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INFORMATION &
BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
Douglas A. Young
Douglas A. Young is the founder and owner of Triad Forensics Inc.  
Doug is a native of Southwestern Indiana and began his law
enforcement career with the Gibson County Sheriff's Department in
Princeton, Indiana.  While working at the Gibson County Sheriff's
Department, Doug also attended Vincennes University where he
majored in Law Enforcement/Criminalistics and graduated Cum
Laude.  Always having an interest in Forensics, Doug began training
to become a crime scene technician for the Gibson County Sheriff's
Department.  Doug served in this role as crime scene technician until
December of 1998 when he moved to Texas and took a job with the
Austin, Texas Police Department as a Senior Crime Scene
Specialist.  While in Texas, Doug became certified as a Crime Scene
Investigator through the International Association for Identification.  
In November of 2002, Doug took the position of Chief of Police with
the Oakland City Police Department in Oakland City, Indiana, where
he served until May 2007. That same month, Doug moved to the
State of Colorado where he took a position as a Criminalist.

Doug has lectured both domestically and internationally on various
Forensic topics, including Crime Scene Investigation, Forensic
Entomology and Glass Fracture Identification and Reconstruction.  
Doug served as President of the Indiana Division of the International
Association for Identification.  Doug is also a member of the Rocky
Mountain Division of the International Association for Identification
and the Rocky Mountain Association of Bloodstain Pattern Analyst.  
Doug serves as a member on the Crime Scene Certification
Committee for the Rocky Mountain Division of the International
Association for Identification.
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