Tom Martin

Tom Martin is a career crime scene investigator, retiring from the New York State Police after 22 years of service.  As Senior Investigator in charge of the Forensic Crime Scene Unit, Tom holds several certifications and regularly provides expert forensic testimony in various state and federal courts.

Tom’s training and experience encompass several fields of expertise, including: forensic crime scene processing, latent print processing and identification, blood stain pattern analysis, forensic composite art, excavation of human remains, forensic entomology collection, digital imaging technology, and photo enhancement.  He has served as a consultant for National Institute of Justice and is currently a member of the National Institute of Justice’s Technical Working Groups for Sensor and Surveillance and General Forensics Technology.

Tom is a nationally recognized speaker who has instructed at numerous forensic training seminars across the United States, including the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, The National Institute of Justice Annual Conferences and Technology Fairs, and the Smithsonian Institute.  Tom is a faculty member of the National College of District Attorneys and a former instructor for the International Association of Chiefs of Police, (IACP).  On several occasions, he has lectured in Washington, D.C., making presentations to executive officials of the National Institute of Justice and to members of the United States Congress.

In addition to appearing on Court TV as an expert guest analyst, Tom has appeared on several forensic related television shows, including the HBO series Autopsy, the Court TV series Trace Evidence, Forensic Files, and On the Case with Paula Zahn.  He has also appeared in several episodes for the Discovery Channel and A&E.  Tom is the author of Crime Scene Forensics:  A Field Guide for the First Responder (published by Looseleaf Law) and teaches in-service courses across the United States on behalf of the Public Agency Training Council (PATC) out of Indianapolis.