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Approve and present a plaque of appreciation honoring Latent Fingerprint Examiner Darrell Klasey upon his retirement from the Sheriff's Office with over 16 years of dedicated public service to Solano County (Chair Mashburn)
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DEPARTMENTAL RECOMMENDATION:
The Sheriff recommends that the Board of Supervisors approve and present a plaque of appreciation honoring Latent Fingerprint Examiner Darrell Klasey upon his retirement from the Sheriff's Office with over 16 years of dedicated public service to Solano County.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
Darrell Klasey began his career with Solano County's Sheriff's Office as a Latent Fingerprint Examiner on January 12, 2009. While assigned as a Latent Fingerprint Examiner, he was responsible for the daily operation of the Solano County Automated Fingerprint Identification Service (AFIS) network, ten-print, and latent fingerprint comparisons for law enforcement agencies throughout the county; he provided Livescan training for Correctional Officers, Deputies and feedback regarding Livescan submissions.
Darrell was a key figure in Solano County and the forensic identification field. He held several roles within the California State Division of the International Association for Identification (IAI), including president and conference chairman. He taught the fingerprint segment of the Field Evidence Course at Napa College and was the California Identification Digest associate editor. His article, "The IAI Through the Ages: A Century of Forensic Identification," was published in the July-August 2015 issue of the Journal of Forensic Identification.
In November 2009, he received a letter that acknowledged his valuable insights and experience for the Criminal Justice Internship Program at Solano College. Darrell was awarded the 2012 Dedication to Service Award from the International Association for Identification (IAI), given ...
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