FATE
Forensic Instruction
Upcoming Classes
Subclass Characteristics Workshop - Two Day Class
Date: April 7-8, 2025
Where: Chicago, Illinois
Host: Illinois State Police
Contact: Bill Demuth
Subclass Characteristics Workshop - Two Day Class
Date: April 10-11, 2025
Where: Belleville, Illinois
Host: Illinois State Police
Contact: Bill Demuth
Subclass Characteristics Workshop - Three Day Class
Date: 2025-2026 (TBA)
Where: California Criminalistics Institute (CCI)
Host: CA-DOJ
Contact: Jennifer Batt
Subclass Characteristics Workshop - Two Day Class
Date: 2024-2025 (TBA)
Where: Houston, TX
Host: Houston Forensic Science
Subclass Characteristics Workshop - Two Day Class
Date: 2024-2025 (TBA)
Where: Seattle, WA
Host: Washington State Police Lab
Contact: Rick Wyant
WHY NOT HAVE YOUR AGENCY HOST A CLASS?
Contact instructor for a free quote(s)
Scheduling Classes/Workshops
On-Site training may be provided according to your agencies needs.
Agencies providing an appropriate training space, either within or outside the US, may significantly save on student travel and per diem costs.
Costs are based on the training requested, location, and class size. Cost proposals are provided upon request. Credit cards, checks or direct deposit accepted with an option to spread between two fiscal years.
Classes/Workshops have been provided to Firearm and Toolmark Examiners from the following agencies:
Allegheny County Medical Examiner's Office
Association of Firearm & Toolmark Examiners Annual Seminars (multiple locations)
Boston Police Department Crime Lab
California Criminalistics Institute (CCI)-DOJ, Sacramento, CA
California State University, Fresno
Caribbean Incentive
Colorado Bureau of Investigation
Erie County Central Police Services Forensic Laboratory
Florida Department of Law Enforcement
Houston Police Department Crime Lab
Kansas City Police Crime Lab, Kansas City, MO
Laboratoire de sciences judiciaires et de médecine légale Quebec Canada (online)
Louisiana Association of Forensic Sciences
Maryland Department of State Police, Baltimore, MD
Massachusetts State Police Crime Lab
Metropolitan Police Service, London UK
Miami-Dade Police Department Crime Lab (multiple locations)
Michigan Police Crime Lab
Missouri State Police Crime Lab
Nepal National Forensic Science Lab, Kathmandu Nepal
New Mexico Department of Public Safety
New York Police Department Crime Lab (multiple locations)
Nortwest Association of Forensic Science
North Carolina State Crime Lab
Oregon, Washington, and Vancouver, B.C. Crime Labs
Palm Beach County Sheriffs Office Crime Lab
Puerto Rico Instituto De Ciencias Forense
Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Forensic Science Identification Services
San Diego Police Department Crime Lab
Southwestern Association of Forensic Sciences
Quebec Laboratoire De Medicine
Tennessee Bureau of Investigation
Texas Department of Public Safety
Toronto Department of Forensic Sciences
Virginia Department of Forensic Sciences
In addition to the onsite training listed above, Nancy McCombs has provided training to students from all 50 US States as well as from Australia, Bahamas, Barbados, Denmark, Italy, Jamaica, Finland, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, St. Kitts, Sweden, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, Singapore, and the Virgin Islands through AFTE sponsored workshops and the Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, National Firearms Examiner Academy or FATE Forensic Instruction.