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About the Latent Print Certification Board (LPCB)

In 1977, at the 62nd Annual Conference in New Orleans, the Latent Print Certification Program became the first certification program established by the International Association for Identification. Its purpose was to validate a practitioners expertise in the science of fingerprints through a rigorous testing process.

This was in response to recognizing the need to unequivocally identify latent print examiners qualified to provide essential professional services for the nation's judicial branches of government. In purpose, function and organization, the Latent Print Certification Board is analogous to the certifying boards of other specialties and scientific fields.

At that time, the first Latent Print Certification Board was formed to manage the Program. The objective of the board was to establish, enhance, and revise as necessary, standards of qualification for those who practice latent print examinations, and to certify as qualified specialists, those voluntary applicants who comply with the requirements of the board. In this way, the board is able to make available to the judicial system and to the public, a practical and equitable system for readily identifying those persons professing to be specialists in latent print examination who possess the requisite qualifications and competence.

Certification is based upon the candidate's personal and professional record of education and training, experience and achievement, as well as on the results of a formal examination.

Since its inception, the I.A.I.'s Latent Print Certification Board has proficiency tested thousands of applicants, and periodically proficiency tests all IAI Certified Latent Print Examiners (CLPEs) as part of the recertification requirement every five years.

I.A.I. CLPE status is considered by many identification professionals to be a measurement of excellence. During the past three decades, I.A.I. Latent Print Certification has become a prerequisite for journeyman fingerprint expert positions in many U.S. state and federal government forensic laboratories, and also enjoys a high reputation in many international agencies.

Today, the Latent Print Certification Board is among eight other certification boards administering I.A.I. certification programs for Crime SceneForensic ArtFootwear AnalysisBloodstain Pattern AnalysisForensic Photography/ImagingTen Print Fingerprint Certification, and Forensic Video Certification.

The International Association for Identification, under whose auspices the Latent Print Certification Board was established, is a non-profit organization incorporated in the State of Delaware. The Board is composed of members, certified in their principal discipline of latent print examination and who serve staggered terms of office.

BOARD MEMBERS

Current serving members of the Latent Print Certification Board:









LPCB CHAIR
TIM FAYLE
Idemia
Suite 5, Level 3, Building A
11 Talavera Road
Macquarie Park NSW 2113
AUSTRALIA

Email Board Chair
LPCB SECRETARY
Kaitlin Delphy 
Montana Department of Justice
Forensic Science Division
2679 Palmer St.
Missoula, MT 59808


Email Board Secretary


TRENT RUNDQUIST 
Grand Junction Police Department
555 Ute Avenue
Grand Junction, CO 81501
SHANNON PRINCE 
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Latent Print Unit
2501 Investigation Pkwy
Quantico, VA 22135

JENNA ALIMBERTI 
Worcester Police Department
Latent Print Unit
9 -11 Lincoln Sq.
Worcester, MA 01608
NICOLE PRASKA  
Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension
Forensic Science Services
1430 Maryland Ave E.
St. Paul, MN 55106

MATTHEW J. MARVIN 
Ron Smith and Associates, Inc.
9335 Highway 19 North
Collinsville, MS 39325