President | Support Operations Manager, City of Chico Police Department

Joe Moralli is presently employed by the City of Chico as the Support Operations Manager. In this capacity he is required to secure and maintain evidence as well as oversight of the Crime Scene Investigation Unit.

oe has previously held the position of President of the C.A.P.E. State Executive Board. Additionally, he has held the position of Conference Director twice.

Prior to holding the position of President, Joe was the Chairperson for the State By-Laws Committee. The committee was formed to update and make necessary changes to the organizations by-laws.

In 2003 Joe started the Sierra Nevada Chapter of C.A.P.E. This required writing chapter by-laws, a letter of interest to the Executive Board, and organizing members throughout the North state. This chapter has been very successful, as this resource was not available to many law enforcement agencies north of Sacramento. Joe recognized the need for training in the rural areas in Northern California and made the necessary efforts to get this chapter recognized by the organization.

Joe was selected as the Alta Chapter Property Officer of the Year and State Property Officer of the Year in 2003. Additionally, he has been selected the Sierra Nevada Chapter Property Officer of the Year in 2004 and 2005.

Joe continues to strive for the betterment of those personnel involved in the property function of law enforcement. In recent years he has worked closely with his District Attorney’s Office in the development of a Property Retention Policy. Many agencies throughout the state are looking at a similar policy for their counties.

Another aspect of Joe’s job duties is the oversight of the Crime Scene Investigation Unit. As a result, Joe became involved with the California State Division of the International Association for Identification. Joe was elected to the position of Director of the North at their conference in May 2009. This position allowed him to get involved in the training of crime scene investigators and identification personnel throughout the state.

In recent years, Joe has gone back to college, in an effort to obtain his Bachelor’s degree. Even with all these organizations and activities, Joe still finds time for his other interests. Joe is an avid bicycle rider, softball player, and an ATV enthusiast.

1st Vice President

Ellen Spain is the Forensic Evidence Program Manager for the Virginia Department of Forensic Science, where she manages the statewide evidence receiving program. She is one of the founding members and Vice President of the Virginia Association of Property and Evidence Professionals (VAPEP) and has served on the NIST/NIJ Evidence Management Steering Committee (EMSC).

She previously worked for the Department of Criminal Justice Services as the Program Manager and Regulatory Coordinator for the Special Conservator of the Peace Program.

During Ellen’s career in law enforcement, she was a Deputy Sheriff in the jail for the Hanover County Sheriff’s office and then became a Law Enforcement Officer for the Richmond Police Department. While with the Richmond Police Department, Ellen was a patrol officer and then became a Forensic Detective in the Crime Scene Unit. Ellen graduated from the 49th Session of the Virginia Forensic Science Academy.

2nd Vice President | Director (2022) | Director, Instructor, CPES

Kerstin Hammarberg is the Manager for the Property and Evidence Unit of the Minneapolis Police Department. She has been a member of IAPE since 1997 and has served the Board of Directors for IAPE since 2010. She achieved the status of Certified Evidence Technician in 2003. Her experience with the Crystal Police Department (26 sworn) and with the Minneapolis Police Department (850 sworn) has given her a unique perspective of managing evidence from both a smaller department and a larger department..

Kerstin’s previous experience has been as an Executive with the Boy Scouts of America, a Program Coordinator with the American Red Cross, then she moved into law enforcement with the Crystal Police Department. While with Crystal Police she earned the certification of Crime Prevention Specialist through the MN Crime Prevention Association. She was the President of the MN Crime Prevention Advisory Committee and a Board member with the MN Association of Property and Evidence.

In 2020, Kerstin was instrumental in moving the MPD Property and Evidence Unit from three locations into one warehouse. This included planning for storage, planning the move of each location, and coordinating staffing and coverage so that daily operations were continuous during the move.

Kerstin earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology from Gustavus Adolphus College and her Master’s Degree in Management from St. Mary’s University. She is an active volunteer, avid skier, and golfer.

IAPE Director

Richard Meadows joined the Ohio Peace Officer’s Training Academy (OPOTA) – Advanced Training staff in May 2012 as a Law Enforcement Training Officer. Richard was responsible for a majority of the evidence related classes at OPOTA. The topics he was responsible for include crime scene processing, latent fingerprint development and identification, crime scene photography, evidence room management, core criminal investigation and death investigation. In this capacity, he wrote curriculum for his subject areas based on national and accepted standards, negotiated contracts with guest instructors as needed, and taught a majority of the classes in his assigned areas.

