Melvin R. Bishop
Retired Master Police Officer/Forensic Technician -23 years with Charlottesville, Virginia Police Department. Graduate of the 49 session of the Virginia Forensic ...view moreMelvin R. Bishop
Retired Master Police Officer/Forensic Technician -23 years with Charlottesville, Virginia Police Department. Graduate of the 49 session of the Virginia Forensic Science Academyin Richmond, Virginia. Masters Degree in Entomology from the University of Nebraska/Lincoln.
I instruct crime scene technicians,graduate students and various law enforcement agencies throughout the East Coast on entomological collection procedures.and I have lectured on forensic topics at various colleges and universities for the past fifteen years . I have been involved with the collection and study of forensic insects for over eight years and I have worked/assisted on over sixty-five criminal and civil cases involving insect evidence.
I 'am a member of the Entomological Society of America, Florida Division of International Association of Identification and the North American Forensic Entomology Association.view less