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Fingerprint and Criminal History Record Training

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Training and Records Testimony Team's Mission
Course Overview
Winter 2010 Schedule of Classes

Training and Records Testimony Team's Mission

Mission Statement

To uphold and support the accuracy, integrity and timeliness of friction ridge individualizations and criminal history records by providing the highest quality training to law enforcement and criminal justice communities.

TTRT Functional Statement

The Biometric Services Section (BSS) Training and Records Testimony Team (TRTT) is responsible for coordinating, developing and providing BSS employees with all training and materials needed to successfully perform their functions and further prepare them for the multimodal biometric capabilities of the future. Team members develop/implement initiatives to enhance the learning opportunities for all CJIS employees. The TRTT coordinates mandatory developmental training and plans policy and motivational conferences for the BSS employees.

Externally and internationally, the TRTT provides training and expert witness testimony in the science of fingerprints and the proper preparation/processing of friction ridge skin and criminal history record data to various law enforcement/criminal justice agencies. The TRTT proactively communicates training opportunities/topics with external agencies via telephone, email, web pages, video teleconferencing, various publications and participation in law enforcement/criminal justice educational conferences.

 

Training and Records Testimony Team’s Catalog of Classes, Workshops, Overviews and Presentations

The following is the most current catalog of classes, workshops and/or presentations being offered by the Biometric Services Section’s Training and Records Testimony Team (TRTT). If you would like to take a class from the TRTT menu and you do not see it on the schedule, please contact us with your request. In addition, if there is something you would like to see added to the menu, please feel free to make your suggestion(s) to any TRTT Instructor or staff member!

Please take advantage of our “Course Mapping.” This feature allows supervisors, managers, and our customers in the law enforcement community to “build your own” training event! Based on what you want to accomplish, one of our staff will work with you to identify a complete training event for your Team, Group, Unit or Agency. For example: you may want to organize a two/three day or even a week long “retreat” or functional training event for your staff. You would simply contact the TRTT; tell us your goals and the classes, workshops or overviews from our catalog you want us to teach. We will work with you on selecting a set of dates, securing a classroom, or location, and then tailor a training event to meet your needs. Please contact any Instructor for more information, or to set up your event!

“Excellence is never an accident; it is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, intelligent direction, skillful execution and the vision to see obstacles as opportunities.”

*Classes designated as “Internal” are for FBI employees only.
*Classes designated “External” are for authorized criminal justice agency employees (agency must have an Originating Agency Identifier, or ORI, number).

 

FUNCTIONAL TRAINING

  1. ACE -V for the Tenprint Examiner (Internal and External)
  2. Administrative and Performance Training for BSS Rating Officials (Internal)
  3. Advanced Comparison for Tenprint Examiners (Internal and External)
  4. Answer Hits To Wants (Internal)
  5. American Society for Quality (ASQ) Certification Preparation (Internal)
  6. Automated Processing (AP) (Internal)
  7. Basic Criminal History Examiner Workshop (Internal)
  8. Biometric Services Section (BSS) Tour Training (includes FIC Demonstration) (Internal)
  9. Civil Name Index ( CNI) (Internal)
  10. Classifying Fingerprints Using Henry (Internal and External)
  11. Completing and Processing BSS Correction Forms (Internal)
  12. Consolidation Specialist (CONSPEC) (Internal)
  13. Conversion of Manual Criminal History Records (Internal)
  14. Courtroom Testimony for the Tenprint Examiner (Internal and External)
  15. Dispositions (Federal) (Internal)
  16. Dispositions ( MRD) (Internal)
  17. Dispositions (State) (Internal)
  18. Document Specialist (DocSpec) (Internal)
  19. Expungements (Internal)
  20. Fingerprint History and Early Pioneers (Internal and External)
  21. Fingerprint Physiology (Internal and External)
  22. Fingerprinting For Kids (Internal and External)
  23. Flash Form Training (External)
  24. Flashes (Internal)
  25. Forensic Documentation for The Tenprint Examiner (Internal and External)
  26. Henry Classification Formula Refresher (Internal and External)
  27. History of the FBI Identification Record (Internal and External)
  28. IAFIS On The Road - Virtual (External)
  29. Interpreting an FBI IAFIS Response (Internal)
  30. Journey of A Dollar (Internal)
  31. Locate (Internal)
  32. Logic Error Resolution (LER) (Internal)
  33. Mail Processing (Internal)
  34. Manual Quality Check (QC) (Internal)
  35. Manual Searching Using the Henry Classification System (Internal)
  36. MISCDOC I (Miscellaneous Documents) (Internal)
  37. Name Check (Double Rejects and AP) (Internal)
  38. NCIC Audit Procedures (Internal)
  39. New Biometric Services Section (BSS) Training Instructor Orientation (Internal)
  40. NICS Support (Internal)
  41. Preparing and Presenting Honest Performance Feedback (Internal)
  42. Proofreading and Typing (Internal and External)
  43. Quality Assurance and Product Verification (Internal)
  44. Recording Legible Fingerprints Using Live Scan Mobile Devices (Internal and External)
  45. Referencing the Henry Classification System (Internal)
  46. Scars and The IAFIS (Internal)
  47. Scientific Basics of Fingerprints – WVU Forensics Program (15 Weeks) (External)
  48. Scientific Basics of Fingerprints – Recording – 1 day (Internal and External)
  49. Scientific Basics of Fingerprints – Classifying, Recording and Comparing 3 day (Internal and External)
  50. Scientific Basics of Palmprints – Comparing (Internal)
  51. Scientific Basics of Palmprints – Recording (1 day) (Internal and External)
  52. Sequencing and Filing Using the Henry Classification System (Internal)
  53. Special Processing Center ( SPC) (Internal)
  54. Tenprint for Special Stops (Internal)
  55. The Data Behind The Fingerprints (External)
  56. The FBI’s Tenprint and Criminal History Record “Error” Policy (Internal)
  57. Tier 1 – FBI New Fingerprint Examiner (FPE) Intern Program (Internal) (This is the 20 week class for new Fingerprint Examiners.)
  58. Tier 2 – FBI Friction Ridge Examiner Certification Preparation (Internal)
  59. Tier 3 – IAI Tenprint Certification Preparation (Internal and External)
  60. Tier 4 – Courtroom and Records Testimony (Internal)
  61. Transaction History for Tenprint and Criminal History Examiners (Internal)
  62. 62. Understanding the FBI Criminal History Record (External)
  63. 63. Use and Management of the Criminal History Record (Internal and External)
  64. 64. Using The IAFIS To Find Missing Persons and Identify Unknown Deceased (External)
  65. VTC – How to Read RAP Sheets (External)
  66. VTC – Scientific Basics of Fingerprints – Classifying and Recording - 1 Day (External)

