INVESTIGATIVE Get Certified at the IAIL Forensic Conference in October Forensic Report Writing or Forensic Case Management (5 points each) Expert Witness (5 points) Photography (5 points) 3. The applicant must qualify and submit documents that will exhibit at least (75) Credit points, which are the minimum amount of points that you must claim to be able to qualify and sit for the test. EDUCATION (40 Points Maximum) 30 points maximum from the following. Must include at least three investigative classes, and an auto theſt/arson class. Relative Classes: Classes that are given by ALOA, SAVTA, IAIL, ILA or Lockmasters in the following ar- eas: Investigative Locksmithing I, & II (5 points); Forensic Locksmithing (5 points); Professional Bypass (3 points); Safe Lock Manipulation (3 points); Picking (2 points); Impressioning (2 points); Safe lock Service (2 points); Safe Drilling & Entry (3 points). The Board may add additional classes as these become available. To sit for this examination, it shall be mandatory to have completed the IAIL courses, Investigative Locksmithing I & II and an auto/theſt arson class. 10 Points maximum from college-level classes. College-level classes that are directly related to criminology, forensic sciences, etc. (2 points for each class). 18 points maximum for specialized education. Completion of specialized schools in forensic investigation, crimi- nal investigation, scientific crime de- tection, arson investigation, etc. Ex- amples of acceptable courses would be those taken at the FBI Academy, military intelligence schools, federal, state and local courses in criminal investigation, NSA and CIA courses, etc. Each course will be evaluated and points accessed at the discretion of the Board of Directors, with a maximum 12 KEYNOTES SEPTEMBER 2018 number of points for any single course set at 6 points. EXPERIENCE (Maximum number of points to vary as indicated) Serving as a forensic investigator in a federal, state or local crime laboratory and qualified to testify to findings in a court of law. 5 points per year of expe- rience. 20 points maximum. Serving as a criminal, arson or insur- ance investigator for a federal, state or local authority and qualified to testify in a court of law. 5 points per year of experience. 20 points maximum. Serving as an investigator for private industry and having qualified to testify in a criminal or civil court of law. 5 points per year of experience. 20 points maximum. Serving as a locksmith and having achieved a certification through the ALOA Proficiency Rating Program. AHC = 10 AOC = 10 CDC = 10 EHC = 10 PSP = 5 CPP = 10 RL = 3 CRL = 5 CPL = 8 CML = 10 CPS = 5 CMST = 10 CJST= 5 CMS = 10 CFDI = 10 IFDI = 10 LSFDI =10 CAL = 5 CMAL = 10 CAI = 5 CHI = 5 CMHI = 10 CCL = 5 CIL = 3 CJIL =8 CMIL = 10 ICRL = 5 ICPL = 8 ICML = 10 CEL = 5 CMEL = 10 Experience as a practicing locksmith. 2 points per year of actual experience. 20 Points maximum. Specialized investigative experience such as fraud investigation, auditing, and auditing and accounting investigations, etc. 3 points per year of experience. 20 points maximum. Publishing a book and or articles (pub- lished) relating to forensic/investigative locksmithing in a recognized investi- gative resource. 5 points for an article and 10 points for a published book. Maximum of 20 points. 4. Applicant must author and submit for review an article for publication in ALOA’s Keynotes magazine. The article must be relevant to the field of foren- sics and must be approved for publica- tion by the IAIL CFL and Peer Review Committees. The article subject may include, but is not limited to, a relevant case study (redacted), research or pro- cedural guidelines (or variations of ex- isting guidelines). The above requirements are subject to change. However, once an application is submitted, the applicant will not be sub- ject to any newer requirements. Applicants can apply for a waver to any of the require- ments prior to sitting for the exam. If you have any comments, sugges- tions or questions please contact me at [email protected]. Tom Resciniti Demont, AHC, CAI, CFDI, CFL, CMIL, CML, CMST, ICML, IFDI, LSFDI, ARL. President, In- ternational Association of Investigative Locksmiths. [email protected] Get Published! IAIL members: Submi t your ar t icles for the Invest igat ive Spotlight department. Send your informat ion to Ross Squire at [email protected]. WWW.ALOA.ORG
