My interest in forensic investigation took root in 1948, when a police officer showed me how to “roll” (take) fingerprints; I was thirteen. In 1949, I took an extended course (48 hours) in handwriting analysis. A decade later, I became a police officer in Provincetown (MA) and within a year was selected to attend a one-thousand-hour course in crime scene investigation (CSI) under the auspices of the Massachusetts State Police (MSP) Bureau of Identification and Photography at 1010 Commonwealth Ave., Boston, MA and thereafter assumed full-time duties as the crime scene investigator (CSI) which included, in addition to scene investigation, crime scene photography, toolmark identification, and fingerprint & handwriting examination and identification. Over the next seven years, among other things, I attended Northeastern University (MA) nights to enhance my skills in forensics and other law enforcement matters for which I had a natural proclivity. In 1964, I attended a very important and informative 80-hour course in Advanced Criminal Investigation conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Ultimately, I qualified as an expert in those fields in district and superior courts of Massachusetts and federal courts of the United States. I first testified and qualified as an expert in the summer of 1960 in the case of the Commonwealth vs. Frank C. Davis. That involved both fingerprint and handwriting identification. From then to now I have augmented and enhanced those skills through law enforcement seminars, continuing legal education programs of the Massachusetts Bar Association, Massachusetts Academy for Criminal Defense Attorneys, Massachusetts Association for Trial Attorneys and other law-related organizations. I continue studying even today and college notwithstanding, I have striven to maintain and perfect my forensic skills through self-study and attendance at various seminars.
       During my tenure as a police officer (1959 – 1966) I was also appointed as a Special Investigator for the Town Manager's Office to handle civil cases. I investigated, photographed, and processed every crime scene (hundreds) and all civil torts in my jurisdiction as well as some in two neighboring towns. In that same eight-year period, I made 600 unassisted felony arrests; interrogated thousands of individuals of all ages, from all walks of life, public and private sectors; victims, witnesses, and perpetrators, in both civil and criminal arenas. As the [de facto] prosecutor for the police department, I prosecuted hundreds of cases in the Second District Court of Barnstable, MA.  In July 1966, I left the police department to become a special agent with the U.S. Treasury Department and in 1973, I was drafted and transferred to the U.S. department of Justice (DEA). During my tenure with the Treasury Department I was assigned to attend an 80-hour course in "technical investigations" at Hofstra University (LINY). I left federal service in late 1976, and shortly after that I accepted an interim appointment as Chief of Police in Wellfleet, MA (1978-1979). That was followed by 27 years as a private investigator and forensics expert.
      In 2007, I re-entered law enforcement at the behest of the Bristol County District Attorney to attempt to resolve nine cold-case serial murders (Circa 1988) in the New Bedford area; the so-called, "Highway Killings". While in that position, I also provided forensic handwriting services in for police departments in both Barnstable and Bristol Counties .Since then, I have testified in the U. S. District Courts of Illinois, Michigan, Massachusetts, New York, Texas, and Vermont, as well as Superior Courts of Massachusetts and New York, as a crime scene investigator, along with fingerprinting, handwriting, comparison & identification, and Event Probability Analysis (EPA). I have maintained, expanded, and enhanced, my analytical and investigative acumen, expertise, and general knowledge of the law and forensic sciences from my first days as a police officer.
       In 1983, I acquired a private detective license began taking cases doing private investigations and forensic fingerprint & handwriting fcomparison identificatio, and crime scene analyst as I was already trained and qualified as an expert in all theree disciplines. In 1987, I earned certification as a Legal Assistant and managed a local law office in Wareham, MA. All considered, my law enforcement career and private sector case work spans more than six decades and covers the gamut of crimes, from abduction to speeding. On hundreds of occasions Massachusetts Courts have appointed me to investigate and/or perform expert services to assist in the defense of indigent persons charged with felony crimes and misdemeanors. From 2003 to 2009, I served two terms (six years) as a Hearings Officer on a three-person-panel for the Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers.
       Mid-year 2010, I joined fellow document examiner Sheila Lowe of Ventura, California, to create guidelines for taking "Request Writings" to be published under the "Document Examination" section for ASTM ( American Standards for Testing and Measures) manual.
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