Events

Shooting Reconstruction Workshop
Saturday October 5, 2019
8:30am – 4:45pm
Room 05.67NB

Online registration is open now until October 4, 2019. Space is limited.
Fee: $ 200

Please contact Shu-Yuan (Demi) Cheng if you have any question. shcheng@jjay.cuny.edu; 646-557-4637

Target audience: Criminalists, firearm examiners or crime scene responders involved in shooting reconstruction

Instructors: Dr. Peter Diaczuk and Detective Andrew J. Winter

Description:
Shooting reconstruction is a complex endeavor, requiring a thorough knowledge of bullets, firearms, and the physics of impact dynamics. This workshop will attempt to elucidate some of the situations encountered and offer solutions to questions that arise at shooting scenes, including ricochets, bullet deformation and trace evidence on bullets.

Several different types of ammunition will be discussed, along with their interactions with several different substrates commonly encountered. Attendees will also become familiar with evidence recognition, documentation, and recovery for laboratory analysis.

Agenda:
Module 1: “Basic firearm and ammunition nomenclature and operability”
Module 2: “Bullet ricochet”
Module 3: “Bullet interactions with substrates”
Module 4: “Determining bullet paths at the scene”
Module 5: “Practical exercises”
   Station 1 --- Bullet ricochets
   Station 2 --- Trace evidence on bullets
   Station 3 --- Powder patterns on garments for distance determination
   Station 4 --- Field test for bullet impact
   Station 5 --- Rapid shear- bullet holes in synthetic garments
   Station 6 --- Determining bullet paths
Module 6: Wrap-up and discussion. Certificates of Completion given to attendees