OVERVIEWS AND PRESENTATIONS (approximately one-hour classes)

  1. A Study of Friction Ridges In Primates (Internal and External)
  2. Advisory Policy Board (APB)/Compact Council (CC) (Internal)
  3. American Society for Quality (ASQ) (Internal)
  4. American National Standards Institute ( ANSI) National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Electronic Biometric Transmission Specification (EBTS) (Internal)
  5. Answer Hits to Wants (AHTW) (Internal)
  6. Automated Processing (AP) (Internal)
  7. Biometric Center of Excellence (BCOE) (Internal and External)
  8. Biometric Interoperability (Internal and External)
  9. Biometric Services Section (CJIS) Awards and Incentives (Internal and External)
  10. Biometric Services Section (BSS) Data Management System ( BDMS) (Internal)
  11. Biometric Services Section (BSS) Gain Sharing (Internal)
  12. Biometric Services Section (BSS) Progress Review (Internal)
  13. Biometric Services Section (BSS) (Internal and External)
  14. Biometrics and The Legal System (Internal and External)
  15. Code of Ethics for Friction Ridge Examiners (Internal)
  16. Combined Federal Campaign ( CFC) (Internal)
  17. Continuity Of Operations Plan ( COOP) (Internal)
  18. Criminal History (Internal and External)
  19. Customer Service Group (Internal and External)
  20. Document Specialist (DOCSPEC) (Internal)
  21. Employee and Statistics Database (Internal)
  22. Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) (Internal)
  23. FBI 100 th Anniversary Presentation(Internal and External)
  24. FBI- Four Tier Tenprint Certification Program (Internal and External)
  25. FBI’s Top Ten Reasons for Rejects and How to Prevent Them (External)
  26. Five S Philosophy (Internal and External)
  27. Flashes (Internal)
  28. Funded Staffing Level (FSL) (Internal)
  29. Global Initiatives Unit (GIU) (Internal)
  30. How To Prepare A Curriculum Vitae For Testimony (Internal and External)
  31. How To Read BSS Statistical Trending, Analysis, and Reporting ( STAR) Accuracy Reports (Internal)
  32. IAFIS (Internal and External)
  33. IAFIS (Level 2) (Internal and External)
  34. International Association for Identification (IAI)/Scientific Working Group On Friction Ridge Analysis, Study and Technology (SWGFAST) (Internal)
  35. Interim Data Storage Model (iDSM) (Internal)
  36. Introduction to Deoxyribonucleic Acid ( DNA) (Internal and External)
  37. Introduction to Ear Identification (Internal and External)
  38. Introduction to Facial Recognition-Identification (Internal and External)
  39. Introduction to Fingerprint Examination (Internal and External)
  40. Introduction to Friction Ridge Embryology (Internal and External)
  41. Introduction to Hand Geometry Identification (Internal and External)
  42. Introduction to Heart Cadence Identification (Internal and External)
  43. Introduction to Human Gait Identification (Internal and External)
  44. Introduction to Iris Identification (Internal and External)
  45. Introduction to Keystroke Dynamics (Internal)
  46. Introduction to Lip Print Identification (Internal)
  47. Introduction to Odontology (Internal and External)
  48. Introduction to Odor Biometrics (Internal and External)
  49. Introduction to Osteology (Internal and External)
  50. Introduction to Palmprints and Complete Friction Ridge Exemplars (Internal and External)
  51. Introduction to Plantarprints (Internal and External)
  52. Introduction to Signature-Handwriting Identification (Internal and External)
  53. Introduction to Vascular Identification (Internal and External)
  54. Introduction to Voice Recognition Identification (Internal and External)
  55. Job Squad Inc. (Internal)
  56. Law Enforcement Online (LEO) (Internal and External)
  57. Lean Thinking Overview (Internal and External)
  58. Meeting Database (for Supervisors) (Internal)
  59. National Consortium For Justice Information and Statistics (SEARCH) Conference (Internal)
  60. National Data Exchange (NDEX) (Internal)
  61. Next Generation Identification (NGI) Program (Internal and External)
  62. Operational Analysis System Integrity Support (OASIS) (Internal)
  63. Operations Control Center (OCC) (Internal)
  64. Persons With Disabilities Advisory Committee (PDAC) (Internal)
  65. Policy Review Board ( PRB)/IAFIS Note/Standard Operating Manual (SOM) Replacement Page (Internal)
  66. Process Improvement Team (PIT) and the Value Stream Mapping (VSM) Process (Internal)
  67. Quality Assurance Group (QAG)/Product Verification Group (PVG) (Internal)
  68. Records Testimony Program (Internal and External)
  69. Search But Do Not Add (SBDA) (Internal)
  70. Space, Equipment and Ergonomics Group (SEEG) (Internal)
  71. System Integrity Team (SIT) (Internal)
  72. Systems Management Center (SMC) (Internal)
  73. Special Processing Center ( SPC) (Internal and External)
  74. Tenprint Workflow (Internal)
  75. Training Services Offered by the CJIS Division (Internal and External)
  76. Twins Study (Internal and External)
  77. What Is A Forensic Science? (Internal and External)

