Larry has been connected with law enforcement since 1985 when he joined the US Air Force as a Security Policeman. Working with the USAF and later with the Air National Guard, Larry became a certified Police Officer in Little Rock, Arkansas. Retuning to Hernando County, Florida, where he was raised, he was hired by the Hernando County Sheriff’s Office as a 911 dispatcher and, in 1991, became a crime scene technician. Larry worked here for 6 years, during which time he attended basic and advanced courses in crime scene, arson investigation, and fingerprint technology.
In 1997, Larry became a Forensic Technician for the Cape Coral Police Department. At that time, this assignment was a one-man position. Being promoted to supervisor of the Forensic Section in 2005, Larry worked hard to increase the Department’s viability by creating latent, computer, video, and lab units within the forensic section. In 2017, Larry oversaw the accreditation of the crime scene/latent units and the lab to ISO/IEC 17020 standards. Larry retired in 2020 to spend more time with his family.
Larry has an Associate’s Degree in Criminal Justice and has testified as an expert in the fields of latent print identification, 10-print identification, and crime scene procedures to include forensic light sources, photography, scene processing, crime scene reconstruction, and evidence procedures and management. He formerly sat on the Board of Directors for the IAI and was the Chair of the Management Committee. He is presently serving as the Conference Educational Planner for the Florida Division of the International Association for Identification (FDIAI) and is a past president of the FDIAI.
Seven years ago, Larry was diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease and has been traveling to organizations and talking about life with Parkinson's and how to keep a positive attitude.
