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International Forensic Experts
3845 Brussells Street
North Bend, Or, 97459
Telephone: (541) 756-2044
Fax: (541) 756-7470
E-mail: [email protected]
CURRICULUM VITAE
GARY A. KNOWLES
POSITION (Last held)
Laboratory Director
Supervised disciplines: Latent Print Examiners and Forensic Scientists (Controlled Substances,
Drug Labs, Non-DNA Serology, Firearms/Toolmarks, Trace, Arson, Prints and Impressions,
Breath Testing, and Crime Scene Processing.)
OSP CAREER POSITIONS
11.15.72
4.26.76
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1.1.85
06-01-00
Trooper (Patrol)
Criminalist (Portland Forensic Lab)
Assistant Director (Portland Forensic Lab)
Director (Medford/Central Point Forensic Lab)
Retired
FORENSIC ANALYTICAL EXPERIENCE
Controlled Substances, Drug Labs, Firearms/Toolmarks, Trace, Arson, Prints and Impressions,
Breath Testing, and Crime Scene Processing.
INSTRUCTOR
Forensic Science
Crime Scene Reconstruction
Bloodstain Pattern Interpretation
Recovery of Buried Bodies and Scattered Skeletons
CURRICULUM VITAE
Gary A. Knowles, Lieutenant (Ret.)
EDUCATION
Miami University, Oxford, Ohio - BA Degree in Zoology, 1972
Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, 1970
TRAINING
Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Investigations certificate from Drug Enforcement
Administration.
Crime Scene and Autopsy Photography, Oregon State Medical Examiner's Office.
Negligent Homicide Investigation, Oregon Attorney General's Office.
Infrared Spectroscopy, Perkin-Elmer Corporation.
Hairs and Fibers, FBI Research and Training Center.
Forensic Microscopy, Dr. Walter McCrone, McCrone Research Institute and the Forensic Sciences
Foundation.
Instructor Training School, Oregon State Police.
Lamp Examination for Traffic Accidents, Captain Thomas Lindquist, Colorado Highway Patrol.
Crime Scene Evidence and Collection, FBI Research and Training Center.
Bombing Crime Scene Investigation, FBI Research and Training Center.
Firearms Manufacturing plant tour, Kimber of Oregon.
Laboratory Analysis of Arson Matters, FBI Research and Training Center.
Vehicular Homicide Seminar, National Traffic Institute.
Tracor X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometry School, Tracor Northern Corporation.
Forensic Mineralogy, Dr. John Vehrenberg, University of Montana.
Forensic Glass Examinations, FBI Research and Training Center.
Crime Scene Techniques Involving Surface Skeletons and Buried Bodies, Institute of Police
Technology and Management – Jacksonville, Florida
Forensic Firearms examination, Oregon State Police Crime Laboratory Division, Monmouth,
Oregon.
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CURRICULUM VITAE
Gary A. Knowles, Lieutenant (Ret.)
TRAINING -
(cont'd)
American Society of Crime Lab Directors (ASCLD) Laboratory Accreditation Inspector
Training.
Footwear and Tire Tread Seminar, FBI, Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
Tire Footprint Identification, Peter McDonald, Coeur D'Alene, Idaho.
Forensic Entomology, Dr. William Rodriguez, Boise, Idaho.
CMI Intoxilyzer 5000 Technician and Certification Instruction.
CMI Intoxilyzer 4011A Certification Technician and Certified Operator, Oregon State Police,
Portland, Oregon.
CMI Intoxilyzer 5000 Certification Technician and Certified Operator, Oregon State Police,
Monmouth, Oregon.
CMI Intoxilyzer 5000 Training for Prosecutors, Oregon State Police, Salem, Oregon.
Microscopy - LEICA Corporations, Robert Stout and Hans Hinch, Monmouth, Oregon.
Recovery of Skeletal Remains, Dr. Dennis Dirkmatt, Portland, Oregon. Workshop. Northwest
Association of Forensic Scientists.
Water Related Death Investigations, Corporal Kenneth Burton RCMP, Portland, Oregon.
Northwest Association of Forensic Scientists.
Homicide and Death Investigation, Spencer R. Smith, Chief Deputy Medical Examiner.
03/22/01 Medford, Oregon.
Poser 6 Animation Course, LVS (Leader in Virtual Studies) January-February 2006
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Gary A. Knowles, Lieutenant (Ret.)
MANAGEMENT TRAINING
Basic Management Training, Oregon State Police.
Middle Management Training, Oregon State Police.
Total Quality Management, Oregon State Fiscal Association.
Total Quality Management, Oregon State University.
Leadership When The Heat Is On, Danny Cox.
Facilitator Training, Oregon State Police.
