SPOTLIGHT INVESTIGATIVE Submit Your White Papers ernments are mostly shut down, there are no court cases, so my workload is excep- tionally light right now. We did have a few auto cases come in that were distributed to our auto experts. One thing I have noticed is that many cool scopes have hit the market. I have men- W 12 tioned some in the past, but the electronic scopes have taken off. Lockmasters has the new Smart Key decoder, and it is a scope that allows you to read the interlocking pin wafers in the Kwikset Smart lock from the keyway down the blade of the key. I can see many uses for this in our forensic investigations of door lock cylinders. I would like to see a white paper from one of our members on this new tool. So, if you are up for a challenge, write it up along with photos. We will get it published in Keynotes and get you a few bucks for your effort. Submit White Papers Since we were not able to meet at SAVTA and ALOA conventions this year, it would be great to see some white papers coming in to share with the members. For those of you who still owe us a white paper to complete your requirements for your CFL, now is a good time to knock this out and put it behind you. Last month, we received a great article by Vernon Kelley, CFL, on evidence marking and storage. Everything we do must be precise and accurate, with evidence to back up any hy- pothesis we make. As professional forensic investigators, it is our job to report what we see, not what we think we see. Never ever assume anything. If you do not have hard evidence, never make something up just because you think it is what happened! Just like Sgt. Joe Friday from Dragnet always said, “Just the facts ma’am. Only the facts!” I will conduct my first site inspection this month aſter four months of being con- fined to my office. I will fill everyone in on this next month. Keep taking online classes to stay sharp; it will pay off in the long run. KEYNOTES SEPTEMBER 2020 ell, summer is over, and we are getting ready for fall, and this corona COVID-19 crapola is still with us. Thank you, Chinese government, for your new form of warfare! This pandemic has screwed up our way of life, so until we can get a handle on it, we need to get by as best as we can. As the gov- “Everything we do must be precise and accurate, with evidence to back up any hypothesis we make.” If you have any comments, sugges- tions or questions please contact me at [email protected]. Tom Resciniti Demont, AHC, CAI, CFDI, CFL, CMIL, CML, CMST, ICML, IFDI, LSFDI, ARL. President, In- ternational Association of Investigative Locksmiths. [email protected] Get Published! IAIL members: Submit your articles for the Investigative Spotlight department. Send your information to Ross Squire at [email protected]. WWW.ALOA.ORG
