Basic Forensic Photography
May 26-29, 2026, 8 a.m. – 4 p.m.
The curriculum covers a wide range of topics essential to developing the skills necessary to successfully document and preserve crime scenes and evidence through various forensic photography techniques and procedures:
- Photography as documentation of a crime scene or evidence collected
- Principles of photography and light optics
- Various camera equipment used
- Camera controls and exposure
- Proper use of light filters
- Proper use of light, flash photography, and evidence photography
- How to review and critique your photos
- Use of macro photography with detail
- Legal issues related to crime scene photography
This training is ideal for detectives, patrol officers, crime scene investigators, and evidence specialists.
POST Credits Awarded. Certificates of Completion provided.
Instructor: Gerald “Jerry” Narowski
Gerald “Jerry” Narowski recently retired as Chief of Police of the Derby Police Department (CT). Initially, he was assigned to the Patrol Division and later to the Detective Division where he became the Commanding Officer. As a working supervisor, he managed all death investigations and crime scenes. He was promoted to Deputy Chief in 2007 and to Chief of Police in 2010. During his tenure managing the Detective Division and as the Executive Officer of the agency he was also one of a handful of IAI Certified Senior Crime Scene Analysts in the state. Throughout his career, he has held numerous additional assignments including a tour with the State Computer Crime Unit, a member of the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, a Senior Firearms Instructor, a Microsoft System Administrator, and the Commander of the SCUBA/URT.
Jerry holds a B.S. in Criminal Justice – Law Enforcement Science, an M.S. in Forensic Science, as well as an M.P.A. – Personnel Administration and Labor Relations from the University of New Haven. He has been an adjunct faculty member of the Forensic Science Department at UNH Henry C. Lee College of Criminal Justice and Forensic Sciences since 2001. After a 36-year law enforcement career, he joined the university as a full-time faculty member.
Jerry has trained and lectured at several police academies, universities, in-service training courses, presented at several professional conferences, and has been admitted into state and federal court as an expert witness. His specialty areas include forensic photography, digital image processing/clarification, alternate light energy, crime scene processing/reconstruction, fingerprints, and criminalistics.
Contact Tom Grimaldi (Director of Training) at TGrimaldi@newhaven.edu for more information.