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Julie Fulton

Julie Kovats Fulton

Court Vitae/Resume

March 2004

Employment History:

· Latent Print Examiner – Fort Collins Police Department, evaluating latents, AFIS entries, latent print comparisons. June 2000 to present.

· Crime Lab Specialist - Aurora Police Department, documenting, collecting, and processing of crime scenes. Latent print development, examination and comparison. One on one training with Certified Latent Examiner Gary Hilton. September 1994 to September 1999.

· Criminalist - Adams County Sheriff's Department, documenting, collecting, and processing of crime scenes. Photography experience, including development of negatives and prints. Processing, development, and analysis of latent prints. Presumptive chemical tests. One on one training with court qualified latent print/crime scene investigation expert Bob Houchins. November 1992 to September 1994.

· Laboratory Intern - Wyoming State Crime Laboratory, serology section -- presumptive and qualitative analysis of seminal fluid samples, including electrophoresis, sample preparation, and research project. Cheyenne, WY, March 1991 to May 1991 (Approx. 190 hours).

· Volunteer with NecroSearch Inc. - Gunnison Sheriff's Department, searching for, documenting, and recovering a clandestine grave. July 1993.

· Technician - France Casting, casting of human and animal skeletal remains in plaster, including work with rubber based molding chemicals. Museum quality casts, as well as forensic applications and pathologies. Fort Collins, CO, August 1991 to November 1992.

· Laboratory Technician - Archaeomagnetic Dating Laboratory, dating archaeological specimens. Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, September 1989 to March 1991.

· Field Archaeology Technician - Soil Systems, Inc. Uncovering, mapping, and cataloging specimens, significant amount of manual labor. Phoenix, AZ, June 1989 to August 1989.

· Laboratory Technician - Colorado State University Chemistry Laboratory, laboratory maintenance and care of laboratory animals. Fort Collins, CO, September 1988 to May 1989.

Education:

· Master of Science - Zoology (Biology), with emphasis in genetics and courses applicable to forensic science. May 1992, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO.

· Bachelor of Arts - Anthropology (Physical), with emphasis in Forensic Anthropology and skeletal analysis. May 1991, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO.

Julie Kovats Fulton

Pertinent Course Work:

· Fingerprint Classification School,
Federal Bureau of Investigation, January 25-29, 1993

· Polaroid School for Documentation,
Polaroid School of Law Enforcement Imaging, February 17, 1993

· Video Camera Equipment Training,
Adams County Sheriff’s Department, May 7, 1993

· Homicide Investigation,
Southern Police Institute, May 17-28, 1993

· Crime Scene Investigation School,
Colorado Bureau of Investigation, June 8-11,1993

· Major Criminal Investigations School,
Criminal Investigation Institute, July 12-13,1993

· Advanced Latent Fingerprint School,
Federal Bureau of Investigation, October 4-8, 1993

· Improving Your Courtroom Testimony,
Criminal Investigation Institute, March 1994

· Introduction to Instruction,
Adams County Sheriff’s Department, May 2-6, 1994

· Microchemical Presumptive Drug Analysis,
Aurora Police Department, December 1994

· Practical Homicide Investigation,
Vernon Geberth, March 27-29, 1995

· Practical Crime Scene Technology Workshop,
Institute of Applied Forensic Technology, August 5-9, 1996

· Advanced Palm Print Identification, Ron Smith, Mississippi State Crime Laboratory, November 6-8, 1996

· Administrative Advanced Latent Fingerprint School, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Quantico, VA. March 16-April 3, 1998

· Advanced Ridgeology Comparison Techniques, Pat Wertheim, October 5-9, 1998

· Digital Image Enhancement for the ID/Forensic Section, Forensic Identification Training Seminars, Ltd. March 15-19, 1999

· Quantitative-Qualitative Friction Ridge Analysis, David Ashbaugh, May 21-25, 2001

· Fingerprint Symposium, Colorado Bureau of Investigations, May 7, 2002

· Intermediate Latent Fingerprint Comparison Course, Robert Moran (F.B.I.), May 14-16, 2002

· Human Remains: Search, Recovery, and Identification, Southern Institute of Forensic Science, June 3-8, 2002

Julie Kovats Fulton

· Specialized training in location and recovery of clandestine graves
(crime scene archaeology) through NecroSearch International, Inc.

· Forensic Anthropology, Organic Chemistry, Fundamental and Basic Chemistry (with lab), Biochemistry, Population and Molecular Genetics (with lab), Pathology, Human Biology, Advanced Cell Biology, Statistics, Anatomy, Osteology, Scanning electron microscopy, 28 hours Anthropology, 9 hours Archaeology.

Certifications/Qualifications:

· Certified Latent Print Examiner
International Association for Identification (IAI), March 7, 1997.

· Use of AFIS computer for tenprint and latent entry and comparisons.
Colorado Bureau of Investigation.

· Qualified as an Expert Witness in Adams County, Arapahoe County, Douglas County, Larimer County, Albany County (Wyoming), and Federal (approximately 20+ times, combined)

· Currently serving on the IAI Latent Print Certification Committee

Associations/Lectures Given:

· International Association of Identification (IAI), April 1995 to present

· Rocky Mountain Division of IAI - from July 1993; Board Member, 1997
Vice President ,1998 and 1999; President, 2000; Chair 2001; Membership Secretary 2003 – present

· Colorado AFIS Users Group

· NecroSearch International, Inc. Past Secretary

· Various lectures given on NecroSearch International, Inc. Including the Colorado Association of Chiefs of Police, August 1995, and the Aurora Police Department, July 1996.

· Lecture on Forensic Anthropology, Medicolegal Investigation of Death, August 1993.

· Coordinated/Lectured for Conference on Courtroom Testimony and Demonstrative Evidence, Aurora, CO, September of 1998

· Coordinated/Lectured for Conference on the “New Basics” (advanced technologies), Estes Park, CO, September 1999.

· Instructed course on Fingerprints/AFIS/Major Case prints, Basic Crime Scene School, Fort Collins Police Services - 2001, 2002, and 2004

Awards:

· Graduated Summa Cum Laude (top one percent of class).

· Phi Beta Kappa as a Junior, Phi Kappa Phi, Dean's List.

· President's Honorary Scholarship - Jr. and Sr. years.

· Three years of Merit Work Study awards.

· Employees in Action Award 1996, Aurora Police Department