R. Craig Gravel
Craig Gravel is a retired
Lieutenant with the Oklahoma City Police Department. During his 25 years of
service at the Department, he has been assigned to the Investigations Bureau serving
as a detective in the Larceny, Missing Persons, Robbery and Homicide Units. He
was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant in 1998, and has been a supervisor in
the Crime Scene Unit for the past ten years.
Craig holds a Masters of Arts Degree in Criminal Justice Administration and a
Bachelor of Science Degree in Education from Oklahoma City University. He has
nineteen years of experience and advanced training in Bloodstain Pattern
Analysis. Gravel is a certified Bloodstain Pattern Examiner through the
International Association for Identification.
He has been an Adjunct Professor at the University of Central Oklahoma since
2002, instructing Basic and Advanced Bloodstain Pattern Analysis in the Master
of Forensic Science Program. He served on the University of Central Oklahoma’s,
Master’s of Forensic Science Advisory Board. He has also
taught at the University of Oklahoma and Oklahoma State University. Craig has lectured on
Bloodstain Pattern Analysis for various organizations such as the F.B.I, Regional
Organized Crime Information Center, Oklahoma Bureau of Investigations and the
Smokey Mountain Criminal Justice Conference. He has fifteen years of teaching and lecturing experience.
Craig is a charter member
of the Association for Crime Scene Reconstruction, where he has served as a
board member from 2004/2006 He is a member in good standing with the
International Association of Bloodstain Pattern Analysis, International Association
for Identification, Oklahoma Division of the International Association for
Identification and the International Association of Crime Analysts. Craig is certified by The IAI
as a Bloodstain Pattern Examiner.
