Latent Print Certification

Latent Print Certification Board (LPCB)

Applying to Join the LPCB

If you are interested in applying to join the Latent Print Certification Board, please refer to Section VIII (G) of the Certification Program Operations Manual which states:

  1. Any IAI Certified Person interested in being considered for appointment to any Certification Board(s) to which he/she holds a valid certificate shall submit a letter and resume to the chairpersons or secretaries of those IAI Certification Board(s) on which he/she desires to serve. The Board will consider these in making recommendations to the IAI President.

Letters and resumes should be sent to the attention:

James E. Bush, Secretary
Latent Print Certification Board, I. A. I.
Mississippi Crime Laboratory
PO Box 4450
Meridian, MS 39304
Phone: (601) 483-5273
Fax: (601) 483-5278
E-mail: jbush@mcl.state.ms.us

Once recommendations have been made by the Latent Print Certification Board, the name(s) are forwarded to the IAI President for consideration. For more information about the appointment process, please refer to the following Resolution;

Constitution of the International Association for Identification – Article VIII, Committees, Certification Boards and Other Appointed Positions, Section 8.08 (b) Certification Boards, which states:

  1. Appointment. The President shall appoint members of the certification boards. In the year of establishment, the President shall appoint seven (7) members of that discipline to staggered terms; three (3) appointments of two (2) years, two (2) appointments of three (3) years and two (2) appointments of four (4) years. Subsequent appointments will be for three-year terms as terms expire, and these appointees must be certified in the discipline the certification represents. For those certification boards with less than 100 certified individuals, the President is not required to make new appointments to expired terms, provided that the certification board never has less than three members. With the exception of the secretary, no member shall serve on a certification board more than six (6) consecutive years. However, for those certification boards with less than 100 certified individuals, the term limit may be waived. If a vacancy occurs, the President shall appoint a person certified in the discipline to fill the unexpired term of the vacant position. This appointment to an unexpired term shall not count towards the six year limitation.