COURSE DESCRIPTION
FORENSIC LOCKSMITHING
COURSE DURATION: 8 HOURS
COURSE DESCRIPTION This course is an eight hours course that will acquaint
the student with some of the basic principles that apply to the forensic investigation
and forensic examination of locks, safes, and related security devices. The
student will learn and understand the value the forensic locksmith can be
to the consumer and to law enforcement; how the locksmith skills you already
possess can be utilized to assist the consumer and law enforcement; what marks
are left behind when a lock is compromised, how to recognize these marks and
how to distinguish them from normal marks left on a lock; how to process a
“scene” and preserve the “evidence” and the scene
itself for possible later presentation in court; the basics of report writing
for law enforcement and insurance companies; how to qualify as an “expert”
and how to prepare a “CV”; techniques of auto theft and bypass
methods for some transponder systems; how to determine if a lock was compromised
when the car is completely burnt and methods of advertising and how to build
a forensic locksmith clientele.
MATERIALS REQUIRED FOR COURSE: Student should bring the following items to
class:
Basic locksmith tools (picks, small screwdriver, follower, tweezers, needle
nose pliers, small plastic tip or metal tip hammer, etc)
One or two new rim or mortise cylinders or an old cylinder with new pins installed
One or two wafer locks with new wafers (these can be standard wafer or automotive
type)
8X or larger Magnifying glass
About The Instructor: Daniel E. Cunningham, JD, CRL, CFL,
CFATE
Dan began locksmithing in 1977, while still employed as a deputy sheriff.
He retired from the sheriff’s department in 1979 and followed a career
in locksmithing. Over the years he has been employed as an employee in a lock
shop, has worked as an in-house locksmith for a large company, and has owned
his own shop. He is the owner of A&D Forensic Analysis And Security, Inc.
and the past president of the Pacific Locksmith Association. His educational
background includes training as a field evidence technician by California
Dept. Of Justice, a law degree, and numerous training courses in locksmithing
and auto theft. He is a member of the International Assoc. of Investigative
Locksmiths, ALOA and the International Assoc. of Forensic Auto Theft Examiners.
He has taught numerous training seminars for insurance, law enforcement and
arson investigators.
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