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Craig Gravel is a retired Lieutenant with the Oklahoma City Police Department. During his 25 years of service at the Department, he was assigned to the Investigations Bureau serving as a detective in the Larceny, Missing Persons, Robbery and Homicide Units. He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant in 1998, and served as a supervisor in the Crime Scene Unit for the 10 years preceding his retirement.

Craig holds a Masters of Arts Degree in Criminal Justice Administration and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Education from Oklahoma City University. He has nineteen years of experience and advanced training in Bloodstain Pattern Analysis. Gravel is a certified Bloodstain Pattern Examiner through the International Association for Identification.

He has been an Adjunct Professor at the University of Central Oklahoma since 2002, instructing Basic and Advanced Bloodstain Pattern Analysis in the Master of Forensic Science Program. He served on the University of Central Oklahoma’s, Master’s of Forensic Science Advisory Board. He has also taught at the University of Oklahoma and Oklahoma State University. Craig has lectured on Bloodstain Pattern Analysis for various organizations such as the F.B.I, Regional Organized Crime Information Center, Oklahoma Bureau of Investigations and the Smokey Mountain Criminal Justice Conference. He has fifteen years of teaching and lecturing experience.

Craig is a charter member of the Association for Crime Scene Reconstruction, where he has served as a board member from 2004/2006 He is a member in good standing with the International Association of Bloodstain Pattern Analysis, International Association for Identification, Oklahoma Division of the International Association for Identification and the International Association of Crime Analysts. Craig is certified by The IAI as a Bloodstain Pattern Examiner.