LIsa Black
Cape Coral, FL
Female, 49
I spent the five happiest years of my life in a morgue. As a forensic scientist in the Cleveland coroner’s office I analyzed gunshot residue on hands and clothing, hairs, fibers, paint, glass, DNA, blood and many other forms of trace evidence, as well as crime scenes. Now I'm a certified latent print examiner and CSI for a police department in Florida. I also write a series of forensic suspense novels, turning the day job into fiction. My books have been translated into six languages.
As absolutely no agency I've ever heard of requires an IQ test for hire, I would have no idea.
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Yes, about 60 times over 25 years. But not nearly as often as you'd think.
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Not necessarily. I would say in this day and age, all bets are off.
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There was a really bad case of elder abuse that I think I blocked out of my mind for the most part, because I can picture only a brief image of it while I remember everything else about the call. Other than that, no.
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Border Patrol Agent
When you catch an illegal alien crossing the border, is he deported immediately?
Radio program/music director
Just how good of a radio host do you think Howard Stern is?
Flight Attendant
What's the scariest flight you've ever been on?
Probably 'touch' DNA, getting a DNA profile from someone's skin cells where they touched something. It's always a bit of a crapshoot because without a visible stain, you can't be sure there's any DNA there at all. But it's worth a try and sometimes we get results.
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Yes, absolutely. As long as the sample is dried thoroughly before it can decompose and kept someplace dry and not overly humid or hot, it would be fine.
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It’s whatever the particular agency’s Standard Operating Procedures require. Each police agency can make their own requirements.
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