Rocky Mountain Division

It is my pleasure and honor to welcome you to the official website for the Rocky Mountain Division of the International Association for Identification. I hope that your visit here is educational and informative.

 It is a great honor to be elected as President for the 2012 term in this prestigious organization. Needless to say there are some mighty big shoes to fill of those that have served as President before me. All of those that have served in this capacity are people that were my mentors and taught me all the finer points of forensics as it applies to Crime Scene Investigation. I thank you for your trust in my abilities to lead this organization through the next year and take great strides into the future.

 I have spent 22 years in law enforcement with 18 of those years being spent with my current employer at the Dillon Police Department. Our agency is very small which requires each officer to wear several hats. I have been a Sergeant for the last 11 years and supervise 3 Officers and 1 Code Enforcement Officer. I carry all of the same duties as our patrol officers in addition to my supervisory capacity and as if that wasn’t enough, I am also the Evidence Custodian and Crime Scene Investigator for not only our agency, but often get called out to assist on crime scenes with other agencies in Summit County.  

As you can see from my photo I also have the privilege of getting to ride my Norwegian Fjord horse on patrol during the summer months, instead of driving my patrol car. I also served as a K-9 Officer for 14 years before I lost my trusty partner, Digger, whom many of you knew and looked forward to seeing him at our meetings and conferences.  

I have always set the bar very high for myself, and always strive to do the best job that can possibly be done, with anything that I do. It is with this mindset that I step into serving as President of YOUR organization. This organization exists because of you and for you. With the ever increasing amount of litigation that constantly tries to discredit our profession as not being a “true science”, it is more important than ever for us to keep in mind the reason that our organization exists and how it can assist each of our members.  

All of the board members, officers and committee members work very hard all year and volunteer much of their free time to keep improving this organization and successfully providing all of the members with the most up to date training for all of the various fields of the forensic sciences as it applies to our careers, as well as providing a great networking resource.

We need all of you, our members, to be actively involved in the organization and consider serving on a committee, on the Board of Directors, and be willing to share your expertise and experience with others. Every organization is only as strong as its members make it. So with that I challenge each of you to become an active member and help us to set the bar high for others to follow. Please provide us with feedback as to how we can serve you better. We need to know what YOUR wants and needs are! If you have comments, concerns or questions please contact me or one of the Board members. All of our contact information can be found on this website. 

We look forward to hearing from all of our members and I hope each of you have a great year in 2012. 

Wendy Kipple – President, RMDIAI