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David J. Doglietto, CSCSA retired from California State service in May 2016. He began his career with the State of California in 1985 working for the Department of Consumer Affairs. He transferred to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitations in Sacramento in 1988 and was assigned to the Headquarters Unit. In 1993, he transferred to the Correctional Training Facility, Soledad State Prison in Monterey County, as a correctional officer. He spent the first five years working as a tier officer in a housing unit consisting of 312 medium-maximum security level inmates supervised by only two officers. In 1998, he was assigned as an investigative officer with the Investigative Services Unit (ISU) with the primary responsibility of narcotic investigations. His last assignment was as the senior investigative officer with ISU where he occasionally worked narcotic investigations, but was primarily a senior crime scene analyst, latent print technician and comparison analyst, bloodstain pattern analyst, crime scene photographer, major crimes and homicide investigator, and he operated the Forensic Laboratory. He is a life member of the California Narcotic Officers’ Association, a member of the International Association of Identification, California Homicide Investigators Association, and the International Association of Bloodstain Pattern Analysts. He is currently a Certified Senior Crime Scene Analyst and has over 2000 formal hours of investigative training, with the majority of the training in the field of the forensic sciences. He has presented workshops at the annual International Association for Identification Educational Conferences since 2012. He is a member of the Crime Scene Certification Board of the International Association for Identification. He has a Master of Science degree in Organizational Leadership and a Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice Management; both degrees from Union Institute & University. He is an adjunct instructor at Hartnell Community College, Administration of Justice Department, in Salinas,  California and has developed an Introduction to Forensic Science course for the college. Currently he is an investigator and forensic specialist with the City of Greenfield Police Department in California, and provides forensic assistance, through mutual aid, to neighboring agencies.  He is the proprietor of Gurt Hound Forensics, a forensic training and consultation service, specializing in the custodial setting. Contact him at gurthound@gmail.com for training opportunities.