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Issue 21, October 2006 October 2006 Issue 21 Inside this Issue: NSW Branch Newsletter NSW Branch ANZFSS Inc ABN 33-502-753-392 NEXT MEETING: “Bugs and bodies: insects as decomposers and Congratulations!! forensic detectives” By Dr James Wallman 2 After the solemn occasions we have reported in the last few ANNUAL DINNER: newsletters, it is with much “Who Killed Dr Bogle & Mrs Chandler?” excitement that we announce By Peter Butt 2 the arrival of two bundles of joy to the world: Review: “The Forensic Armed Robbery Congratulations to Christie Wallace-Kunkel, who gave birth to a Unit” By Michael Bell & bouncing baby boy on 10th August. They named him Tyson Jennifer Raymond Trevor Kunkel. ANZFSS Meeting, 16th August 2006 3-4 Congratulations also to Donnah Day, who gave birth to a little girl on 3rd October. They named her Megan Rose Skinner. Welcome to new members 4 REVIEW: All the little ones, mums and dads are doing well. “The Bodies in the Barrels: How Forensic Investigation Solved the Snowtown Murders” New Website By Andrew Bosley & I have agreed to manage the NSW Ted Silenieks Branch Website. At present it is ANZFSS Public Night fully functional, and in the future I 15th September 2006 5-8 hope to develop it into something more aesthetic. For all the latest News from the NSW Branch President 8 news, and to check out the pro- gress so far, go to: Idiom Investigation: Breaking down the Lingo http://www.anzfss.org.au/nsw By Donnah Day 9 (Or follow the links from the National ANZFSS website) Caption Competition 10 At present, you can view the latest news, download the latest Newsletter & Contacts 11 newsletter, meet the Committee members, and view the newslet- ter archive. Enclosed with this newsletter If you have comments or questions about any of the information Is a brochure for the contained in the website, please contact Shaheen Aumeer- 2006 Annual Dinner Donovan by email: [email protected] - Keep a look out for that! Hope you enjoy!! - Shaheen ANZFSS NSW Branch Newsletter, October 2006 Page 2 of 10 NEXT MEETING: “Bugs and bodies: insects as decomposers and forensic detectives” by Dr James Wallman Dr James Wallman is a Senior DATE: Wednesday, 18th October 2006 Lecturer in the School of TIME: 6:30 pm for refreshments, Biological Sciences at the 7:00 pm start University of Wollongong, VENUE: Department of Forensic Medicine, where he has worked since 50 Parramatta Road, Glebe 2001. Prior to that he lectured COST: Free to members, $5 for non-members in the Departments of Zoology and Environmental Biology at In this lively presentation, Dr James Wallman the University of Adelaide, will give the audience an insight into the wh e re he g ai ned hi s fascinating lives of the insects attracted to dead undergraduate and doctoral animals, including humans. The focus will be on qualifications. James’ field of expertise is the flies, since they are the earliest and primary biology and evolution of carrion-breeding flies invaders of dead bodies. James will outline and their application to forensic science. He acts actual Australian murder investigations that regularly as a consultant in forensic entomology insects have helped to solve, and, highlighting to the state police services of New South Wales, aspects of his own research at the University of South Australia and Queensland. James is also a Wollongong, discuss some important limitations Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society of of forensic entomology as applied to criminal London and the Vice-President of the NSW prosecutions. Branch of the ANZFSS. You are invited to our 2006 Annual Dinner “Who Killed Dr Bogle & Mrs Chandler?” DATE: Friday, 24th November 2006 TIME: 7:00 pm - Midnight VENUE: Courtyard by Marriott, 18 - 40 Anderson Street PARRAMATTA 2124 COST: $45 for members, $55 for non-members SPEAKER: Peter Butt The full brochure & registration details are available on the web- site. Those who have opted for email will be notified about this. ANZFSS NSW Branch Newsletter, October 2006 Page 3 of 10 REVIEW: “The Forensic Armed Robbery Unit” by Michael Bell and Jen Raymond ANZFSS Meeting, Wednesday 16th August 2006 Michael Bell and Jen Raymond kindly agreed to speak to us about the newly formed Forensic Armed Robbery Unit (FARU) in the NSW Police Forensic Services Group. [Note: this is a “Unit” and not a “Team” for the obvious reasons!]