 
The SCIAI originated with a group of
12 individuals in 1969. The SCIAI received it's
charter on July 29, 1971. The current SCIAI
membership is at 180 people and growing.
Originally, meetings were held in Columbia, SC or
SCCJA. Hickory Knob State Park and Santee State Park
were meeting places for early Annual Conferences.
SCIAI was formed
for the following reasons:
- To associate persons who
are actively engaged in the business of
identification, investigation and scientific
crime detection into an organized body so that
the profession in all its branches may be
standardized and effectively and scientifically
practiced.
- To encourage the
enlargement and improvement of the science of
forensic identification and crime detection.
- To encourage research
work in scientific crime detection.
- To keep its members
apprised of the latest techniques and
discoveries in crime detection.
- To provide training,
education and the publication of information in
all forensic science disciplines represented by
this association.
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