University of Maryland Places 3rd at Crime Scene Investigation Challenge
2013 CSI Challenge
Mount St. Mary’s University, Emmitsburg, Maryland
UMCP – CCJS – 3rd Place Winner with 35 Teams Competing
Andrea Williams, Tim Fromm, & Mark Lombard
Tom Mauriello (Mentor)
University of Maryland College Park students participated for the first time in Mount Saint Mary’s University’s ninth annual Crime Scene Investigation Challenge on Saturday, April 6th, 2013. Professor Tom Mauriello and his student team of Criminal Justice majors, Tim Fromm, Mark Lombard, and Andrea Williams placed 3rd out of 35 teams. The CSI Challenge is a crime scene competition where students from several universities both in the United States and Canada demonstrate their knowledge, skill, and proficiency in crime scene investigation and evidence collection. Students assume the roles of both a crime scene investigator and evidence technician and are presented with their crime scene scenario and given a limited amount of time to process the crime scene, collect pertinent evidence, and write all necessary reports. Students were required to perform crime scene tasks to include surveying and securing the scene, interviewing witnesses, crime scene sketching, crime scene photography, proper evidence collection, and thorough report writing. Law enforcement and forensics professionals and educators observed and critiqued the students throughout the crime scene scenario and recorded a final score for all teams at the conclusion of the event.
