Forensic Information Data Exchange (FIDEX) Final Project

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Forensic Information Data Exchange (FIDEX) Final Project
Forensic Information Data Exchange (FIDEX) Final Project Report
2008‐IJ‐CX‐K405 April 30, 2010
The NFSTC is pleased to submit this Final Report to the United States Department of Justice,
Office of Justice Programs, National Institute of Justice.
William Ford
Division Director
Information and Sensor Technology Division
Office of Science and Technology
National Institute of Justice
Washington, D.C. 20531
NFSTC Contact:
Kevin Lothridge
Chief Executive Officer
National Forensic Science Technology Center
7881 114th Avenue North
Largo, FL 33773
Tel: 727-549-6067 ext. 103
Fax: 727-549-6070
Kevin.Lothridge@nfstc.org
Contents FIDEX Final Project Report ........................................................................................................... 1 Overview and History ................................................................................................................. 1 Description and Goals ................................................................................................................. 3 Results from Pilot Tests .............................................................................................................. 7 Lessons Learned.......................................................................................................................... 8 Conclusion and Possible Next Steps ......................................................................................... 10 Appendices .................................................................................................................................... 12 Appendix A FIDEX Survey Results ............................................................................................. 13 Appendix B Project Timeline ....................................................................................................... 19 Appendix C Main FIDEX Working Group .................................................................................. 22 Arizona FIDEX Subgroup ........................................................................................................ 23 Appendix D FIDEX Working Group Contact Information .......................................................... 25 Appendix E FIDEX LEA Concept Paper ..................................................................................... 27 National Forensic Science Technology Center
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FIDEX Final Project Report Overview and History For decades, forensic evidence has been important in the investigation and adjudication of
criminal casework, capable of identifying suspects and exonerating the wrongly accused. In
recent years, however, severe laboratory backlogs have clogged the system and affected the
ability of the criminal justice system to fully benefit from the value of forensic evidence.
According to the 2005 Bureau of Justice Statistics Census of Publicly Funded Crime
Laboratories, laboratories reported 360,000 backlogged requests for forensic services that year,
an increase of 24 percent between 2002 and 2005.
An informal assessment of 94 state and local crime laboratories, conducted in 2009 in
collaboration with the IJIS Institute, found that 79 percent 1indicated having some form of a
laboratory information management system (LIMS) in place, but 87 percent of these laboratories
still accept forensic requests via handwritten long forms. To further complicate the backlogs, the
IJIS Institute estimates that an average laboratory spends more than 5,000 hours every year
clarifying examination requests with the submitting agency or responding to requests from the
agencies for updates about the status of examination requests. Ninety-eight percent of
laboratories reported the need for analysts to spend time in administrative follow-up rather than
analytical duties. Appendix A contains a summary of the findings from the IJIS Institute survey.
In summary, the combination of increased caseload and inefficient information management
processes significantly clogs the entire justice process, and promises to worsen in the future as
the forensic sciences expand their scope, utility and technology. Meanwhile, as requests for
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crime laboratory examinations mount, laboratory directors are seeking to reduce their backlogs
and provide timely results to law enforcement officers and prosecutors.
Recognizing the importance of streamlining case management to reduce the staggering
backlog of cases in the nation’s crime laboratories, the National Institute of Justice (NIJ),
through its cooperative agreement with the National Forensic Science Technology Center
(NFSTC), has created a standardized tool for sharing forensic case information among agencies
in the justice community. In 2007, NIJ provided funding to NFSTC, with subcontracts to the IJIS
Institute and Waterhole Software, to begin developing the Forensic Information Data Exchange
(FIDEX), a set of technical specifications to facilitate systems interoperability and the electronic
transmission of information to and from forensic crime laboratories.
Built using 21st century Web-based technology, the FIDEX tool provides an electronic
platform that enables more efficient sharing of forensic information among criminal justice
stakeholders, including law enforcement, prosecutors and crime laboratories. Using standards
based on the National Information Exchange Model (NIEM) version 2.0, FIDEX provides an
end-to-end solution for the real-time exchange of forensic case information, while enhancing and
integrating the functionality of formerly stand-alone information management systems in
different law enforcement agencies and crime laboratories. FIDEX provides a paperless process
that eliminates the traditional hand-written “long form” that accompanied laboratory requests in
the past and generated many follow-up calls for clarification. FIDEX also eliminates duplicate
data entry among different agencies and increases the accuracy of system data. Real-time access
to case information reduces case processing time by allowing crime laboratory managers to
determine the disposition of cases that may have been plea-bargained or dismissed in the courts,
allowing them to make informed decisions about prioritizing casework.
