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Dr. Tom Bevel is President of Bevel, Gardner and Associates, Inc., a forensic education
and consulting firm. He retired after 27 years with the Oklahoma City Police
Department. His final assignment was as Commander of the Homicide, Robbery,
Missing Persons, and Major Unsolved Case Unit.

Dr. Bevel holds a Doctor of Forensic Sciences from Oklahoma State University and a
Master of Arts in the Administration of Criminal Justice from the University of Central
Oklahoma. He graduated from the Scenes of Crime Course in Hendon, England; the
Technical Investigations Course at the Central U.S. Police Institute, Oklahoma State
University at Oklahoma City, OK; the FBI National Academy; and the Post-Graduate
Medical-Legal Course at London Medical College, London, England.

Dr. Bevel is a charter member of the FBI Scientific Workgroup on Bloodstain Pattern
Analysis (SWGSTAIN) and served on the Board of Directors from 2002 through 2009;
He is a Fellow of the Association For Crime Scene Reconstruction (ACSR); a
Distinguished Member of the International Association of Bloodstain Pattern Analysts
(IABPA); on the Editorial Board for the Journal of Forensic Identification; the American
Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS); he served on the Board of Advisers for the
Master of Forensic Science program for the University of Central Oklahoma. He is the
charter President for both the IABPA & ACSR and is a Distinguished Member of the IAI.

Dr. Bevel has served as a crime scene consultant in 49 U.S. States and 9 foreign
countries. He has been qualified as an expert in crime scene reconstruction and
bloodstain pattern analysis in both state and federal courts.