“It’s about family tradition and serving my community.”
Trevor
Latent Fingerprint Analyst
On the job:
22 years
Fingerprint Identification Services
National Capital Region
Trevor spends his days analyzing fingerprints from crime scenes across Canada. With a trained eye developed through years of experience, he examines a variety of print types taken from diverse surfaces, everything from paper documents to cell phones. For Trevor, nothing beats the satisfaction of providing officers with a crucial lead to help move an investigation forward.
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What does a day in your job look like?
I look at crime scene fingerprints—that’s what I do, every day. You can get a variety of different types of fingerprints, so you need many years of experience to decipher the images. Being with the RCMP, we get fingerprint submissions from all over Canada.
How was the transition from hard copy to digital?
It was tough at first because with a hard copy, you’re looking at paper. Or you’re looking at a Live Scan, what they call electronic. Then you switch over to looking at prints that were on surfaces like a table or cell phone or a plastic. So, it’s different details you’re looking at. You have to use your skill set and really look and analyze before you make decisions.
What is rewarding about your job?
Successfully identifying fingerprints for an officer working on a crime scene. Providing a lead in a case makes me feel like I am doing my part. Whether or not it gives the officers the answer they need, at least I did my part and provided them with the preliminary results. Then the officers take it from there because it’s their investigation.
What attracted you to the RCMP in the first place?
My father worked in the RCMP for 35 years. At first, I wanted to do other things, so I went to university and majored in geography. But I came back to the RCMP. It’s about family tradition and serving my community.
“We get fingerprint submissions from all over Canada.”
Trevor
Latent Fingerprint Analyst
