Scope & Range of Services
EDUCATION:
1998 FDLE
AFIS Certification
(01-14-98)
FBI
Law Enforcement Officers Training School
Latent Print Identification (4/21-4/23/98)
IAI
Administrative Advanced Latent
Fingerprint Procedures (6/8-6/12/98)
1997 SFCC INSTUTE OF PUBLIC SAFETY
Current Legal Issues, Feburary 12th, 1997
Current Legal Issues, Octember 15th, 1997
FDLE
NCIC/FCIC, Access Terminal Operator
May 28th, 1997
FDIAI and IAI Training Conference
38th Training Seminar, Oct. 19-23, 1997
Evaluation & Comparison of Latent Prints,
Demystifying palm prints
1993-1996 FDIAI and IAI Training Conferences:
1993 FDIAI Conference, 1994 FDIAI Conference
1995 FDIAI Conference, 1996 FDIAI Conference,
1996 FDLE/FDIAI
Science of Fingerprints
SFCC INSTUTE OF PUBLIC SAFETY
Forensic Entomology for Legal Investigations
1995 SFCC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC SAFETY
Instructors Techniques course
Wound Ballistics Applied to Law Enforcement
1995 FDLE
Crime Laboratory Workshop
ST. PETE JR. COLLEGE
Investigative Analysis Course
1994 FDLE
Crime Laboratory users Workshop
SFCC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC SAFETY
E-Fit Computerized Composites
1993 FDIAI
Educational Seminar
1992 ST. PETERSBURG JR. COLLEGE
Principles of Photography
Polaroid School of Imaging
1991 SFCC
FBI, Police Photography
SFCC
FBI, Crime Scene Procedures
1986 SFCC
Multi-Disciplinary Rape
1985 SIRCHIE FINGERPRINT LABS
Crime Scene Investigation and
Physical Evidence
1981 SFCC
Case Preparation and Courtroom
Presentation, Courtroom Testimony and
Demeanor
1978 SFCC
Crime Scene Procedures
Police Evidence Technician
1975-1978 SFCC
Criminal Justice Program
1975 SFCC
Florida Criminal Justice Standards
and Training Commission
1969 BRONSON HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE
Bronson, Florida
EMPLOYMENT RECORD:
April 2005 Owner, Jack Smith Investigative
Agency,
Gainesville, Florida
May 2002 – April 2005 Business Manager
/ Private Investigator, Surveilx, Inc.
Gainesville, Florida
April 1981-April Deputy Sheriff, Alachua County Sheriff's
2002 Office, Gainesville, Fl. Assigned to the
Technical Services Bureau as a Crime
Scene Investigator.
September 1979- Deputy Sheriff, Alachua County
Sheriff's
April 1981 Office, Gainesville, Fl. Assigned to the
Patrol Division.
1978-1979 Police Officer, Alachua Police Department,
Alachua, Fl. Assigned to the Patrol
Division.
1976-1978 Police Officer, High Springs Police
Department,
High Springs Fl. Assigned to the Patrol
Division.
MILITARY:
1971-1973 U.S. ARMY
Basic Training, Ft. Jackson, S.C.
Field Wireman, Ft. Jackson, S.C.
Field Lineman, Ft. Gordon, GA.
32nd, Signal Battalion, Hoechst, Germany
August, 1971 to January, 1973
MEMBERSHIPS:
1993-present Florida Division of the International
Association for Identification
1998- present International Crime Scene Investigators Association
LICENSE: Florida Private Investigators License
Florida Commercial Driving License
Florida Concealed Firearms
Florida Food Service Handlers License
Florida Real Estate License (inactive)
EXPERT TESTIMONY:
1985-Present Circuit Court and Federal Court, Felony Division
1995-Present Judicial hearings, Traffic court
ADJUNCT LECTURES/
PRESENTATIONS:
2005 Culture Arts Association, Mystery Writers
Conference,
Gainesville, Florida
2004 University of Florida College of Law
A Prosecutor/Public Defender Trial Training
Program.
2003 University of Florida College of Law
A Prosecutor/Public Defender Trial Training
Program.
2002 University of Florida College of Law
A Prosecutor/Public Defender Trial Training
Program.
2001 University of Florida College of Law
A Prosecutor/Public Defender Trial Training
Program.
2000 University of Florida College of Law
A Prosecutor/Public Defender Trial Training
Program.
1999 University of Florida College of Law
“Prosecutor/Public Defender Trial Training
Program.
1998 University of Florida College of Law,
“Prosecutor/Public Defender Trial Training
Program.
1997 University of Florida College of Law,
“Prosecutor/Public Defender Trial Training
Program.
1996 University of Florida College of Law,
"Prosecutor/Public Defender Trial Training
Program."
1995-Present SFCC Institute of Public Safety
Evidence Handling Procedures
Chain of Custody Concepts
Crime Scene Search Procedures
Crime Scene Photography
Inked Fingerprinting Procedures/Concepts
1995 University of Florida College of Law,
"Prosecutor/Public Defender Trial Training
Program."
1995 Central Florida Community College,
"Basic Crime Scene Investigation."