Area youth ages 13 through 17 will have the opportunity to become a detective for several days and learn
how the world of forensic science is used in solving a crime as Owens Community College serves as host
to its first-ever CSI Youth Camp, June 6-8.
The CSI Youth Camp will be offered through Owens’ Workforce and Community Services at the College’s
Center for Emergency Preparedness. Owens’ Toledo-area Campus is located on Oregon Road in Perrysburg
Township. The camp will take place Monday-Wednesday from 8 a.m. to noon.
"Owens Community College is proud to offer a new educational camp in which students will learn how
to solve a crime using actual forensic skills," said Michael Cornell, director of the Center for
Emergency Preparedness. "Attendees will not know if they solved the crime until the last day of
camp when the SWAT team raids a building and captures the villain, which will make for an exciting end
to the CSI Youth Camp experience."
Working with a forensic team, each student detective will have the opportunity to enter a re-creation of
an unusual and challenging crime scene where an instructor will direct and coach the students as they
use deductive skills, teamwork, math and science to solve the crime. Each camp attendee will be trained
in the basic process of evidence collection that includes fingerprints, fibers and hair, blood spatter
(simulated), DNA, and tire and shoe prints.
Additionally, student detectives will learn how to protect the chain of evidence as they interview
witnesses and develop theories while working as a team to solve the crime. During the last day, each
student will make a presentation detailing their theories of the crime and identifying the perpetrators.
Each presentation will be critiqued by a panel of law enforcement officers and forensic scientists.
For more information, or to register, call (567) 661-7357 or (800) GO-OWENS, ext. 7357, or (567) 661-2411
or (800) GO-OWENS, ext. 2411.