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Welcome to the Official Wisconsin Association for Identification Home Page

 

 
 Our Mission
 
  Conferences

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 Wisconsin 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, bloodstain pattern interpretation, crime scene processing, criminal information technology, footwear identification, forensic art, forensic imaging, forensic odontology, latent prints (fingerprints, palm prints, and footprints), police photography, and tire track identification. These active members are speakers at our annual educational seminar, write professional articles for our quarterly newsletter, serve as technical advisors on the association's science and practice committee, and write professional tips for the tips page of this web site.

   
2009 Conference
   
2008 Conference
 
   
2007 Conference
   
IAI
   
   

The WAI was the co-host for the 1999 IAI Conference held in Milwaukee, WI

 
 From the Presidents Desk
       
 

Welcome to the website of the W.A.I.; the Wisconsin Association of Identification. We are a chartered division of the International Association of Identification.

My name is Lee F. Mikulec, your current President of the W.A.I. Born in Milwaukee; I started my career as a Glendale dispatcher in 1980. In 1985 I was hired by the Fond du Lac Police Department and have been employed here ever since. I attended evidence technician school in 1990 and have been processing crime scenes since that time. In 2004 I was promoted to the position of Detective and am currently our agency’s primary crime scene investigator. My ties with the WAI go back about a decade.

The WAI is an organization of members seeking to advance the various disciplines
of forensic sciences. Members include crime lab analysts, law enforcement
personnel, scientists, property room Managers and staff, Forensic Artists,
Latent Print examiners, Forensic Photographers and all others whom strive to
learn.

Members of the W.A.I. receive quarterly newsletters and receive a code to
enter into our secure, member’s only portion of the website. The secure portion
of the website contains past newsletters, tips and the conference planning
guide. The highlight of the W.A.I. is our annual educational conference held
each spring. The three day event is packed with lectures, hands-on break out
sections and vendors displaying state of the art items pertaining to our
disciplines. The 2008 conference, held in Milwaukee was a huge success. Our
keynote speaker was the internationally known Dr. Henry Lee. Our 2009
conference will be held in Appleton at the Paper Valley Hotel..

I would encourage you to browse our fantastic website and see who we are all
about as an organization. I would encourage non-members engaged in law
enforcement or some field of Forensic Sciences to join our organization. Besides
the knowledge gained with our organization I feel there is also an equal
non-tangible factor; invaluable statewide resources and lifetime friendships! If
you have any questions about our organization please feel free to contact me.

 

Sincerely

 

Lee Mikulec
President W.A.I.

 

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