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The processing of a forensic case requires information and coordination among multiple
practitioners within a jurisdiction. The FIDEX project supports the exchange of evidence-related
information by facilitating the request for forensic services, linking laboratory information
management systems (LIMS) with other criminal justice information systems and using the
Information Exchange Package Documents (IEPDs) to exchange data about case submissions
and case dispositions. Law enforcement agencies, crime laboratories and the courts can benefit
from new information exchanges that improve the efficiency of forensic services requests and
improve communication with the courts about case status. By facilitating real-time, end-to-end
data sharing among all agencies involved, the FIDEX project has significant potential to decrease
the backlog of cases in the country’s crime laboratories, while providing a high return on
investment (ROI) through the efficiencies that can be achieved over conventional paper-based
processes.
Description and Goals Many stakeholders within the criminal justice system have information management
systems, but these systems were not developed to be interoperable, resulting in information gaps.
As a result, reconciling case-related information among law enforcement, crime laboratories and
prosecutors’ offices creates a burden that adversely affects a crime laboratory’s processes,
leading to significant backlogs.
The goal of the FIDEX project is to enhance the exchange of forensic information and data
among criminal justice stakeholders. This can be accomplished by providing a modular, portable,
NIEM-compliant, reusable XML data format and supporting documentation to criminal justice
agencies wishing to share forensic information electronically.
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The FIDEX system consists of a Web portal that acts as a central hub running on an intranet
server at the crime laboratory. Two standardized sets of Information Exchange Package
Documents (IEPDs) help agencies with disparate systems to map their data so a laboratory
information management system (LIMS) can efficiently and accurately exchange information
with a records management system (RMS) or an evidence management system (EMS). Two
IEPDs have been developed thus far, one for submitting forensic case evidence to the crime
laboratory and one for following the disposition of court cases for which forensic evidence has
been submitted. The FIDEX portal demonstrates the data elements and functionality of the
IEPDs, giving implementers the opportunity to interface with other systems in a practical
environment. By standardizing the case submission process for law enforcement, FIDEX
streamlines case intake and management procedures within the crime laboratory. And by
electronically determining the real-time status of court cases through the FIDEX portal, crime
laboratories can reduce their backlogs by identifying cases that have been dismissed or plea
bargained in the courts and no longer need crime laboratory analysis.
Major milestones in FIDEX project activities spanning the period from January 2007 to
December 2009 include:
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 Project Analysis and Planning
 Establishing the FIDEX Working Group: Defining Forensic Exchange Methods and
Opportunities
 Arizona Criminal Justice Commission (ACJC) Exchange Analysis Subgroup Activities
 Information Exchange Package Documentation (IEPD) Development and Publishing
 FIDEX Portal Planning and Development
 Pilot Testing Activities for Phoenix PD and Boston PD
A full timeline of FIDEX development and implementation activities is included in
Appendix B, and Appendices C and D contain the names of individuals who participated in the
FIDEX working groups. Appendix E contains a concept paper about FIDEX that was distributed
to potential agency partners by the Arizona Department of Public Safety.
An early goal of the project, as identified by the FIDEX Advisory Group, was the need to
build partnerships that represented key stakeholders in the reduction of crime laboratory
backlogs and to involve them in the project, especially in terms of mapping out workflow and
business processes. The FIDEX team used that information to develop the data requirements on
which the IEPDs were based.
A particularly useful FIDEX feature includes a management reporting tool, the Executive
Dashboard, which allows informed resource allocation based on real-time data about the status
within the court system of the laboratory’s backlogged cases. This feature supports improved,
more efficient workflow management for crime laboratories and the agencies they work with.
Unlike most criminal justice systems, FIDEX aggregates and reports data in a variety of ways,
and the reports can be customized to meet specific managerial needs. For example, a laboratory
manager may want to see the backlogged workloads of different analysts in the lab. FIDEX can
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produce this user-friendly graphic to help the manager distribute the workload more evenly
among the analysts.
With this customizable Dashboard reporting, laboratory managers can get the real-time
pulse of the organization and the workflow. They can better distribute caseloads, identify
patterns of backlogged cases and better schedule yearly vacations. Furthermore, by using the
Case Detail screen and the system’s e-mail alert feature, managers can monitor a case and raise
its priority as the case’s court date approaches, avoiding a continuation.