RESEARCH AND STUDIES
Post Crash Auto Lamp Examinations.
Tape Comparisons.
Match Comparisons.
Blood Pattern Interpretation.
Intoxilyzer/Dentures.
PUBLICATIONS
1989 -
Hair Examination Training Manual - Oregon State Police
Forensic Services Division.
1989 -
Fiber Examination Training Manual - Oregon State Police
Forensic Services Division.
1991-
Bloodstain Pattern Analysis Training Manual – Pex, J. &
Knowles, G., Oregon State Police, Salem, Oregon
1994 -
Recovery of Buried Bodies and Scattered Surface Skeletons Manual - Oregon
State Police Forensic Services Division.
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1999 -
Blood Spatter Workbook – Oregon State Police Forensic Services Division.
CURRICULUM VITAE
Gary A. Knowles, Lieutenant (Ret.)
JOB HISTORY
1971, 1972
U. S. Forest Service, Crescent, Oregon.
1972 - 1976 Oregon State Police Patrol Officer, Gold Beach.
JOB HISTORY -
(cont'd)
1976 - 1983 Criminalist, Oregon State Police, Portland Forensic
Laboratory.
1983 - 1985 Supervising
Portland Forensic Laboratory.
Criminalist,
Oregon
State
Police,
1985 - 2000 Laboratory Director, Oregon State Police, Medford
Forensic Laboratory.
CAREER EXPERIENCE
Expert Testimony in Oregon, Washington, and Nevada - over 400 trials.
Death Investigations in Oregon, Washington, and Nevada - over 400. Consultations - over 400.
Instructor of evidence collection and forensic techniques to police officers, military and forensic
lab personnel, prosecuting and defense attorneys, and public organizations.
1976 -
Appointed Deputy Medical Examiner, Curry County, Oregon.
Assigned to Forensic Laboratory Division at Portland
1978 - Instructor of Hairs and Fibers course to Oregon State Police Forensic Lab
Personnel.
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1980 - Northwest Fire and Arson Investigators Seminar, Eugene, Oregon.
- Instructor of Microscopy to Oregon State Police Forensic Lab personnel.
- Instructor of Lamp Examinations for Traffic Accidents to Oregon State
Police Forensic Lab personnel.
- Instructor of Lamp Examinations for Traffic Accidents to Northwestern
Supervisor’s School.
1983 - Board of Police Standards Training Instructor Certification - Forensic Lab
Orientation.
1987 - Designer Drug/Clandestine Lab Seminar Instructor, Medford, Oregon.
1988
Controlled Substances in Poppies - Presenter, Northwest Association of Forensic
Scientists, Missoula, Montana.
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Gary A. Knowles, Lieutenant (Ret.)
2004 - 2006 -
Oregon Regional Forensic Academy – Instructor, Oregon State Police and
Oregon Department of Public Safety Standards and Training.
2006 – Forensic Imaging and Animation for the Courtroom – OALI Presentation, Salem, Oregon
2007 – CSI: Defense Academy – National Forensic Seminars, Wilsonville, Oregon
Recovery of Buried Bodies and Scattered Surface Skeletons Instructor:
1991 Recovery of Buried Bodies and Scattered Surface Skeletons
Workshop - Instructor, Central Point, Oregon.
Buried Bodies and Scattered Surface Skeletons Presenter, Northwest Association of Forensic Scientists (NWAFS), Anchorage,
Alaska.
1992 Oregon State Police Forensic Services Crime Scene School;
and, Buried Bodies and Scattered Surface Skeletons Workshop - Instructor,
Monmouth, Oregon.
Recovery of Buried Bodies and Scattered Surface Skeletons
Workshop - Instructor, Coos Bay, Oregon.
1993 Recovery of Buried Bodies and Scattered Surface
Skeletons Workshop - Instructor, Bend, Oregon.
Recovery of Buried Bodies and Scattered Surface
Skeletons Workshop - Instructor, Boise, Idaho.
1994 -
Recovery of Buried Bodies and Scattered Surface Skeletons
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Workshop – Instructor Springfield, Oregon.
1996 - Recovery of Buried Bodies and Scattered Surface Skeletons
Presentation - Instructor, Crime Scenes and Management of High Profile Cases,
Ashland, Oregon.
- Recovery of Buried Bodies and Scattered Surface Skeletons
Workshop - Instructor, Spokane, Washington.
- Recovery of Buried Bodies and Scattered Surface Skeletons
Presentation - Instructor, Clackamas County Homicide Team, Milwaukie, Oregon.
- Recovery of Buried Bodies and Scattered Surface Skeletons Workshop - Instructor,
Salt Lake City, Utah.
1998 - Recovery of Buried Bodies and Scattered Surface Skeletons
Presentation Instructor. Criminal Seminar. Helena, Montana.