In September 2017 Richard accepted a position as Deputy Director of OPOTA Richfield where he oversaw the OPOTA Richfield campus. While serving as Deputy Director, Richard supervised the staff at OPOTA Richfield and still taught classes on Evidence Room Management and crime scene processing. He was also the program manager for the Master Evidence Technician Program and Master Criminal Investigator programs. Richard’s time with OPOTA came to end in May 2020 when the Ohio Attorney General’s Office closed OPOTA Richfield campus and restructured the academy eliminating the jobs of the Advanced Training staff.Richard retired in 2010 as a Detective with the Grove City Ohio Police Department due to an on duty injury. Richard’s career started in law enforcement with the Columbus Police Department as a Police Communications Technician in 1995. He was subsequently hired by the Grove City Police Department in 1996 and attended the Ohio State Highway Patrol Academy for basic police training. Richard spent 10 years as a General Investigator. He conducted all types of criminal investigations but specialized in large scale “White Collar” crime investigations as well as crime scene processing and evidence collection. During his time assigned as an Investigator, Richard spent 3 ½ years assigned to the Ohio Organized Crime Investigations where he served as the Assistant Task Force Director for the Multi-Jurisdictional Counterfeit Check Task Force where he led the task force to a Group Law Enforcement Award from the Ohio Attorney General in 2008. After retiring in 2010, Richard accepted as position as a federal government contractor working for Forfeiture Support Associates as a Property Coordinator. Richard was assigned to the Columbus Field Division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives. While assigned to ATF Richard worked to assure all of the property in the ATF evidence vaults and explosive bunkers in Ohio and Indiana was accounted for, inventoried, and disposed of properly. Richard also assisted ATF at the scenes of search warrants to assure evidence was packaged properly and accounted for.

Richard completed his A.A.S. in Law Enforcement at Columbus State Community College along with his Master Criminal Investigator and Master Evidence Technician certifications through OPOTA. He also holds a Diploma of Forensic Science from the American Institute of Applied Science.

IAPE Board Member

Police Sergeant (Retired) – Eugene Police Department: 

Caryn Barab is a retired sergeant from the Eugene Police department where she was a member or supervisor of many special teams including Crisis Intervention, Hostage Negotiation, Major Collision Investigation, and Peer Support. Caryn was assigned to the property room as a working supervisor after an audit revealed significant issues. She worked to improve the facilities, policies and procedures, staffing, and training to improve the functions and reliability of the property and evidence managed by the police department.

After Caryn retired from the Eugene Police Department, she began working for FileOnQ as a subject matter expert. She trained users of the physical and digital evidence software provided to agencies by FileOnQ. Caryn’s formal education includes a Master’s Degree in Counseling Psychology from Washington State University and a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from California State University at Chico.

IAPE Board Member

Law Enforcement Experience: 

Hope Martin is the Evidence Manager for the Madison, NC Police Department. She has a 19-year law enforcement background, spending the last 10 years in the evidence room.

She started her career as a police officer for the Greensboro, NC Police Department. In 2014, Hope became the first Evidence Specialist for the Reidsville, NC Police Department. This was after a state investigation of theft and mishandling in the evidence room. Although she was new to the evidence world, she quickly realized the crisis in Reidsville could have been prevented. It became Hope’s passion to one day educate the law enforcement community on how to properly manage their evidence rooms to prevent theft and mishandling.

While at the Reidsville Police Department, Hope wrote policy and procedures for her agency and completely revamped how officers collected, documented, and packaged evidence. She oversaw a construction addition to the evidence room. She also developed an organizational system that would ensure evidence was not only stored according to standards, but that was quickly located when needed.

Hope is a Certified Property and Evidence Specialist through IAPE. She served as the Conference Committee Chairperson for the North Carolina Association for Property and Evidence from 2016-2022. In 2018, Hope developed a 16-hour course titled “Evidence Room Supervision and Administration” for law enforcement agencies in NC. She has been teaching that course since 2019 at the North Carolina Justice Academy, as well as Cape Fear Community College. Hope is a General Instructor for the State of North Carolina and teaches Basic Law Enforcement Training at Rockingham Community College. She is also trained in Crime Scene Investigations through Central Piedmont Community College. Hope has a Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice from Gardner-Webb University.

Hope has presented at the North Carolina Association of Chiefs of Police Conference, the North Carolina Police Executives Conference and the North Carolina Association for Property and Evidence Conference on Evidence Room Management.

In her personal time, Hope enjoys traveling and spending time with her husband and son.

IAPE Board Member

Law Enforcement Experience: 

Alexis Grochmal was recently appointed to the IAPE board. She has been a member of IAPE since 2015, and an IAPE Certified Property and Evidence Specialist since 2020. Alexis is an Administrative Officer with 17 years of experience with the Prince George Police Department in Virginia. Alexis specializes in Property and Evidence management and is a Digital Evidence Specialist. Alexis’s current roles include Property and Evidence manager, Public Safety IT, and Public Information Officer. She has also managed several other areas within her department, gaining experience in asset forfeiture and records management at the State and Federal levels.

Alexis holds a Bachelor’s in Emergency Management, a minor in Homeland Security from Eastern Kentucky University, and a Master’s in Cybersecurity and Networking from Old Dominion University. She is currently obtaining her Ph.D. in Cybersecurity from Marymount University.

Ex-Officio Member (2020) – President Emeritus & Interim Director (Past President, Instructor)

Law Enforcement Experience: 

For three decades Bill Kiley served in the Suffolk County (New York) Police Department as a Police Officer, Sergeant, Lieutenant, Captain, Detective Captain, Deputy Inspector and Deputy Chief. His service included assignments in the Patrol Division, the Detective Division and the Support Services Division as well as serving as his department’s Public Information Officer and an Assistant to the Commissioner of Police. He served as a Regional Expert for the White House’s Office of National Drug Control Policy – Counter Drug Technology Assessment Center (CTAC), where he represented law enforcement agencies of seven states.

