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Bryan Chiles is the Sr. Investigations Engineer at Axon who has the the responsibility to manage and conduct investigations for Axon customers, attorneys, or civilians. Bryan's focus is on investigative tests and processes, including research and scenario-based experiments, determining the highest forensic value of data and physical evidence relating to Taser energy weapons and Axon body worn cameras. Bryan regularly appears as an expert witness at Federal, State, and international courts to testify on various models of Taser energy weapons.  Join us as we discuss Taser technology, science, research and cases related to Taser energy weapons.

Originally aired on February 17, 2022

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Dan Nash is the co-founder of the Human Trafficking Training Center and a retired Missouri State Trooper where he spent 27 years investigating narcotic/vice crimes, violent crime, and human trafficking. Dan was the Sergeant of the Human Trafficking Unit and the enforcement supervisor of the Missouri Attorney General’s Office Anti-Human Trafficking Task Force.  Join us as we discuss the impact of Human Trafficking, the need for training and how Human Trafficking is investigated.

Originally aired on March 3, 2022

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Mohammad AlShamsi is the Head of Firearms and Toolmarks section at Dubai Police. He graduated from the first INTERPOL Young Global Police Leaders Program in 2019 and is a member of numerous international associations such as the Association of Firearms and Toolmarks Examiners AFTE where he is the point of contact for the Middle-East and West-Asia region and the first Arabic Certified Firearms and Toolmarks Examiner FA/TM-AFTE. AlShamsi represents the Middle-East Region at the International Association for Property and Evidence IAPE and is the first Certified Property and Evidence Specialist CPES in the Middle-East and Asia. 

AlShamsi is an Adjunct Faculty member at the International Institute for Forensic & Security Studies and Amity university for the Bachelor’s and Master’s students in Forensic Science Ballistics and Advanced Ballistics course; he has lectured and trained more than 2860 attendees in events and training courses since the beginning of 2017 to date.

Originally aired on September 30, 2021

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James Wigmore has worked as a forensic toxicologist for over 29 years at the Centre of Forensic Sciences in Toronto, Ontario.  He has testified in over 700 criminal cases throughout Canada and in numerous personal injury civil cases and coroner’s inquests.  He has published over 70 scientific articles in forensic toxicology which have been cited by the Supreme Court of Canada, and the High Court of South Africa.  He has written numerous book chapters as well as 3 books on the medicolegal aspects of alcohol and cannabis.  His next book will be on nicotine and vaping. Join us as we discuss the holy trinity of toxicology... Cannabis, Opioids and Nicotine.

Originally aired on February 3, 2022

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Roland Angle is a civil engineer and is currently the President and CEO of AE911Truth; an organization that has been investigating the collapse of the World Trade Center 7 Building, and have been working with the engineering community to explain the reasons why the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s reports on the collapse of the WTC7 is deficient. A previous interview with Dr. Leroy Hulsey generated a lot of discussion and controversy on social media. Roland Angle will address many of the most popular comments and questions from viewers.

Originally aired on January 13, 2022

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Joe Bryan, was a high school principal in 1985 and had been attending an educational conference in Austin, Texas, over 100 miles away from his home when his wife was murdered.  Bryan was subsequently convicted of murder and spent over 33 years in prison based in part on faulty bloodstain pattern analysis evidence. A detective working on his case wrote in a sworn affidavit submitted to the court, “My conclusions were wrong..." regarding the BPA evidence.  

Originally aired May 13, 2021

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Dr. Theresa Stotesbury, Forensic Chemist from Ontario Tech University has been studying different aspects of blood such as time of deposition from DNA degradation, extreme temperature effects, blood substitutes, animal blood and much more!

Originally aired on April 15, 2021

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George Reis is the president and owner of Imaging Forensics, Inc. and has been providing expert witness services and training in forensic image analysis, forensic video analysis, and forensic and technical photography through Imaging Forensics since 2004. He performs various tasks to images and video such as authentication, analysis, enhancement and comparisons.  He has worked on, and testified in, criminal and civil cases throughout the US and has testified as an expert witness in photography, image analysis, video analysis, and latent fingerprint examination. He is also the author of Photoshop CS3 for Forensics Professionals. Join us as George Reis speaks to us about his work in the area of forensic image analysis.

Originally aired on Oct, 14 2021

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As a long time engineering consultant, professional photographer and instructor, Tom Vadnais has specialized in forensic photography with a focus on evidence from vehicular accidents.  Join us as Tom speaks to us about his passion for photography and the role that forensic photography plays in civil and criminal cases.

Originally aired on April 1, 2021

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Doug Perovic is a Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Toronto. A renowned authority on forensic engineering and failure analysis, Dr. Perovic has led many investigations in Canada and the United States, often serving as the voice of the profession in the media on high profile cases. He developed and teaches the only undergraduate and graduate university level Forensic Engineering courses in Canada and recently championed the Certificate in Forensic Engineering Program at U of T.

Originally aired on May 6, 2021