Instructor: Pat A. Werthiem

Pat Wertheim earned his bachelor’s degree in geophysics from Texas A&M University in 1971 and began his law enforcement career in 1973. Working crime scenes from his earliest days, Pat progressed to latent print comparisons in 1977 and first testified to identifications by 1979. He has worked for the Kerrville, TX, Police Department; the Plano, TX, Police Department; the Arizona Department of Public Safety; the US Army Criminal Investigation Laboratory; and as a private consultant. Pat is currently employed as a Latent Print Examiner with the Fort Worth, TX, Police Crime Laboratory.

Pat began teaching latent print comparison classes in 1986. He has taught courses in 25 states, as well as in the UK, the Netherlands, the Caribbean, Australia, New Zealand, and Pacific islands. He has testified at all levels of court from municipal, justice, state, and Federal to internationally in Scotland, England, and South Africa.

Pat had originally “retired” from teaching, but he is returning to the classroom for occasional courses in fingerprint comparison and testimony skills through Tri-Tech Training for the IAI.