Welcome:

The Florida Division of the International Association for Identification is a non-profit professional association for forensic scientists, crime scene technicians, evidence technicians, latent print examiners and all other law enforcement employees who are interested in the scientific investigation of crime. The FDIAI is the largest state chartered division of the International Association for Identification and hosts one of the largest annual educational training conferences available in the country.

Our Mission:

The mission of this association is to provide educational seminars to members of the law enforcement community, to disseminate useful information related to all the disciplines of the forensic sciences, to provide local administration in the state of Florida for the international professional certification programs of the International Association for Identification, and to encourage the highest ethical standards in the collection, preservation, and examination of evidence.

To carry out our mission, the association has a large pool of active members representing several forensic disciplines to include, but not limited to, AFIS, audio enhancement, blood spatter analysis, crime scene processing,  footwear identification, forensic art, forensic imaging, forensic Odontology, latent prints,  photography, and tiretrack identification.  These active members are speakers at our annual educational seminar , write professional articles for our quarterly newsletter and serve as technical advisors on the association's committees.

FDIAI Latest News

Updated  6/23/09

The IAI Conference

Program is now

available online

at the IAI website

This year there will be

no printed booklet.

Make your hotel

reservations early.

The Past Presidents'

page has been

updated with photos

for our 50th

anniversary

The FDIAI will be

celebrating their 50th

Anniversary this year

at the IAI Conference

in Tampa, the week of

August 16th. A special

banquet highlighting

the past 50 years and

honoring all of the past

presidents will be held

during the week.

PRESIDENT: Koren Colbert

As President of the Florida Division of the International Association for Identification I welcome you to our official website. Please take time to see all of what our website has to offer. It is full of interesting information about the FDIAI and links to other forensic sites.

The FDIAI is the finest group of people I have ever been associated with in my 18 year career in law enforcement. With over 1000 members the Florida Division is the largest division of the IAI. This website reflects the pride our members take in this organization and the work they are involved in. The jobs we do and the results we obtain are sometimes the only way justice is served. Through membership in organizations such as the IAI and FDIAI we hone our skills through training and networking with other likeminded professionals.

I encourage each member to strive to increase their skills in the field of forensic science. I also would challenge those of us who have been in this profession more years than we would like to admit, to mentor those who are going to be taking our places one day soon. We all have opportunities to teach and encourage almost daily. To not do so is a disservice to those we serve, to those we should teach and encourage and to ourselves.

I further encourage each of you to consider attending the International Association for Identification Annual Training Conference as we partner with them this year in Tampa, Florida. The Florida Division will be celebrating its 50^th anniversary. We will celebrate old friends and new and honor our past presidents, who each have contributed in their own unique way to this wonderful organization and made it what it is today. It will be an opportunity to not only network with your brothers and sisters around the Great State of Florida but with old and soon to be new friends from around the world. This conference will be extraordinary, so book early as August will be here before we know it.

I look forward to serving as your President in 2009. Being elected to that post is the greatest honor I have ever received. If I can assist you in anyway, please call upon me.

In closing I plead with you take full advantage of what the Florida Division has to offer. If not a member, please join today. Remember our commitment to victims of crime deserve our best everyday.

KOREN COLBERT

The deadline is near

for the FDIAI annual

award nominations.

"Cancer Drug Erases

a Man's Fingerprints"

An article on CNN

Check out a new

article highlighting

the Pinellas County

Sheriff's Office

Fingerprint Unit!

For those at agencies

with limited training

funds this year, you

may be eligible for

Florida 2nd dollar

funding. Learn More

The FDIAI announces

the release of its new

CHALLENGE COIN-

unveiled at the IAI

Conference in

Louisville. The coin is now available online

POSTAL ADDRESS:

M. Frank Shonberger, Secretary-Treasurer

85 Deer Run, Miami Springs, Fl  33166

TELEPHONE:  

305-460-5435   M. Frank Shonberger

E-Mail: 

fdiai@fdiai.org

General Information: fdiai@fdiai.org