Military Experience: In addition to his experience at all levels in local law enforcement, Bill Kiley completed almost thirty years of service in the United States Army National Guard and the United States Army Reserve retiring at the rank of Colonel. Beginning his career as an enlisted soldier, Kiley attended Officer’s Candidate School (OCS) and was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the Field Artillery. He rose through the ranks and commanded at every level from platoon through brigade.

Education: Mr. Kiley has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Behavioral Sciences from the New York Institute of Technology; a Master of Science Degree in Criminal Justice and a Master of Science Degree in Computers in Education both from Long Island University. He is a graduate of the F.B.I. National Academy in Quantico, Virginia as well as the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF) Senior Management Institute for Police.

Professional Organizations: Bill Kiley has held positions in numerous law enforcement related organizations including being the President of the New York State and Eastern Canada Chapter of the F.B.I. National Academy Associates. Mr. Kiley served on a Technical Working Group (TWG) hosted by the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST); after two years of work, the TWG has published “The Biological Evidence Preservation Handbook.”

Since 1995, Mr. Kiley has served as a member of the Board of Directors of IAPE and has served as its President. Bill occasionally instructs in the “Property and Evidence Management” classes, having participated in classes throughout the United States and Canada. In 2009, Bill Kiley was invited to be a guest speaker, representing IAPE, at the International Prosecutors Association conference in Dubai, United Arab Emirates on the topic of “Mitigating the Risk of Loss of Evidence.”

Bill Kiley has been a professor of Criminal Justice at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. He also has been a graduate level professor in the Technology in Education.

Mr. Kiley is the President of Kiley Associates, LLC a Long Island, New York consulting company. Additionally, as a senior-consultant with Evidence Control Systems, Inc., Bill Kiley has conducted audits of law enforcement property rooms throughout Canada and the United States.

Publications: Bill Kiley has authored numerous articles, related to property and evidence management, that have been published in professional publications, e.g. IACP Police Chief; FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin; P.E.R.F. Subject to Debate; CALEA Update; and IAPE Evidence Log. Along with IAPE Executive Director Joseph T. Latta, and many other members of a Technical Working Group, Bill co-authored “The Biological Evidence Preservation Handbook” which is distributed by NIST.

Exec. Dir., Lead Instructor, CPES

Joseph T. Latta is a retired police Lieutenant who served with the City of Burbank Police Department, California for thirty years. Joseph has an Associates Degree in Business Management, a Bachelor’s Degree in Public Administration, and a Master’s Degree in Public Administration. He is a graduate of the California Command College were he conducted a two year research project related to “Management of Property and Evidence Operations.” In 1986, Joseph Latta graduated from the prestigious F.B.I. National Academy in Quantico, Virginia.

During his law enforcement career, Joseph worked in the Uniform Patrol, in the Investigations and in the Support Services components of his agency. From 1981 to 1998 Lieutenant Latta was the project manager who oversaw the construction of a $30 million new Police and Fire Headquarters. During those same years he also served as the Support Services Lieutenant overseeing his agency’s property room.

Mr. Latta is the primary instructor for the International Association for Property and Evidence, Inc. (IAPE) and conducts classes throughout the United States and Canada. Additionally, he previously was on the faculty of the International Association of Chiefs of Police (I.A.C.P.) instructing on property and evidence operations. Joseph has been associated with the following organizations, i.e. teaching property and evidence management courses: U.S. Secret Service; the U.S. Department of State; New York City Police Department; San Jose State University; Sam Houston State University; Connecticut State Crime Laboratory; New Mexico State Crime Laboratory; California Police Officer Standards and Training (POST); Florida Department of Law Enforcement; Colorado State Patrol; Idaho State Police Academy; New Mexico Municipal League; California Chiefs of Police Association; Montana State Crime Laboratory; Virginia Department of Forensic Science; ROYAL Canadian Mounted Police: North Carolina Actual Innocence Project. During the past 30 years Joseph has instructed more than 15,000 students in the principles of property and evidence management. In November 2014 Mr. Latta achieved a milestone in teaching, when he conducted a class in Maine round out all 50 states and six Provinces in Canada.

In 1997 Mr. Latta was appointed as the Executive Director of IAPE where he is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the association and the servicing of the more than 4,500 members. In 2010, Joseph Latta was asked to become a charter member of the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) Technical Working Group (TWG) on the Preservation of Biological Evidence. Mr. Latta is one of the co-authors of the NIST/National Institute of Justice (NIJ) “Handbook for the Preservation of Biological Evidence” that was published in April, 2013.

Mr. Latta is also the President of Evidence Control Systems, Inc. (www.evidencecontrolsystems.com) a company that provides property room auditing and consulting services to law enforcement agencies, police facility architects, storage companies, etc. and has written three books on Property and Evidence Management.