GeoForensics International

The strategies involved in searching for physical indicators and evidence of crime require the knowledge, cooperation and integration of many different scientific and law enforcement disciplines. The success of a search strategy depends on the skill and expertise of each discipline leader.

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
GeoForesnics International was founded in 1998 by Clark Davenport. With more than 13 years experience in criminal and environmental crime investigations, Clark understands how to develop and implement search strategies to reveal physical evidence. He provides criminal investigators direct expertise in the following disciplines
* Satellite and Aerial Photography
(color, black & white, false color infrared)
* Thermal Imaging
(forward looking infrared, FLIR)
* Land, Marine, Airborne geophysical surveys
(magnetics,electromagnetics, ground
penetrating radar [GPR], side scan sonar)
Through a national resource base, Clark recommends qualified scientists and investigators experienced in criminal investigations and with expertise in the following disciplines:

* Forensic Anthropology
* Forensic Archaeology
* Forensic Botany, Geology, Entomology
* Forensic Climatology
* Forensic Photography
* Search and Cadaver Dogs
Clark Davenport
Phone Fax: (303) 462-3447
E-Mail: gforensics@aol.com

Over the past 34 years, Clark has performed remote sensing and geophysical surveys for forensic, environmental, archaeological, groundwater, geotechnical, and mining investigations throughout the world. Since 1987, he has provided criminal investigation services and advice for clients such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Naval Criminal Investigative Service, Drug Enforcement Administration, Secret Service, Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms, New South Wales Police, and state/municipal agencies in over twenty states and seven countries.
As a co-founder of NecroSearch International, Clark is an active participant in on going applied research studying physical and chemical changes that occur after burial of a body. He developes and presents intensive training programs on the applications and limitations of scientific disciplines in locating physical evidence and human remains. He is a former instructor at the Colorado Law Enforcement Training Academy, currently teaches with the Red Rocks Community College POST program, and since 1991 is an invited instructor at the FBI Academy.
Clark is a decorated Vietnam combat veteran. He served as chairman of the Engineering and Groundwater Committee of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists, a Board Member of the Denver Post Society of American Military Engineers, a Board Member of NecroSearch International, a founding member of the Environmental and Engineering Geophysical Society and adjunct faculty member, Department of Anthropology, Colorado State University.

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
Remote Sensing: 34 years
Criminal Investigations: 13 years
Environmental Investigations: 10 years
Clearance: DOE Q (inactive)

Education:
Professional Degree, Geophysical Engineer,
Colorado School of Mines, 1964

Associate Degree, Criminal Justice,
Red Rocks Community College, 1997

Registration:
Geophysicist, California

PUBLICATIONS
Author 1999.
Near Surface Geophysical Techniques - A Handbook for the Criminal Investigator,
In press as a training manual.

Co-author 1992
A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Detection of clandestine Graves,
Journal of Forensic Sciences, Vol. 37, No. 6

Co-author 1991
Geophysical Techniques in Archaeology, Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site, Colorado Workshop,
Interagency Archaeological Services, Rocky Mountain Regional Office, National Park Service.

Co-author 1989
Geophysics for Archaeological Assessment: Fort William Discovered?,
Proceedings, SAGEEP.

Co-Author 1988
Geotechnical Applications 3, Crime Scene Investigation Techniques,
Geophysics, The Leading Edge of Exploration, Vol. 7 No. 8

Author 1986
Forensic Geophysics, Proceedings, Le Cochon Connection, Search Methods and Techniques for Locating Clandestine Graves,
Rocky Mountain Division of the International Identification Association, Spring Conference, Denver, CO

PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS
Invited Presentation
1999
Multidisciplinary Strategies in the Search for Clandestine Graves,
California Department of Justice, Missing Persons Workshop, Sacramento, CA.

Invited Presentation
1999
The NecroSearch Model,
FBI Regional Conference, Redding, CA.

Invited Presentation
1999
Multidisciplinary Approaches to the Detection of Clandestine Graves and Evidence,
Arizona Homicide Investigators Association Meeting, Tucson, AZ.

Invited Presentation
1998
Multidisciplinary Search Strategies, What Resources are Available to Law Enforcement?,
National Homicide Conference, St. Louis, MO.

Keynote Presentation
1997
A Multidisiplinary Approach to the Detection of Clandestine Graves,
Australian Society of Exploration Geophysicists, Sydney, Australia

TRAINING PROGRAMS
Assistant Instructor
1998 & 1999
Crime Scene Processing,
Police Academy
Red Rocks Community College
Golden, CO

Guest Instructor
1991-1999
The Detection and Location of Human Remains
One week seminar,
FBI Academy
Quantico, Virginia.

Guest Instructor
1990 - 1998
Remote Sensing for Cultural Resource Management
One week seminar,
National Park Service, Mid-West Archaeological Center
Denver, Colorado and Lincoln, Nebraska

Instructor
1995, 1998
The Applications of Remote Sensing in the Investigation of Environmental Crimes, US EPA, National Enforcement Investigation Center,
Denver, Colorado

Instructor
1988-Present
Multidisciplinary Approaches to Locating Clandestine Graves
Instructor in geophysical methods for NecroSearch Training Programs,
Denver, Colorado

CLARK DAVENPORT
Phone/fax (303) 462-3447

E-mail gforensics@aol.com

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