 

Winter 2010 Schedule of Classes

Please note Instructor listed is always subject to change without notice.

Functional training mandated by the FBI for support employees to remain current in their position will not count toward the Continuing Education Program (CEP) Credit.

How To Read BSS Statistical Trending, Analysis and Reporting ( STAR) Reports

Attendees will learn how to interpret the data provided in the monthly reports generated by the STAR Group and how this data can be beneficial to the management of their function, projects (s) and/or decision making processes.

Date Time Classroom
03/29/2010 5:00 am – 6:00 am E1 Multipurpose Room
03/29/2010 10:00 am – 11:00 am E1 Multipurpose Room
03/30/2010 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm E1 Multipurpose Room
03/31/2010 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm SAT II Room 204

Instructor – Employees of the STAR Group

LEAN Thinking Overview

Students will acquire a basic knowledge of LEAN principles and techniques for application.

Date Time Classroom
04/26/2010 6:00 am – 7:00 am E1 Multipurpose Room
04/27/2010 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm SAT II Room 202
04/28/2010 10:00 am – 11:00 am E1 Multipurpose Room
04/29/2010 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm E1 Multipurpose Room

Instructor – Employee of the Process Improvement Team

5S Philosophy Overview

The Five S program is a key component of establishing a Visual Workplace. This overview will focus on having visual order within your workplace, which in turn will improve ergonomics, efficiency, service, and safety. Students will discover Workplace visually creates a set of outcomes that work in parallel with lean outcomes. This includes organization, cleanliness, and standardization. LEAN is C LEAN.

Date Time Classroom
03/22/2010 5:00 am – 6:00 am E1 Multipurpose Room
03/23/2010 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm SAT II Room 202
03/24/2010 9:00 am – 10:00 am E1 Multipurpose Room
03/25/2010 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm E1 Multipurpose Room

Instructor – Employee of the Process Improvement Team

Please contact us for a catalog of the most current classes, workshops, and presentations being offered by the Biometric Services Section’s Training and Records Testimony Team:

Phone - 304-625-5590
Fax - 304-625-2337
E-mail - fingerprint_training@leo.gov

You can also access our information online: Internet - www.leo.gov (call 304-625-2618 for access to LEO)

  • From the LEO Home Page, click on the SIGS tab Click on Public SIGS Click on the CJIS Seal/Logo Click on the hyperlink “Biometric Services Section – Training and Records Testimony Team”
  • Once you get into our page, there are several options from there including a link to all CJIS Training Courses offered free of charge