Cleveland Police Department Officer Geoffrey Humberd completed the 55th session of the National Forensic Academy at the University of Tennessee’s Law Enforcement Innovation Center in Oak Ridge.
Officer Humberd was one of 26 participants from local, state and federal law enforcement agencies across the United States to complete the rigorous ten-week course. This course is designed to provide its graduates with the comprehensive set of skills required to successfully process a crime scene.
The hands-on, practically oriented instruction focuses on evidence identification, collection and preservation across a wide spectrum of forensic science disciplines.
NFA provides participants with training in an expansive range of topics including photography, bloodstain pattern analysis, shooting incident reconstruction, post-blast investigation, forensic anthropology and human remains recovery. UT LEIC Executive Director Rick Scarbrough noted “In addition to the high quality crime scene investigation instruction, NFA graduates join an extensive network of alumni and instructors they can call upon at any time they may need guidance on processing an extremely challenging crime scene or collecting specific types of evidence.”
Lieutenant Dean Beverly of the Cleveland Police Department’s Criminal Investigations Division stated, “This will expand our expertise in the preservation and collection of evidence related to crimes which occur in the city of Cleveland.”
"We are grateful for Officer Humberd’s dedication to the city of Cleveland and for the sacrifice of separation he and his family made for the past 10 weeks," officials said.