Jerry Miller
US Army Criminal Investigation Laboratory

Mr. Miller joined AFTE as a Provisional Member in 1991. He received his Regular Membership in 1994 and was awarded his Distinguished Life Membership in 1997. He was the first AFTE member to be certified in all three forensic disciplines (firearms, toolmarks, and gunshot residues) and he also served AFTE proudly as a member of the following committee's: AFTE Editor, Certification Chair, Nominating Chair, and SWGGUN.

Within the ATF NIBIN program, Mr. Miller has been instrumental in using the IBIS® system to develop protocols, develop and test equipment, and train users. As a valued subject matter expert, he has been integral to the development of CMS and BULLETTRAX-3D™.

Using the IBIS system, Mr. Miller has researched the criteria for toolmark examination, for example Ballistic Imaging. He has also published several articles, such as the Comparison of Crime Gun Evidence by the ATF, and he is the author of over 25 professional papers in the AFTE Journal.

Over his 32 year career, Bruce Moran has authored or co-authored 27 papers and has presented 25 papers at professional meetings. It is, however, his sustained training activities in the U.S. and abroad that distinguish him from his peers in receiving this award.

Bruce started in 1981 and has not slowed down since. His main training areas these days are shooting scene reconstruction (SSR) and criteria for the identification of toolmarks (CIT). Regarding SSR, Bruce has authored a chapter in a book and currently team-teaches a one week class with Chris Coleman. Regarding CIT, Bruce has co-instructed a workshop at four AFTE meetings, at LAPD, in Hong Kong, and in Germany. He has co-instructed two one-week CIT classes at CCI in Sacramento and two classes in Australia.

One of Bruce's most important contributions was to Modern Scientific Evidence in which he co-authored a chapter. This multivolume set is in the hands of most law offices in the U.S. It was created to provide U.S. Court Judges with specifics about forensic science that they could use in their role as gatekeepers of the admissibility of scientific evidence under the Daubert criteria.

Several years ago, because of his expertise in CIT, Bruce was chosen by the European Network of Forensic Science Institutes - Expert Firearm Working Group to participate in a comprehensive proficiency test involving faithfully produced replicas of bullets and cartridge cases. He traveled to Denmark to present his results and was awarded affiliate member status. This is an honor bestowed on only a few AFTE members.

Bruce has served AFTE well. One of his most significant contributions was to serve as an Angoff Panel member along with 11 other AFTE members. This panel reviewed all of the AFTE Certification Test questions and also reviewed all of the practical tests. Bruce also served on the Scientific Working Group for Firearm and Toolmark Identification (SWGGUN) from 1999 to 2004.

Bruce has contributed, generally, to Forensic Technology through his role as a technical advisor, and specifically through his work to help Forensic Technology develop the consecutive matching striae feature of the IBIS® BULLETTRAX-3D™ system. He spent countless hours matching striae on bullets, grouping the consecutive runs, and photographing these runs so that Forensic Technology could create a system that could mimic what is seen by the experienced eye of Bruce Moran.