FIDEX information sharing increases the efficiency of data exchange through scalable
integration of previously isolated information systems in the law enforcement community. The
electronic platform for submission of forensic examination requests not only streamlines the case
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management intake procedure within the laboratory, it also significantly improves business
processes across jurisdictions, including law enforcement. For example, the system will
automatically send an e-mail to criminal justice professionals involved in a case anytime the
status of the case changes or when new evidence is added to a case.
FIDEX allows agencies to interconnect and share case information, eliminating the silo
effect in which all stakeholder agencies have essentially the same information but don’t
effectively exchange data, often operating in virtual isolation. FIDEX represents a significant
step toward integrating data from different agencies in the justice community, leveraging Webbased technology to facilitate information sharing among crime laboratories and law
enforcement agencies, which will ultimately reduce crime laboratory backlogs.
Results from Pilot Tests The Boston Police Department and crime laboratory have fully implemented FIDEX and the
Phoenix Police Department is in the early stages of implementation. With only two small pilot
implementations accomplished under this grant, performance metrics will have to wait until the
system is deployed on a larger scale and for a longer period of time. However, both
implementations did result in improved business processes; a streamlined, paperless method of
submitting evidence to the crime lab; elimination of duplicate data entry with the auto-populate
feature; and increased accuracy. Other benefits include:
 Reduced procedural time
 Real-time access to information
 Clarification from case agent to laboratory and vice versa
 Immediate and accurate status of analyses
 Court disposition of cases
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 Ease of use with a user-friendly Web interface
 Minimal cost to implement
 More effective use of manpower and other resources
FIDEX represents a ground-breaking step toward faster resolution of crime laboratory
casework, reducing backlogs and benefiting law enforcement agencies, crime laboratories and
the community as a whole. Because the system is scalable, it can be implemented at a size and
scale proportionate to the business complexity and technical issues of any site wishing to
implement it. Regardless of agency size, the FIDEX portal and IEPDs allow implementation
partners to ensure that data elements and functional requirements align with their specific
business requirements, while providing a model environment for practitioners to test and
evaluate its components, modifying the system as necessary to meet internal needs.
Lessons Learned FIDEX represents many firsts in criminal justice data exchange among disparate systems
that were not designed to be interoperable, including the mapping of data elements between
systems. The FIDEX business process model works for the most diverse software environments,
and the IEPDs and portal can be configured to work with records management systems, evidence
management systems and laboratory information management systems. The software is highly
configurable, allowing laboratories and agencies to customize the amount of data validation
performed during crime laboratory examination requests.
Among the lessons learned during the FIDEX development and pilot implementation:
 Engage strategic partners early in the process.
 Don’t be afraid to ask many questions, especially about business processes.
 Take a hard look at the problems that need to be solved.
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 Be willing to learn from another organization’s success.
 Understand the solution may be complex, and the concept may change during the
process.
The pilot tests revealed that FIDEX offers many potential benefits to the justice community.
For example, FIDEX enhances interagency communication and has the capability to enhance
intra-agency communication, as well. Instead of data residing in separate silos that require
duplicative data entry, which invites error, FIDEX facilitates investigative case management by
ensuring that data is shared accurately and completely with all agencies and departments
involved. For agencies wishing to implement FIDEX to improve the exchange of forensic data,
an implementation guide has been written as a companion piece to this project report. The guide
covers technical and business aspects of installing the FIDEX portal and using the IEPDs for
data exchange between the crime laboratory and other criminal justice agencies.
An important consideration when implementing FIDEX is the return on investment.
Tremendous savings in time, money and efficiency result from a FIDEX implementation within
a jurisdiction. The cost to an agency is scalable based on the size of the server they plan to use
and the number of systems they want to link into FIDEX. Another big savings comes from
analyzing the workflow between the crime laboratory and the submitting agencies and modifying
the FIDEX system to best accommodate and maximize the efficiency of the workflow.
Another lesson learned is that the FIDEX Dashboard feature gives crime laboratory
managers a robust tool that aggregates and reports on data in the system, providing management
with customizable detailed information about incoming cases and the status of existing cases for
informed decision-making and resource allocation.
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In some cases, an investigator may submit pieces of evidence for the same case at different
times. With FIDEX, the crime laboratory analyst is notified by e-mail when subsequent evidence
is submitted for a case, bridging the information gap. From an evidentiary standpoint, this allows
the analyst to constantly reassess which pieces of evidence have the greatest probative value.
