AFTER and the 2023 & 2024 DVI exercises Operation Zeus and Leviathan by S/Sgt Ritchie Callaghan
March 6 @ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm AEST
The Australian Forensic Taphonomic Examination Research (AFTER) Centre located in Richmond NSW is a unique body donation facility dedicated to the study of forensic taphonomy in Australia. This presentation will cover the history and make-up of the AFTER site which is the only centre in the world using human donors for DVI research and processing. Ritchie will also present on the 2023 Operation Zeus and 2024 Operation Leviathan joint national DVI research exercises.
Snr Sgt Callaghan has worked as a Scenes of Crime Officer for 27 years. Between 2003 -2004 he was the Lead Forensic Investigator in the Singh Children Homicides at Bridgeman Downs and assisted in the conviction of Massimo Sica in 2012. In 2015 he took over the State DVI Coordination role, he has also managed every SOC office in Brisbane at one time or another and has been a Forensic Coordinator in both North and South Brisbane.
He is now the Forensic Capability Coordinator, where he runs the Forensic Search Teams, Hazardous environment team (admin) and the DVI unit. Within this role he has written and assisted in the facilitation of the National DVI ADVIC funded training courses for the last 10 years, including Phase Coordinators, Commander level, and four National Body Farm Practitioner courses.
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