My guest on the show today is Author and Crime Scene Investigator, Donna Jaconi. \xa0
Officer Jaconi had a distinguished career for 29 years with the City of Philadelphia Police Department. Starting as a fingerprint technician and then being accepted to the police academy. She worked patrol and got her experience on the streets of Philly. Officer Jaconi worked the majority of her career in the Crime Scene Unit. Officer Jaconi has worked the most notorious crime scenes, including processing over 1,000 homicide scenes.
Now retired, she has written the book, \u201cOut of the Darkness: A story of a CSI officer's journey with murder, love, and compassion.\u201d
In today\u2019s episode we discuss:
\xb7\xa0 \xa0 \xa0 How she got her start in the Philadelphia Police Department.
\xb7\xa0 \xa0 \xa0 The special training required for crime scene investigators.
\xb7\xa0 \xa0 \xa0 The job of CSI at crime scenes, specifically homicide, sexual assault, and robbery.
\xb7\xa0 \xa0 \xa0 How she dealt with the horrors she saw on the street on a regular basis.
\xb7\xa0 \xa0 \xa0 The biggest C.S.I. misconceptions on T.V. and Movies.\xa0
\xb7\xa0 \xa0 \xa0 Testing for gunshot residue and the use of Luminol.\xa0
\xb7\xa0 \xa0 \xa0 How C.S.I.\u2019s package evidence in specific ways.
\xb7\xa0 \xa0 \xa0 Her book, \u201cOut of the Darkness: A story of a CSI officer\u2019s journey with murder, love, and compassion.\u201d
All of this and more on today\u2019s episode of the Cops and Writers podcast.
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