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About Phyl |
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As a member of the San Diego Police Department’s
Child Abuse Team in (1998), Phyl Peltier was frustrated when he encountered his first burn case, and found no practical methods in place for determining whether the case was accidental or non-accidental. Out of that frustration, and after inquiring of doctors and prosecutors through a trial and error basis, Peltier began to develop his interest in and technique for evaluating suspicious burn
injuries.
In 1997 and 2001, the US Department of Justice published Mr. Peltier's
work and immersion burn worksheet in its portable guide "Burn Injuries and Child Abuse."
This guide is disseminated to all 50 states and is also used internationally. (You may order this booklet directly from this
website) Phyl began teaching his burn investigation techniques in 19??, and began consulting on burn cases almost immediately. Since that time, Phyl has taught throughout the United States, Canada, and recently returned from England. He is scheduled to make presentations in Australia in 2004. He has also qualified as an expert witness on burn injuries in several courts, including the (Queen’s Court ) in
Australia Phyl’s expertise is not limited to burn injuries, however. He also teaches investigative techniques on the broad spectrum of child abuse, bites, and fingerprints.
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Today |
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Mr. Peltier is now retired after more than 29 years of Law Enforcement Service. Phylip Peltier has served as a criminal investigator for the Butte County District Attorney’s Office in Oroville California, for the past two years. Prior to that time Mr. Peltier was an Investigator for the San Diego County District Attorney’s Office for 13 years, and served on the San Diego Police Department for 12 years. Much of this time in law enforcement was spent in the investigation of child abuse. During his tenure with the
S.D.P.D, Mr. Peltier developed the Immersion Burn Worksheet, now recommended and published by the United State Department of Justice and distributed to law enforcement agencies both nationally and internationally.
Mr. Peltier has testified as an expert witness in suspicious burn injuries in criminal prosecutions. An instructor in the investigation of child abuse, as well as suspicious burn injuries, since 1981, Mr. Peltier received the Excellence in Instruction Award from the Robert Presley Institute of Criminal Investigation for 1999-2000.
Mr. Peltier continues to research the area of burn injuries and is currently teaching, consulting and investigating cases in the United States and many international locations.
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Awards |
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Recipient of the Robert Presley Institute of Criminal Investigation 1999-2000 Excellence in Instruction Award.
1998 Recipient of the San Diego County "I Love A Cop" Officer of the year for the San Diego County District Attorney’s Office
1999 Recipient of the San Diego County Deputy District Attorney’s Association, "Investigator of the Year".
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Education |
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Associate of Sciences Degree in Criminal Justice
Mesa College San Diego, California 1974
Supplemental Courses:
San Jose State University
Chapman College
University of California San Diego |
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Special Certification and
Training |
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P.O.S.T. CERTIFICATES (California)
Basic, Intermediate and Advanced
Certified NRA & FBI Firearms Instructor since 1976.
Graduate of FBI Basic and Advanced Fingerprint Identification and Comparison
courses in 1988 and 1989.
Superior Court Expert in Fingerprint Identification and Comparison since 1988.
Certified operator of the Gas Chromatograph (Breathalyzer) 1978.
Numerous Certificates of training related to Law Enforcement spanning 28 years.
(Available upon request).
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Instruction |
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Instructing in the investigation of suspicious injuries since 1981.
Taught on numerous local, state, national and international levels. Audiences include persons from many disciplines such as law enforcement, medical, judicial, legal, social work, education, private business and others.
Presented for the American Prosecutors Research Institute, Children’s Hospital in San Diego (The Response to Child Maltreatment), Emmanuel Hospital in Oregon, The Jaycee Burn Center in North Carolina, Child Help USA in Phoenix, Arizona, CASA in Corpus Christi, Texas, Children’s Hospital, Austin, Texas, The Robert Presley Institute of Criminal Investigation, B.D.S.S.T of Oregon, Canadian Child Abuse Conference (Niagara Falls, Canada 2001) and many other law enforcement, social service, public and medical associations.
Instructor in Cognitive Interview and Confrontational Interrogation, Interrogation Law and associated Behavioral Analysis. (Since 1996)
Instructor in the Robert Presley Institute of Criminal Investigation, Instructor Development Course.
Three time presenter as "Best Practices Presenter" at the Annual Institute of Criminal Investigation Conference.
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Publications |
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Published in the APSAC Advisor and for the American Bar Association. Co- authored a booklet for the Juvenile Justice Resource Center and the United States Department of Justice, entitled, BURN INJURIES IN CHILD ABUSE. This booklet is now in its second printing.
To review the text or obtain copies of Burn Injuries in Child Abuse for yourself
or your organization, click
here.
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Investigations |
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Consulted and assisted in the investigation of suspicious burn injuries with local state and foreign agencies on numerous occasions.
Testified in California as an expert in the areas of Child Abuse, Burn Injuries, and Fingerprint Comparison.
Qualified in the state of Iowa as a burn expert and testified in a case involving the death of a three-year-old child.
Subpoenaed on three occasions as an expert on suspicious burn injuries regarding specific cases I investigated in the state of Arizona.
Conducted burn investigation at the request of Dr. Michael Ryan, New Children’s Hospital, Sydney Australia and was qualified as a court expert and subpoenaed for court appearance.
Currently investigating numerous suspicious burn injury cases from California and other states and assisting in the recreation of those burn incidents.
Research in the area of suspicious burn injuries involving children and adults, is continuing on a daily basis..
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Testimonies |
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May 1997
State of Iowa vs. Shoba Sheth Horstman #FECR24923
Dubuque County Attorney
ADA: Christine O. Corken / DA: Fred H. Mc Caw
(319) 589-4470
Burn victim, (deceased) Trial Testimony
February 1996
State of Oregon vs. Srisa-Ang Thingvall
Jackson County District Attorney
DDA Rich Billin / DDA Judy Lowery
(541) 776-7011
20 month old burn victim Defendant Plead Guilty at trial ( I was on the witness stand at time of plea)
September 2000
Oregon Civil Enforcement Division
In the matter Re: Lindstedt / Hart
Contact: Theresa G. Fletcher, Family Law Section
(541) 686-7973
Telephone testimony and cross examination
February 2001
The Queen "against" Michele Marie Facchi / District Court File 00/61/0089
District Court of New South Wales, Sydney Australia
Public Prosecutions (N.S.W.)
265 Castlereagh St. Sydney, 2000
Refer: Rich S. Phone: (02 9285 2511)
Subpoena January 2001. Certificate of Expertise filed with the courts. Prosecution phoned witness and would stipulate to witness testimony.
Subpoenas for testimony in three Arizona burn cases.
Kingman, AZ Tucson, AZ and Phoenix, AZ
Prosecutor determined testimony not required at time of trial.
Testified in San Diego, CA on approximately three child burn cases, while assigned as a San Diego County District Attorney Investigator.
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