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SOU Counter-Terrorism/Crime Scene Investigation
CT/CSI Project
SOU Counter-Terrorism/Crime Scene Investigation
CT/CSI Project
(Left) Photo of terrorist truck, containing real explosives and drugs, taken for evidence. SOU stadium area was secured as federal, state, local law enforcement agencies, and SOU students investigated the simulated crime scene. (Right) Student David "Pancho" Becraft (communication) makes video documentary. (Far right) Tom Owens, CT/CSI Project Leader, SOU Criminology and Criminal Justice Department.
What this simulated terrorist crime is all about:
SOU Counter-Terrorism / Crime Scene Investigation (CT/CSI) Project
By Priscilla Oppenheimer, SOU Computer Science Department:
We hear about the threat of terrorism every day, but how many of us have had the chance to do something about it? During fall term 2006, about thirty-five students and professors got a unique opportunity to investigate a simulated terrorism crime. As participants in the first ever SOU Counter-Terrorism/Crime Scene Investigation (CT/CSI) project, the students and professors learned about the many facets of fighting terrorism, including writing search warrants, gathering evidence, and using high-tech chemical and computer forensics to analyze evidence.
Starting in the summer of 2006, professors from the Criminology and Criminal Justice, Computer Science, and Chemistry Departments started planning a simulated terrorism crime. The professors planted evidence on computers, gathered explosive residue, and assembled glassware used in drug manufacturing . . . (story continued). . . Is there enough evidence to bring the suspects to justice?
Key Students and Faculty Involved, Synopsis by Department
Student PowerPoint Presentations of Process
Direct links to Participating Departments:
Participating Agencies:
- Jackson County Sheriff's Department: Sheriff Mike Winters
- Medford Police Department: Sgt. Mike Budreau (SOU student)
- Central Point Police Department High-Tech Crimes Unit: Detective Kris Allison and Josh Moulin (SOU students in degree completion programs)
- U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service National Forensics Lab Digital Evidence Unit: Brian Horne
- U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency: Detective Jim Johnson
News Coverage
- Medford Mail Tribune
