering during which the homeowner was surprised. One crime scene showed that suspects had broken into \u201cTim\u2019s Tax Consulting Service.\u201d Investigators found a \u201cmale body\u201d tied to a chair with duct tape covering his mouth.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/wp-content\/uploads\/news\/sites\/16\/2021\/05\/CrimeScene0150.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"166\" align=\"right\"\/>\u201cThis group has done very well in the coursework,\u201d said Dennis Hilliard, director of the Rhode Island State Crime Laboratory and co-coordinator of the 溏心vlog免费B站 Forensic Science Partnership. \u201cYou have to remember that these are cops, not scientists, yet they are diligent and committed to learning scientific investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nWoonsocket Police Sgt. Kevin Sanford said the course is demanding and worthwhile. \u201cAs a sergeant, I am on call for crimes that are simulated here, so this is very helpful. This exercise gives us true-life crime scenes. At our scene, there are probably 50 pieces that we will have to bring back to the lab.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/wp-content\/uploads\/news\/sites\/16\/2021\/05\/BuildingBurn0164.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"150\" align=\"right\"\/>Rhode Island State Police Det. Matthew McGuire, said he has been on the road the last seven years and the course has provided him with a methodological approach to crime scene investigation.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\u201cThe entire course stresses the scientific method in crime investigation and it gives my classmates and me a great baseline,\u201d McGuire said.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nGlenn Young, the Prudence Island public safety officer for the Town of Portsmouth\u2019s Police Department, said the class and exercise at the Union Fire District training center have been very helpful.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\u201cI have a unique position on Prudence Island because I work by myself,\u201d Young said. \u201cThis gives me a sense of what our Portsmouth officers will be walking into when they arrive to investigate. I can give them facts that will aid them in their response.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nWhile the hands-on-training at the crime scenes and in the class is important, he said there is an even more important component.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\u201cJust by working with all of these other committed law enforcement officers, I have developed great relationships, and now I know if I have any questions, I can call any one of these individuals,\u201d said the former geologist who patrols an island that has about 120 year-round residents and up to 3,000 summer visitors.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nFollowing is a list of participants:<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nName, Department, State<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nMarco C. Lima, Hopedale, Mass<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nChristopher T. Connelly, Wellesley PD, Mass<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nJames S. Motta, Bristol PD, R.I.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nPhilip J. Garland, Central Falls PD, R.I.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nFrank Rodriguez, Jr., Central Falls PD, R.I.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nJolene P. Bell, Cumberland PD, R.I.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nDavid O. Black, E. Greenwich PD, R.I.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nJon T. Chirnside, E. Greenwich PD, R.I.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nMark E. Bourget, E. Providence PD, R.I.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nMichael V. Spremulli, E. Providence PD, R.I.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nMatthew D. Floor, Glocester PD, R.I.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nJoshua M. Heywood, Johnston PD, R.I.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nTravis F. Maiato, N. Kingstown PD, R.I.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nRobert W. Wild, N. Providence PD, R.I.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nJustin J. Hoffman, Narragansett PD, R.I.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nJohn A. Silveira, Narragansett PD, R.I.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nMatthew J. Clark, Newport PD, R.I.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nEverett G. Lamountain, Jr., Pawtucket PD, R.I.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nGlenn Young, Portsmouth PD, R.I.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nEdward A. Regine, Providence PD, R.I.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nJoseph C. Villella, Providence PD, R.I.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nNuno F. Figueiredo, RI Doc, R.I.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nMatthew P. Mcguire, RI State Police, R.I.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nDrew B. Bishop, Richmond PD, R.I.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nDavid J. Marler, S. Kingstown PD, R.I.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nGregg L. Catlow, Smithfield PD, R.I.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nAnthony J. Bettencourt, W. Warwick PD, R.I.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nJason P. Senerchia, W. Warwick PD, R.I.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nFrank J. Mcgee, Warwick PD, R.I.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nChristopher Brooks, Woonsocket PD, R.I.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nKevin Greenough, Woonsocket PD, R.I.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nKevin Sanford, Woonsocket PD, R.I.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nPictured above<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nSHINING A LIIGHT ON CRIME: Gregg LaMountain, left of the Pawtucket Police Department, shines his flashlight on a crime scene while Gregg Catlow of the Smithfield Police Department, looks on during a training exercise at the Union Fire District Training Center. The exercise was organized by the Rhode Island State Crime Laboratory at 溏心vlog免费B站.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nA BAD SCENE: A Woonsocket police officer photographs the scene at \u201cTim\u2019s Tax Consulting Service.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nBURNING THE EVIDENCE: Firefighters monitor the burning of \u201cevidence\u201d at eight crime scenes set up at the Union Fire District Training Center to help train police and fire investigators. <br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n溏心vlog免费B站 Photos by Michael Salerno.<\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018Murder, mayhem\u2019 depicted in staged crime scenes, then set ablaze&#13; KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 April 25, 2012 \u2013 It looked like one of the most serious crime scenes in Rhode Island history, with 32 law enforcement officers moving carefully around the house looking for clues to multiple murders and other crimes in eight rooms. 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