MURFREESBORO — MTSU’s 2014 Death Scene
Investigation Workshop, set Aug. 13-14 on campus, is aiming to help the people
who work with death sites get ready to secure, investigate and prosecute deadly
crimes.
The free
workshop, sponsored by MTSU’s Forensic Institute for Research and Education, is
open to law enforcement agencies, prosecutors, first responders such as
emergency medical services and fire personnel, public defenders and medical
examiners.
With the
help of professionals from various specialties, including Dr. Hugh Berryman,
MTSU professor of anthropology and the director of the Forensic Institute for
Research and Education, the workshop will address the role of the medical
examiner, forensic anthropology, mass fatalities, drug overdose and child death
investigations.
Attendees
also can earn Continuing Education Unit
or Continuing Professional Education credits for the workshop.
To register for the workshop
or get more information, including an agenda, please visit http://www.mtsu.edu/fire/Law_Enforcement_Training.php or contact the Forensic Institute for Research
and Education, or FIRE, at fire@mtsu.edu.
The 2014 Death Scene Investigation
Workshop is supported by a grant from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau
of Justice Assistance.
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