As FIDEX implementations increase, the collection of metrics should show an empirical
decrease in the number of backlogged crime laboratory cases.
Conclusion and Possible Next Steps One of the suggested future goals is to expand the portal to create an overarching case
management system that adds prosecutors to the mix, facilitating communication among the
prosecutor, the crime laboratory and the law enforcement investigator. Other possible next steps
could include interfacing with CODIS and eventually with ViCAP. A future national strategy
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might also include connecting with regional, state and national law enforcement databases and
with the FBI’s Law Enforcement National Data Exchange (N-DEx), which can be reached at
http://www.fbi.gov/hq/cjisd/ndex/ndex_home.htm. By implementing FIDEX on regional or
statewide scales, the system could return more benefits and further reduce crime laboratory
backlogs. The FIDEX team has also maintained a partnership with industry through the IJIS
Institute and its data exchange initiatives.
To date, FIDEX has been presented and demonstrated at the following conferences:
 The National Information Exchange Model (NIEM) Training Event in 2009
 National Law Enforcement Telecommunications System (Nlets) 5th Annual Implementers
Conference in 2008
 The National Association for Justice Information Systems (NAJIS) in 2008
 Law Enforcement Information Management (LEIM) in 2008
Other methods of spreading the word about FIDEX and its potential to reduce crime
laboratory backlogs include potential articles to be published in industry magazines, such as the
article about FIDEX that appeared in the March 2009 issue of Public Safety IT magazine. A copy
of that article appears in Appendix F. Additional awareness and outreach activities might include
presenting at professional conferences, conducting technical demonstrations and developing
relationships with state Criminal Justice Integrated Systems (CJIS).
By leveraging existing NIEM and XML standards, the FIDEX project allows agencies to
share, acquire and repurpose data as a means of bridging information gaps. Recognizing the
important role that streamlining case management can play in reducing backlogs, thereby saving
valuable time and monetary resources, the National Institute of Justice has built a system to
equip our nation’s crime laboratories with a standardized tool that can provide a mechanism for
the interoperability of forensic case information sharing.
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Appendices
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Appendix A FIDEX Survey Results National Forensic Science Technology Center
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What type of crime laboratory is yours? State 48.60% Local 37.38% Other 14.02% Total Responses 107 National Forensic Science Technology Center
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Appendix B Project Timeline Forensic Information Data Exchange (FIDEX)
Project Timeline
January 5, 2010
Overview
The Forensic Information Data Exchange (FIDEX) project, based on NIEM 2.0, will help with the
exchange of evidence related information by facilitating the request for forensic services, linking
laboratory information systems (LIMS), and exchanging data for case submission and case disposition.
Law Enforcement agencies, crime labs, and the courts will benefit from new information exchanges that
will improve the efficiency of forensic services requests, and improve communication with the courts
about case status.
The main FIDEX project activities from January 2007 to December 2009 included:
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Project Analysis and Planning
Establishing the FIDEX Working Group
Defining Forensic Exchange Methods and Opportunities
Arizona Criminal Justice Commission (ACJC) Exchange Analysis Subgroup Activities
Information Exchange Package Documentation (IEPD) Development and Publishing
FIDEX Portal Planning and Development
Pilot Testing Activities for Phoenix PD and Boston PD
FIDEX Timeline 2007 - 2009
Project Analysis, Planning and Working Group, January 2007 – December 2007
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Project needs analysis and planning, January 2008
Identify potential working group members for crime labs, laboratory information management
systems (LIMS), law enforcement, and justice information sharing, February – March 2007
Working group selection and meeting planning, April 2007
FIDEX Presentation by NIJ to the Global Justice Information Sharing Initiative (Global) Advisory
Committee (GAC) Meeting Summary, April 2007
FIDEX working group portal designed and deployed, May 2007
First working group meeting to define data sharing needs and develop project goals, May 2007
o Guests and members represented GJXDM (NIEM), NLETC-NE, ACJC, JusticeTrax
LIMS,
Discussions with ACJC about information sharing, June 2007
IEPD development research and planning agreement developed with IJIS Institute, July 2007
Second working group meeting to review exchange concepts and review potential case
submission and case disposition exchange opportunities, August 2007
o Guests and members represented NIJ, NIEM, ACJC, LIMS vendors, SEARCH, and IJIS
o Presentations included JIEM, UCF’s FINDER (now FDLE FLEX), DEML, IJIS Crime Lab
Exchange Mapping
Continued IEPD development planning with IJIS and ACJC, September – December 2007
FIDEX data modeling committee, online meeting, December 2007
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The purpose of this meeting was to prioritize exchanges and identify the two documents
that would be further refined into XML Schema (IEPD’s).
