Ross served 29 years as a law enforcement officer. After initially serving 5 years in the Military Police Corp, Ross served with the United States Army Criminal Investigation Command (USACIDC) as a felony criminal investigator. He retired as a Command Sergeant Major and Special Agent in 1999. He subsequently served four years as the Chief of Police for the City of Lake City Georgia. Ross holds a Masters degree from Webster University, a Bachelors degree from Wayland Baptist University and an Associates degree from Central Texas College. He graduated first in his class at the Scenes of Crime Officers Course, New Scotland Yard, Hendon England in 1985. He is a former President of the Rocky Mountain Association of Bloodstain Pattern Analysts (RMABPA), the Association for Crime Scene Reconstruction (ACSR) and served as the Chairmen of the Education Committee for both the RMABPA and the International Association of Bloodstain Pattern Analysts (IABPA). He was a charter member of the FBI Scientific Workgroup on Bloodstain Pattern Analysis (SWGSTAIN) and chaired the Taxonomy and Terminology sub-committee for over ten years.He was certified by the International Association for Identification as Senior Crime Scene Analyst, a rating he’s held for twenty-two years. He is an active instructor and consultant throughout the United States and the world in crime scene analysis, bloodstain pattern analysis and crime scene investigation; teaching to a variety of groups ranging from police and investigative organizations to trial counsel professional development groups. He is co-author of the text Bloodstain Pattern Analysis, With an Introduction to Crime Scene Reconstruction, 3rd Edition as well as Practical Crime Scene Analysis and Reconstruction. Mr. Gardner also authored the text Practical Crime Scene Processing and Investigation, 2nd Edition and a chapter on crime scene photography for the Wiley Forensic Encyclopedia.Specialties: Crime Scene InvestigationCrime Scene AnalysisBloodstain Pattern AnalysisCriminal Investigation