HomeMy WebLinkAbout10/19/2010 03B Kristen Drury ATF National Firearms Examiner Academy Completion • YAKIMA POLICE DEPARTMENT
INTEROFFICE MEMO
DATE October 12, 2010
TO City Manager's office
FROM Capt. Greg Copeland
SUBJECT Kristen Drury Graduation
In 2008 the Yakima Police Department began the application process to send Kristen
Drury to the National Firearms Examiner Academy (NFEA) The NFEA is a national
academy run by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms in Washington D C
In late 2009, Kristen began a four -month pre- course study program which she completed
in addition to her other duties at YPD In January of 2010 she went to D C for the 18-
week Academy This was followed by another four months of working closely with the
Washington State Patrol Crime Lab in Seattle to complete the next phase of the program
Finally, Kristen returned to D C for a two week follow -up school, after which she
graduated with her class on September 24, 2010
Kristen has now been trained in the fundamentals of firearm and tool mark examination
and has the foundation for her supervised development into being certified as a qualified
S examiner She has also received training in many other firearms- related areas. We
consider it to be a rare accomplishment for a Department of our size to have an employee
attend the NFEA.
The Department would like to thank the Washington State Patrol for agreeing to sponsor
Kristen and to supervise her during her ongoing development. Senior Forensic Scientist
Rick Wyant of the WSP Seattle Forensic lab has been working closely with Kristen
throughout her training.
We would also like to thank ATF for their ongoing support of our efforts to have Kristen
certified as an examiner
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WASHINGTON DC -- Ammoland.com - The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and III
Explosives' (ATF) National Firearms Examiner Academy (NFEA) today graduated its class of 2009-
2010 after a year -long training program.
The NFEA provides training for apprentice /entry level firearm and tool mark examiners from federal,
state and local law enforcement agencies The curriculum includes the fundamentals of firearm and
tool mark examination and serves as the foundation for the trainees' supervised development into
qualified examiners
The NFEA class was held from October 2009 — September 2010 and included modules of instruction
that dealt with laboratory protocol, safety and ethics as well as the standards that govern the
admissibility of expert testimony in court. Students received training in the history of black powder;
the evolution of early firearms, modern ammunition and its evolution and manufacturing, and
microscopy and instrumentation. Other classes covered firearm identification, manufacturing of
modern firearms, preliminary examination of firearms, bullet examination and comparison, tool mark
examination, comparison and identification, and restoration of obliterated markings Instruction
included terminal ballistics, gunshot residue, shot patterns, bullet path analysis, and wound effects as
well as the examination and comparison of cartridges, cartridge cases, shot shells, fired shot shells
and other topics
The members of the NFEA class of 2009 -2010 are Justin Bechaver, Utah Bureau of Forensic
Services, Salt Lake City, Jennifer Delahoussaye, Acadiana Crime Laboratory, New Iberia, La, Kristen
Drury, Yakima Police Department, Yakima, Wash., Michelle Hunsinger, Monroe County Public
Safety Laboratory, Rochester, N Y , Elizabeth King, New Orleans Police Department, New Orleans,
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La., Zachary Kotas, Denver Police Department, Denver; Dawn LaPorte, Pasadena Police Regional
Department Crime Laboratory, Pasadena, Texas, Megan Moore, Oakland County Sheriffs Office,
Pontiac, Mich., Stephen Oster, Colorado Bureau of Investigation, Grand Junction, Colo , Lisa Seurer,
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Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, St. Paul, Minn., Calissa Smith, West Virginia State Police, South
0 Charleston, W Va., and April Stowe, Southwestern Institute of Forensic Sciences, Dallas
The NFEA class of 2010 -2011, which is filled, is scheduled to begin in October 2010 ATF is a law
enforcement agency within the U S Department of Justice that is dedicated to preventing violent
crime More information on ATF and its programs is available at www.atf gov
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