Chair, IACP Forensics Committee/Senior Forensics Manager
RTI International
Johns Island, South Carolina, United States
John Grassel,
John Grassel is a Senior Manager of Forensic Sciences within the Investigative Sciences Program at RTI International where he is responsible for implementing and guiding the implementation of a wide variety of forensic plans. He serves as a subject matter expert on the BJA-funded Case Closed Project which assists law enforcement agencies with improving violent crime clearance rates. He previously served as the Co-Principal Investigator of the National Institute of Justice’s (NIJ) Forensic Technology Center of Excellence (FTCOE), the principal investigator of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Standards for Scene Investigation Project and as Co-Project Director for the BJA-funded Law Enforcement Technical and Training Assistance project.
John is the Chair of the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) Forensic Science Committee. He is a past President of the International Association of Identification. Prior to joining RTI he led the Rhode Island State Police Forensic Services Unit. He also served for twenty-eight years in the Marine Corps and Marine Corps Reserve and retired as a Lieutenant Colonel.
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