ACJC Workflow Analysis and IEPD Planning, January 2008 – December 2008
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Crime Lab workflow and data exchange analysis meeting with ACJC, Phoenix, AZ, January 2008
o Attendees included representatives from the NIJ, NFSTC, ACJC, AZDPS Crime
Laboratory, Maricopa County ICJIS Mesa PD, Scottsdale PD, Chandler PD, IJIS Institute,
and contract developer Waterhole Software
o Topics included: workflow analysis for state, county and local PD to crime Laboratory
exchanges, case submission analysis and case disposition analysis
IEPD development planning and business process analysis, February 2008
IEPD workflow analysis meeting in Phoenix, March 2008
o Attendees included representatives from the NIJ, NFSTC, ACJC, AZDPS Crime
Laboratory, Maricopa County Courts, Mesa City Prosecutors Office, Mesa PD, Phoenix
PD, Chandler PD, Tucson PD, IJIS Institute, JusticeTrax and contract developer
Waterhole Software
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ACJC and NFSTC presentation of FIDEX to LEIM, May 2008
FIDEX Web tools and RMS integration for Phoenix PD pilot development analysis, June - July
2008
Case Disposition exchange meeting with Phoenix PD and JusticeTrax developers, July 2008
FIDEX Web Portal analysis submitted for team review, August 2008
AZDPS FIDEX concept paper developed and sent to ACJC partners, August 2008
FIDEX presented to Nlets Implementers Conference, September 2008
FIDEX Case Submission Exchange needs survey analysis and design by IJIS, November December 2008
o Objective to develop Case Submission Exchange related survey
o Target groups will include state, county, and local crime laboratories
Case Submission and Case Disposition Exchange Analysis and Development - January 2009 –
December 2009
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Continued analysis and discussions with ACJC subgroup, January 2009
FIDEX Case Submission survey raw data received, February 2009
o Survey results included:
 79% indicated some form of a Laboratory Information Management System is in
place; however, 87% still accept forensic requests via hand-written long form.
 98% of respondents indicated that some percentage of their submissions require
clarification from the case agent
Development and communication about exchange methods, business model and related
documentation for potential FIDEX pilot tests, February – March 2009
o Arizona is considering using the Case Submission exchange for a pilot test with the DPS
Lab and Glendale PD
o The Boston PD is discussing the use of the Case Submission and the Case Disposition
exchanges.
o The Washington State Patrol talked with the FIDEX team about developing a toxicology
exchange based on the FIDEX Case Submission Exchange
Article on FIDEX in Public Safety Magazine, March 2009
The NFSTC, Waterhole Software, and IJIS Institute met with Arizona DPS and Phoenix PD to
plan implementation the a FIDEX Case Submission Exchange pilot test, April 2009
Forensic Case Submission and the Forensic Case Disposition IEPDs were published on the
NIEM Clearinghouse, March 2009
Waterhole Software developed and delivered concept for FIDEX Web Portal, April – May 2009
Analysis and planning for Phoenix PD FIDEX pilot, May - June 2009
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Analysis for Boston PD FIDEX pilot and possible link to evidence software, June 2009
Waterhole Software met with Boston PD on July 28-29. The pilot test analysis and design was
approved, and will link FIDEX Exchanges with their Evidence Tracker software, July 2009
Boston PD FIDEX portal pilot analysis and planning and development, August – September 2009
FIDEX presented at National Information Exchange Model (NIEM) Training Conference in
Baltimore, MD, October 2009
An online FIDEX Webinar was presented to the NIJ Information Led Policing TWG on Thursday,
October 15th by Mike O’Berry and Aaron Gorrell, October 2009
FIDEX contract developer Waterhole Software completed the integration of first FIDEX portal
implementation, November 2009
o On November 18, 2009 Boston Police Department went live with FIDEX and a link to
their Evidence Tracker software for case submission.
o In this first-phase rollout, the criminologists are the primary users. Based on their
requests, several minor enhancements have been added to the software.
