Tom "Grif" Griffin BA, CSCSA, CBPE

grifclue@comcast.net

Tom “Grif” Griffin has worked as a criminal investigator the Colorado Bureau of Investigation since 1982.  He has provided analysis and testified as an expert witness in Colorado district courts and/or federal courts in bloodstain pattern interpretation/crime scene reconstruction and crime scene investigation and in the specialties of fire debris, controlled substances, and primer residue.  Prior to working at CBI, he was a criminalist and crime scene investigator at the Greeley, Colorado Police Department.

Griffin is International Association for Identification (IAI) certified as a Senior Crime Scene Analyst (CSCSA) and a Bloodstain Pattern Examiner (CBPE), and is a member of the IAI Bloodstain Pattern Examiner Certification Board.  He is a charter member of the Scientific Working Group on Bloodstain Pattern Analysis (SWGSTAIN).  He has served as president of the International Association of Bloodstain Pattern Analysts (IABPA), the Association for Crime Scene Reconstruction (ACSR), the Rocky Mountain Division of the IAI, and the Rocky Mountain Association of Bloodstain Pattern Analysts (RMABPA), as well as actively participating on various committees for these associations.  He is also a member of the Southwestern Association of Forensic Scientists (SWAFS), the United Kingdom’s Fingerprint Society (FPS), and the American Chemical Society (ACS). 

Griffin is a founding member of NecroSearch, International, a group dedicated to the detection of clandestine graves.  He has co-authored articles on the detection of clandestine graves, the investigation of mass crime scenes, and analysis of bloodstain patterns.  He instructs at bloodstain pattern workshops for the annual IAI educational conference.  He has been featured speaker for presentations in Canada, the United Kingdom, and throughout the United States.  He also regularly instructs on various aspects of crime scene investigation at law enforcement academies in Colorado and for the Colorado Coroners Association.  Griffin also continues to participate in seminars and training programs to keep abreast of advancing techniques and technologies.