David R. Ashbaugh given name David
David R. Ashbaugh   is a Canadian police officer  known for his extensive research on the friction ridge identification, introducing for the first time the use of the term ridgeology in forensic identification and the ACE-V methodology. David Ashbaugh also wrote and published a fundamental and essential reference book for the entire forensic identification community : Quantitative-Qualitative Friction Ridge Analysis: An Introduction to Basic and Advanced Ridgeology.Biography
David Ashbaugh was born on 11 March 1946.  He worked for more than thirty years at the Royal Canadian Mounted Police before retiring in 2004. During his career, he served more than twenty years as a certified forensic identification specialist.  During his career, he contribute numerous articles to the field magazines and journals and made a lot of training around the world.
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