The Phoenix PD Crime Lab has received a server that will be configured for FIDEX forensic case
submission, November 2009
Phoenix PD FIDEX pilot planning and development, November – December 2009
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Appendix C Main FIDEX Working Group 1. Mary Ann Byrne
Assistant Chief, Judicial System IRM, New Jersey State Courts
2. W. Mark Dale
Director, Northeast Regional Forensic Institute
3. Frank Fitzpatrick
Contract Subject Matter Expert, NFSTC
4. Simon Key
President, JusticeTrax (LIMS)
5. Robin Jones
Contract Program Manager, NFSTC
6. Richard MacKnight
Contract Project Manager, NFSTC
7. Suzette McLeod
Project Manager, Technology Services, IJIS Institute
8. Patti Nelson
Program Manager, ACJC
9. Mike O’Berry
E-Solutions Program Director, NFSTC
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Arizona FIDEX Subgroup 1. Sam Ali
Project Manager, IJIS Institute
2. Steve Ballance
ICJIS Business Team, Maricopa County
3. Theresa Busby
Information Technology, Chandler PD
4. Dan Corsetti
IT Manager, Administration Office of the Courts, Supreme Court
5. Rita Dyas
Crime Lab Director, Chandler PD
6. Vince Figarelli
DNA Section Manager, AZDPS
7. Steve Garrett
Crime Lab Director, Scottsdale PD Crime Lab
8. Aaron Gorrell
IJIS Service Provider - Waterhole Software
9. Todd Griffith
Crime Lab Director, AZDPS
10. Joe Hindman
IT Director, Scottsdale PD
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11. Brent Montgomery
Phoenix PD Crime Lab
12. Tony Novitsky
Deputy County Attorney, Maricopa County
13. Deb Rector
Crime Lab Director, Mesa PD
14. Richard Roy
Systems Administrator, JusticeTrax
15. Nancy Rutter
ICJIS Business Team, Maricopa County
16. Susan Shankles
Crime Lab Director, Tucson PD
17. Dave Spirck
Information Technology, AZDPS
18. Tom Simonick,
Crime Lab Director, Mesa PD
19. Brent Vermeer
Crime Lab Director, Phoenix PD
20. Judy Welch
Records Supervisor, Phoenix PD
21. Sally Wells
Chief Assistant County Attorney, Maricopa County
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Appendix D FIDEX Working Group Contact Information 1. William Ford
Visiting Scientist, Information and Sensor Technology Division, NIJ
Phone: 202.353.9768
Mobile: 202.281.8837
william.ford@usdoj.gov
2. Richard MacKnight
Senior Advisor, SPC – NIJ
Phone: 202.514.8948
Mobile: 202.957.5661
richard.macknight@usdoj.gov
3. Jim Douglas
Systems Analyst, NLECTC-NE
Phone: (315) 334-LEAF
james.douglas@l-3com.com
4. Dr. William Tilstone
Director of Training, NFSTC
Phone: 727-549-6067 ext. 105
Bill.Tilstone@nfstc.org
5. Mike O’Berry
Training Technology Manager, NFSTC
Phone: 727-549-6067 ext. 115
Mike.O’Berry@nfstc.org
6. Robin Jones
Contract Project Manager
Home: 703-569-2090
Mobile: 571-241-6967
robinwilsonjones@yahoo.com
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7. Greg Hill
Contract Project Advisor, NFSTC
Direct Line: 727-562-7367
Mobile: 813-454-1599
ghill1402@hotmail.com
8. Patti Nelson
Program Manager, ACJC
Phone: 602-364-1146
pnelson@acjc.state.az.us
9. Simon Key
President, JusticeTrax (LIMS)
Phone: 480.222.8900 or 800.288.5467
simon.key@justicetrax.com
10. Robert O’Leary
Director, ECPI (or an ECPI member)
Phone: (908) 995-9303
Mobile: (908) 763-1608
rjoleary@earthlink.net
11. Frank Fitzpatrick
Project Manager, FQS-I Police Science Accreditation Program
Phone: 949-857-5708
frankfitz@cox.net
12. Suzette McLeod
Project Manager, Technology Services, IJIS Institute
Phone: (703) 726-3666
Mobile: (703) 623-6808
suzette.mcleod@ijis.org
13. Susan Narveson
Chief, Investigative and Forensic Sciences Division, NIJ
Phone: (202) 305-4884
NarvesoS@ojp.usdoj.gov
14. W. Mark Dale
Director, Northeast Regional Forensic Institute
Phone: (518) 437-3791
WDale@uamail.albany.edu
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