Edward W. Wallace

Mr. Edward W. Wallace Jr. has served the NYPD for over 20 years and retired April of 2004. During his tenure with the NYPD Mr. Wallace performed various law enforcement duties including, Uniformed Patrol, Plain Clothes Patrol, Training Officer, Crime Scene Investigator, and finally Counter Terrorism Investigator. Mr. Wallace held the coveted NYPD rank of Detective First Grade. Mr. Wallace spent 15 years in Crime Scene Investigations and investigated 2649 crimes scenes including both World Trade Center Attacks, the October 2001 Anthrax Attack, and has given testimony as a forensic expert in 393 trials.

During the Anthrax Attack of 2001, Mr. Wallace was assigned to the Bio-Terrorism Task Force investigating the attacks. During his assignment, amongst his other duties, he was tasked to design and build a Bio-Safety Level 3 Mobile Laboratory to support the use of a presumptive field identification of possible biological agents utilizing PCR DNA technology.

Mr. Wallace holds certifications in teaching, hazardous materials/weapons of mass destruction, fire investigations, post blast investigations, crime scene investigations, and homeland security. Mr. Wallace has over 26 years of experience as an instructor and has performed numerous training lectures, nationally and internationally, on arson investigations, post blast investigations, crime scene investigations, DNA/biological evidence recovery, WMD/Haz-Mat, forensic photography, and latent fingerprints.

Mr. Wallace finished his career with the NYPD as a member of the Counter Terrorism Bureau and upon his retirement from the NYPD, Mr. Wallace is:

The President of Finest Forensic Consultants, L.L.C., a company that provides expert consultations for forensics, crime scene investigation, counter terrorism investigations, evidence, WMD/Haz-Mat incident investigations and training in these areas.

A Senior Adjunct Instructor and WMD Training Course Developer, for Louisiana State University at the National Center for Biomedical Research, Academy of Counter-Terrorist Education, which is a provider of emergency responder training for the U.S Department of Homeland Security, Office of Domestic Preparedness.

A Consultant/Instructor/Course Developer, for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Office of Domestic Preparedness, at the Center for Domestic Preparedness.

A Consultant/Instructor/Course Developer, for the U.S. Department of Defense's(DOD), Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA).

A Consultant/Instructor/Course Developer, for the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Diplomatic Security, Anti-Terrorism Assistance Program.

A Consultant/Instructor/Course Developer, International Firearm Specialist Academy.

The Director of Forensic Training at the New York City Office of Chief Medical Examiner, where he has been awarded three, training grants, totaling approximately three million dollars, to develop and deliver a national curriculum curriculum for forensic death investigations consisting of: Basic and Advanced, Medicolegal Death Scene Investigation Training and a Basic forty hour Bloodstain Pattern Analysis Course, to our nations forensic professionals, funded by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Program's, National Institute of Justice.