Professional Experience
Owner
Cox Forensic Consulting and Training, LLC: June 2013 – current
- Respond to crime scenes to complete bloodstain pattern documentation and analysis
- Respond to crime scenes to assist agencies with proper documentation, processing, and collection procedures
- proficient in mixing and applying chemicals for both latent and blood enhancement
- proficient in various photography techniques
- Review case files to examine and evaluate evidence regarding bloodstain pattern analysis and proper crime scene processing techniques
- experienced in reviewing police reports, laboratory reports, medical and autopsy reports, court reports, diagrams/sketches, and crime scene photographs
- Review transcripts and evidence for post conviction appeals
- Provide peer review for other Bloodstain Pattern Analysts
- Provide testimony in State and Federal trials
- Develop and conduct seminars, lectures, and training courses in Basic and Advanced Bloodstain Pattern Analysis, Crime Scene Processing, and Chemical Enhancement Techniques
Forensic Science Specialist
Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office: July 2000 – June 2013
- Primary Bloodstain Pattern Expert in the unit
- One of eight specialists selected by section manager and supervisors to be a member of the Major Case Response Team
- Responded daily to crime scenes and identified, documented, collected, enhanced/processed, and packaged crime scene evidence
- Trained specialists in proper mixing and use of chemicals for latent and blood ridge detail development
- Developed training materials for recruit Forensic Science Specialists and Patrol Deputies
- Trained recruit Specialists and Deputies
- Provided guest lectures for several Universities, Community Policing Programs, and Community Crime Watch programs
- Received a Certificate of Professionalism, Unit Award, Gold Star Award, and Excellent Service Award
Qualified as an expert in the following County Court Systems
- Pinellas County, Florida
- Manatee County, Florida
- Hillsborough County, Florida
- Montgomery County, Maryland
- Monroe County, Florida
Multiple Bloodstain Pattern cases completed for the following agencies in Florida:
- Clearwater Police Department
- Flagler County Sheriff’s Office
- Greenacres Police Department
- Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office
- Largo Police Department
- Manatee County Sheriff’s Office
- Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office
- Pasco County Sheriff’s Office
- Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office
- Pinellas Park Police Department
- St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office
- St. Petersburg Police Department
- Tampa Police Department
- West Palm Beach Police Department
Bloodstain Pattern Analysis Completed for the following State Attorney Offices and Public Defender Offices
- Hillsborough County State Attorney’s Office
- Palm Beach County State Attorney’s Office
- Pinellas County State Attorney’s Office
- Polk County State Attorney’s Office
- Martin, St. Lucie, Indian River, and Okeechobee County Public Defender’s Office
- Monroe County Public Defender’s Office
- Orange County Public Defender’s Office
- Pinellas County Public Defender’s Office
Consultant work for private law firms including:
- Deberg and Deberg, St. Petersburg, Florida
- Herman Law, West Palm Beach, Florida
- Law Offices of Jennifer Page, Rockville, Maryland
- Lenamon Law Office, Miami, Florida
- Law Firm of Alavi, Bird, & Pozzuto, Ocala, Florida
- The Law Offices of Lucas/Magazine, New Port Richey, Florida
Professional Instruction:
- 40 hour Basic Bloodstain Pattern Analysis, Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office: October 2013
- 40 hour Basic Bloodstain Pattern Analysis, Keiser University: April 2014
- 24 hour Current and Advanced Topics in Bloodstain Pattern Analysis, Keiser University: November 2014
- 40 hour Basic Bloodstain Pattern Analysis, Keiser University: February 2015
- 1.5 hour lecture in Bloodstain Pattern Analysis and the Criminal Trial, Sixth Judicial Circuit: Pinellas and Pasco County State Attorney’s Office: May 2015
- 16 hour How Bloodstain Pattern Analysis Effects an Investigation, Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office: June 2015
- 16 hour How Bloodstain Pattern Analysis Effects an Investigation, St. Petersburg Police Department: March 2016
- 32 hour Advanced Bloodstain Pattern Analysis, Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office: May 2016
- 16 hour How Bloodstain Pattern Analysis Effects an Investigation, Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office: June 2016
- Guest Speaker regarding Solving Difficult Cases with Bloodstain Pattern Analysis, Florida Homicide Investigators Association Annual Homicide Convention: November 2012 and November 2013
- Guest Speaker regarding Latent Print Processing and Blood Pattern Chemical Enhancement of Homicide Evidence, International Association of Homicide Investigators Basic Homicide Investigator Course: June 2014
Adjunct Instructor:
- St. Petersburg Junior College, Crime Scene Technology Program
January 2002 – July 2008
Professional Memberships:
- International Association of Bloodstain Pattern Analysts (IABPA)
- International Association for Identification (IAI)