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This workshop will cover the implementation of Rapid DNA in the United States. Participants will hear lessons learned from contributing states in the FBI’s Arrestee Rapid DNA Booking Station Pilot Program as well as an overview of the FBI’s Booking Station Standards and National Booking Station Procedures. Updates from SWGDAM’s Rapid DNA Working Group and the FBI’s Rapid DNA Task Force will enhance discussions in the afternoon regarding technology advancement needs of Rapid DNA instrumentation for possible future crime scene database use.
The intended audience is forensic science practitioners and researchers. No prerequisite knowledge is needed.
| Time | Topic | Speaker |
| 1:00-1:20pm | SWGDAM Rapid DNA Committee Update | Richard Wilson |
| 1:20-1:45pm | Non-CODIS Best Practices, Courtroom Considerations Task Group | Thomas Callaghan, Melissa Mourges, Douglas Hares |
| 1:45-2:10pm | Rapid DNA Technology Advancement Task Group | Thomas Callaghan, Melissa Mourges, Douglas Hares |
| 2:10-2:20pm | Q&A and Break | |
| 2:20-2:55pm | Bensalem Police Department | Frederick Harran |
| 2:55-3:25pm | Orange County District Attorney’s Office | Anna Dadhania |
| 3:15-3:30pm | Q&A and Break | |
| 3:30-4:20pm | Rapid DNA and Crime Scene Use Discussion Panel | Thomas Callaghan, Douglas Hares, Frederick Harran, Anna Dadhania, Chris Carney, Mark Smith |
| 4:20-4:25pm | Closing Day 2 Discussion |
This workshop will cover the implementation of Rapid DNA in the United States. Participants will hear lessons learned from contributing states in the FBI’s Arrestee Rapid DNA Booking Station Pilot Program as well as an overview of the FBI’s Booking Station Standards and National Booking Station Procedures. Updates from SWGDAM’s Rapid DNA Working Group and the FBI’s Rapid DNA Task Force will enhance discussions in the afternoon regarding technology advancement needs of Rapid DNA instrumentation for possible future crime scene database use.
The intended audience is forensic science practitioners and researchers. No prerequisite knowledge is needed.
| Time | Topic | Speaker |
| 1:00-1:20pm | SWGDAM Rapid DNA Committee Update | Richard Wilson |
| 1:20-1:45pm | Non-CODIS Best Practices, Courtroom Considerations Task Group | Thomas Callaghan, Melissa Mourges, Douglas Hares |
| 1:45-2:10pm | Rapid DNA Technology Advancement Task Group | Thomas Callaghan, Melissa Mourges, Douglas Hares |
| 2:10-2:20pm | Q&A and Break | |
| 2:20-2:55pm | Bensalem Police Department | Frederick Harran |
| 2:55-3:25pm | Orange County District Attorney’s Office | Anna Dadhania |
| 3:15-3:30pm | Q&A and Break | |
| 3:30-4:20pm | Rapid DNA and Crime Scene Use Discussion Panel | Thomas Callaghan, Douglas Hares, Frederick Harran, Anna Dadhania, Chris Carney, Mark Smith |
| 4:20-4:25pm | Closing Day 2 Discussion |
Workshop currently at capacity. A waitlist is available to join on our registration page.
Rapid DNA Implementation Program Advisor for the FBI’s Biometric Analysis Section
Dr. Hares is the Rapid DNA Implementation Program Advisor for the FBI’s Biometric Analysis Section. He joined the DNA Analysis Unit II of the FBI Laboratory in 2000 as a Forensic Examiner. In 2006, Dr. Hares transferred to the CODIS Unit where he served as the NDIS Custodian for over 13 years.
DNA Database Supervisor and Rapid DNA Coordinator, Arizona Department of Public Safety
Mark Smith has been employed with the Arizona Department of Public Safety for 21 years and currently supervises the Technical Support Unit, covering both the statewide Breath Alcohol and Law Enforcement Rapid DNA Programs. Prior to that, he was the DNA Database supervisor and has processed casework for nuclear DNA and mitochondrial DNA cases.
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