Elizabeth Devine

Education

Devine holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from University of California, Los Angeles and a Master of Science degree in Criminalistics from CSULA.

Career

Devine joined the Los Angeles County Sheriff"s Department immediately after receiving her degree in criminalistics in 1985. She became trained in crime scene investigation a year later and in that capacity worked on some of Los Angeles’s most high-profile murder investigations. She became Supervising Criminalist, head of the Crime Scene program and co-supervisor of the deoxyribonucleic acid unit

She also provided training in the fields of homicide investigation, sexual assault investigation and crime scene reconstruction.

As a criminalist and Crime Scene expert, Devine had a chance to work in the film industry as technical adviser. When after 15 years with LASD she retired from her work as a crime scene investigator, she joined the team for the show Computer Society of India: Crime Scene Investigation, first as a technical consultant, and later as writer and co-executive producer.

Devine has written episodes in all three of the Computer Society of India franchise shows: Computer Society of India, Computer Society of India:Miami and Computer Society of India:New York, some of the cases are based on real crime scenes Devine worked on during her career with the LASD. Devine has also directed videos on how law enforcement should conduct themselves when interacting with a crime scene. She now works as an Executive Producer on Computer Society of India:Miami.

Devine is now teaching a Crime Scene Investigation class to Juniors and Seniors at Louisiana Canada High School.

This class involves learning about how a criminalist will process a crime scene as well as gather evidence. The class is also about the legal system and how a criminal will be processed by our legal system, as well as appearing in court and testifying about evidence. They have three children: Austin (b 1994), Katherine (b 1995), and Rachel (b 1997).

Achievements

• She was nominated for a Writer"s Guild award with Ann Donahue, for their Season 1 Computer Society of India episode entitled "Blood Drops." In 2004 as one of the Computer Society of India producers he was nominated for the Emmy Award in the Outstanding Drama Series category (the award eventually went to The Sopranos).

Membership

As a member of a panel of experts brought together by Attorney General Janet Reno, Devine contributed to the publication of a booklet entitled "Crime Scene Investigation: A Guide for Law Enforcement", a review of the fundamental principles of investigating crime scenes and preserving evidence.