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The Wisconsin Association
for Identification (WAI) held its first organizational meeting on
October 5, 1966. The WAI is a chartered division of the International
Association for Identification and was incorporated in the State of
Wisconsin as a non-profit organization on May 5, 1967.
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The Association
was formed to accomplish the following objectives: To associate
persons who are actively engaged in the profession of forensic
identification, investigation and scientific crime detection in
an organized body, so that the profession, in all of its
branches may be standardized and effectively and scientifically
practiced. To encourage the enlargement and improvement of the
science of forensic identification and other branches of
scientific crime detection. Encourage research in scientific
crime detection. To keep its members appraised of the latest
techniques and discoveries in forensic identification and
scientific crime detection. To continue to improve the high
professional standards of law enforcement officials at all
levels of government who have charge of crime scene units,
and/or forensic laboratories. The WAI provides the opportunity
to employ the collective wisdom of the profession to advance the
scientific techniques of forensic identification and scientific
crime detection. The WAI shall do everything possible to improve
the high professional standards of law enforcement officials at
all levels of government who have charge of crime scene units,
and/or forensic laboratories. The members of the WAI shall
employ the collective wisdom of the profession to advance the
scientific techniques of forensic identification and scientific
crime detection. The WAI shall inform legislative bodies of the
importance of general laws making it mandatory to fingerprint
every person who is arrested. The WAI shall provide training,
education, and the publication of information related to
forensic identification and scientific crime detection.
The
Association has taken several actions to accomplish these goals.
There is a 3-day annual educational conference with both
lectures and hands-on workshops. The topics covered at these
conferences range from an update on the criminal history records
and changes in the state AFIS system to the latest techniques in
crime scene processing and laboratory examinations of physical
evidence. All members receive a quarterly newsletter that
includes professional articles in addition to Association news.
The AFIS-CIB Technology Committee is unique in that this
committee provides a direct line of communication between the
Wisconsin State Criminal Information Bureau and law enforcement
agencies at all levels of government within the state. The
Association has been the co-host division for two annual IAI
International Educational Conferences (1972 and 1999). The WAI
worked together with six other Midwest divisions of the IAI in
1998 to bring to the Midwest the highly successful Mid-States
Educational Conference in Davenport, Iowa. The WAI is now
expanding its web site to meet the growing needs of its
membership. |
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Wisconsin
Association for Identification
1999 IAI Conference Committee
WAI Member Elected As President of
IAI
 Robert
Sanders, a member and Past-President of the Wisconsin
Association for Identification, was elected President of the
International Association for Identification at their Annual
General Membership Meeting held in July 2000 in Charleston, West
Virginia. At the Annual IAI Banquet, Robert expressed his
thanks to all the members of the WAI who have given him their
active support, including the current WAI President, Jim Bruno
who led the team of photographers covering the 1999 IAI Annual
Educational Conference; the current WAI Secretary-Treasurer,
Melissa Graf who was on the WAI 1999 IAI Conference Committee
and who also serves on several IAI committees; and the current
Chair of the WAI Board of Directors, Mike Campbell who was the
chair of the WAI 1999 IAI Conference Committee and who also
serves on the IAI Board of Directors. |
WAI Past Presidents
1966-1967
1967-1968
1968-1969
1969-1970
1970-1971
1971-1972
1972-1973
1973-1974
1974-1975
1975-1976
1976-1977
1977-1978
1978-1979
1979-1980
1980-1981
1981-1982
1982-1983
1983-1984
1984-1985
1985-1986
1986-1987
1987-1988
1988-1989
1989-1990
1990-1991
1991-1992
1992-1993
1993-1994
1994-1995
1995-1996
1996-1997
1997-1998
1998-1999
1999-2000
2000-2001
2001-2002
2002-2003
2003-2004
2004-2005
2005-2006
2006-2007
2007-2008 |
Andrew F. Kashuba
Robert C. Lathrop
Michael T. Feider
Stanley C. Klein
Charles R. Race
Roland L Recker
Sylvester Gajewski
Howard L. Jennrich
Herbert J. Breske
Charles L. McElroy
Abraham L. Toigo
Robert R. Exner
Jerome D. Gartner
Herman R. Steinke
Walter C. Fuhrman
Edmund F. Jakubowski
Robert T. Shunk
Donald C. Ramthun
Ronald E. Dick
John M. Hermann
John R. Stransky
William F. Wangemann
Roger W. Heiligenthal
Wayne M. Peterson
Erlan R. Wenzel
Floyd D. June
Edwin L. Bandi
Milton L. Swantz
Daniel A. Feucht
Daniel R. Andersen
Roger R. Lenzner
Robert C. Sanders
James Bruno
Mike Campbell
Ronald L. Groffy
Todd Thorne
Suzanne Martin
Stu Nelson
Thomas Johnson, Dr.
Melissa Graf
Dan Roman
Gordon Kowaleski
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PAST
CONFERENCE SITES
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971 |
Appleton
Sheboygan
Wauwatosa
Madison
Wausau |
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1972 |
Milwaukee, Co-host
Annual IAI International Educational Conference |
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998 |
Cable
Racine
Appleton
Oconomowoc
Kenosha
Janesville
Madison
Appleton
Brookfield
Green Lake
Eau Claire
Racine
Brookfield
Marshfield
Madison
Janesville
Appleton
Milwaukee
Fond Du Lac
Marshfield
Kenosha
Green Bay
Pewaukee
Eau Claire
Wausau
Appleton |
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1999 |
Milwaukee, Co-host
Annual IAI International Educational Conference |
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
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Madison
Pleasant Prairie
Janesville
Fond du Lac
Shawano
Madison
Green Bay
Eau Claire
Wauwatosa
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Good of the
Association Awards
1998
1998
1999
2000
2001 |
Wayne Peterson
Bruce Freistadt
Keith Brzezinski
Robert Sanders
Mike Campbell |
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