. Michael began with an overview of FARU, which was instituted because of the growing number of serial armed robberies at pubs and clubs. It was set up to emulate the “Flying Squad” model established in England in 1919 to combat armed offences after WWII. They dealt Jennifer Raymond & Michael Bell with commercial armed robberies and provided a fast time response to “tiger” kidnap situations, where, for example, the bank manager’s daughter the use of databases, cross crime / border link- is kidnapped and a ransom demanded. They had ing, improved resource use (especially when it forensic support embedded in each office, and comes to DNA). Other benefits have been the found that major success came from fibres analy- availability of career progression for SOCOs, a sis in ram raids where there were no fingerprints platform for innovation, increased support to or DNA. investigators and general duties police, a proac- tive approach to problem solving, and an ease on Examples of problems that needed to be ad- the burden of Crime Scene Sections and Local dressed before FARU were inconsistencies in Area Command SOCOs. response, the limit time to assist after scene ex- amination, limited intelligence capacity, cost- New FARU members undergo 2 weeks of inten- effectiveness and the fact that the response was sive training, including fingerprint training so always reactive. The initial proposal was to set up they can assist with that, digital imaging, elec- a team of crime scene examiners that only exam- trostatic lifting, training with the SICAR foot- ined armed robbery scenes and processed exhib- wear database, PhotoTrac, NAFIS, as well as its and vehicles. Within 2 months, the entire op- note-taking and plan drawing. eration was set up and fully functional! The initial duties are to provide 24 hour cover- At present, there are 10 SOCOs involved. They age, with no on-call, and they now attend all offer 24/7 scene examination services, a “cradle armed robberies of commercial and industrial to the grave” approach”, targeted rapid turn- premises with no shots fired and no injuries. around for DNA and Fingerprint evidence, no Michael also showed us some statistics on the limit to the collection of evidence, the use of al- number of offences committed, the workload of ternative techniques, the piloting of a footwear the team, and the retrieval rates of the different database, collection and sharing of intelligence, types of evidence. rapid search of CCTV images on PhotoTrac (although there has been no success as yet with Jen then spoke to us about what it is like to be a this last service). FARU team member. She has found that their location amongst the other investigators has The planned outcomes were high standards, rapid brought about a “Water Cooler” approach that identification of offenders, closer liaison with has been very effective. An example of this was investigators and analysts, forensic intelligence, the “Romantic Robber” case where an armed ANZFSS NSW Branch Newsletter, October 2006 Page 4 of 10 REVIEW: “The Forensic Armed Robbery Unit” by Michael Bell and Jen Raymond ANZFSS Meeting, Wednesday 16th August 2006 robber had held up a florist and taken a bunch of These types of crimes are generally highly or- roses with him. The perpetrator’s car was later ganised, so there is less fingerprint and DNA stopped for other offences and in the back seat evidence. However, there is the possibility to was the bunch of roses. Without the communica- examine the combination of shoes at scenes that tion between others at work, there would not can be used to link offences. Modus Operandi is have been that link with the florist hold-up. an important piece of intelligence, for example, how the cars are broken into. The SICAR database has been a useful addition to the investigation of armed robbery offences. FARU is also involved in trying to help busi- From April to June 2006, 201 shoe marks were nesses and banks to fix better guidelines for the recovered at 255 scenes. Jen showed us how the installation of ATMs. SICAR database works, and her hope is that in the future the database will be used in the investi- The benefits of the job are that it is more inter- gation of volume crime. esting because it is not “sausage factory” type of production line work anymore. It is now the in- Strike Force Piccadilly was formed in August tegration of forensic science into the investiga- 2005 to target ram raids of ATMs and related of- tion process. fences. In 1 year, there were 85 ram raids, and 93 vehicles were examined and various types of evi- Michael finished by commenting that there is a dence were recovered. The best run without a high potential for the unit to expand into other ram raid has been 6 days so far!! areas, such as drugs, fraud, gangs etc. There are two types of ATM theft: We would like to thank Michael and Jen for this ♦ Ram raids where a 4WD type vehicle is very interesting and entertaining presentation. used to ram and drive through the premises such as a shopping centre, then another van is used to take the ATM. A particular haz- ard to be aware of is the cables from the broken ATM.
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