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Facebook.com/NellisDesertLightningNews Whodunit? 137th Military Police Detachment learns how to crack the case
Army photograph by Staff Sgt. Victor Joecks
Spec. Patrick Kelly, military police investigator with 137th Military Police Detachment, uses tape to pull a fingerprint from a Coke can during a training event at the Henderson Armory March 4, 2018. Soldiers practiced photographing a crime scene, taking fingerprints and interviewing suspects.
Army photograph by Staff Sgt. Victor Joecks
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A kicked-in door. A room with missing jewelry. A handprint on the window.
It’s only a scenario, but the people piecing these clues together aren’t vis- iting Las Vegas’ newest “escape room.”
They’re Soldiers with the 137th Military Police Detachment learning the basics of military police investigations during training held March 4 at the Henderson Armory.
“This is our main job, other than being a Soldier, of course,” said Staff Sgt. Christina Dorsey, section sergeant with 137th MPs. “We’re also military
police, but on top of that investigators — detective-level work. We have a cer- tain purview that they need to know. This is training us for any upcoming deployment, anything real world.”
Dorsey has completed the school for military police investigators, and she uses her knowledge to train Sol- diers who’ve yet to attend the course. Military police investigators need to know how to photograph a room. One good shot is “better than three of the same thing,” Dorsey tells her Soldiers. They also learn how to lift fingerprints. Dorsey advises using a “twirling mo- tion” to apply the powder.
Spec. Jose Gamino, a military police investigator with 137th MPs, listens carefully before dusting a Coke can for fingerprints. There are discussions of
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Spec. Jose Gamino, military police investigator with 137th Military Police Detachment, dusts a window before pulling a handprint during a training event at the Henderson Armory March 4, 2018. Military police investigators examine crime scenes like a civilian detective would.
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