1999 - Recovery of Buried Bodies and Scattered Surface Skeletons
Workshop Instructor and conference Presenter. Pacific
Chapter of International Association for Identification. Sunriver, Oregon.
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Northwest
Recovery of Buried Bodies and Scattered Skeletons
Presentation instructor. Park County Coroner’s Office, Livingston, Montana
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Gary A. Knowles, Lieutenant (Ret.)
Recovery of Buried Bodies and Scattered Surface Skeletons Instructor (cont’d.):
2002 -
Recovery of Buried Bodies and Scattered Skeletons
Presentation instructor. Kalispell Police Department, Kalispell, Montana
CAREER EXPERIENCE - (cont'd)
Crime Scene Blood Pattern Interpretation Instructor:
1979 - Summer Institute for Criminal Justice, Oregon District
Attorney's Association.
1980 - Northwest Association of Forensic Scientists Spring
meeting, Boise, Idaho.
Northwest Association of Forensic Scientists Fall
meeting, Eugene, Oregon.
National Law Enforcement Institute, Colorado
Springs, Colorado.
National Law Enforcement Institute, Portland,
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Oregon.
1981 -
National Law Enforcement Institute, Portland,
Oregon.
1982 Interamerican Congress of Forensic Sciences,
Sacramento, California.
National Law Enforcement Institute, San
Francisco, California.
FBI Research and Training Center, Quantico,
Virginia.
Board of Police Standards and Training Instructor
Certification - Blood Patterns.
1983 -
National Law Enforcement Institute, Salt Lake
City, Utah.
1984 Criminal Division Training School, Camp
Withycombe, Portland, Oregon.
Blood Spatter Seminar, Reno, Nevada.
Blood Spatter Seminar, Springfield, Oregon.
1987 Attorney's Association.
Fall Institute for Criminal Justice, Oregon District
1990 -
Blood Spatter Seminar, Reno, Nevada.
1991 Blood Pattern Interpretation for Forensic
Scientists - Workshop, Monmouth, Oregon.
Blood Spatter Presentation Northwest Association of
Forensic Scientists, Spring Meeting, Anchorage, Alaska.
1992 Oregon State Police, Forensic Services Division, Crime
Scene School - Workshop, Monmouth, Oregon.
Oregon State Police, Forensic Services Division, Blood
Spatter School - Workshop, Monmouth, Oregon.
- Northwest Association of Forensic Scientists, Spring meeting - Workshop, Reno,
Nevada.
- Northwest Association of Forensic Scientists, Spring Meeting – presentation:
“Coughed Bloodstain Patterns: A Phlegm Show You Might Not Expectorate”.
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Gary A. Knowles, Lieutenant (Ret.)
- California Association of Criminalists, Fall Meeting - Presentation and Workshop,
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Ventura, California.
CAREER EXPERIENCE - (cont'd)
Crime Scene Blood Pattern Interpretation Instructor (cont'd):
1993 Robbery/Homicide Subchapter of the Oregon Peace
Officers Association - Presentation, Bend, Oregon.
1994 -
Bloodstain
Pattern
Interpretation
Workshop,
Bend, Oregon.
1995 Oregon Criminal Defense Lawyers Association Presentation, Sunriver, Oregon.
1996 Oregon State Police, Investigation Division Presentation, Bend, Oregon.
1997 Oregon State Police, Forensic Services Division, Blood
Spatter School - Workshop, Monmouth, Oregon.
- Northwest Association of Forensic Scientists, Spring Meeting - Workshop, Missoula,
Montana.
1998 - Montana Division of Forensic Sciences Criminal Investigations Seminar &
Presentation. Helena, Montana.
1999 - Park County Coroner’s Office, Livingston, Montana
Presentation and workshop instructor.
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2002 -
Oakland Police Department and Douglas County Sheriff’s Office Homicide Seminar
- Presentation. Canyonville, Oregon
Oregon Criminal Defense Lawyers Association – Presentation, Newport, Oregon.
- Kalispell, Montana Police Department – Presentation &
Workshop Instructor. Kalispell, Montana.
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Gary A. Knowles, Lieutenant (Ret.)
AFFILIATIONS
Northwest Association of Forensic Scientists (President 1990-1991)
Oregon Criminal Defense Lawyers Association
American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors - past member
International Association of Arson Investigators – Oregon, Rogue Valley Chapter, (President 19921993, 1999 - 2000) - past member
International Association of Bloodstain Pattern Analysts – past member
Clandestine Laboratory Investigating Chemists - past member
Laboratory Accreditation Inspector, ASCLD/LAB – currently inactive
Pacific Northwest Division, International Association for Identification- past member
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