March 27, 2023
El Paso, Texas – On March 24th, 2023, The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division – Forensic Section hosted the University of Texas at El Paso Scientific Association of Forensics. The UTEP Forensics students toured the facilities and spoke to various members of the Forensic Section. They asked questions about their experiences and the different career paths that the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office offers. They obtained hands-on experience by processing items with other latent print processing techniques and learned to recognize different fingerprint patterns. The methodology of latent print analysis was also explained to the UTEP Forensics Students. The Sheriff’s Office value the ongoing partnership with the University of Texas at El Paso.