Joseph Scott Morgan

They've never been around a dead body.

So we have this thing within us, and I think people understand this, where you're afraid of the dead.

It's natural.

So if you're afraid of the dead and you show up at a scene, you've never been around a decedent, that inhibits your ability to be the best investigator that you can because you're always thinking, you know, I've seen too many horror movies.

They're going to stand up and rip my face off.

You're actually safer with the dead than you ever are with the living.

I can testify to that.

So, yeah, we get our kids here seasoned in that sense.

So when they exit from here, they will be able to say, okay, I've been around the dead.

I understand organ systems.

I understand basic physiology.

I understand how an autopsy works, what the purpose of it is, what can I glean from it.

I know how to actually roll a fingerprint off of a dead body, which is a skill that most people do not possess.

It's something you need to train our kids to do that here.

I understand photography as it applies to morgue photography and death scene photography.

You know, all of these little nuanced things that we provide for them before they go out into the world.

And so it's a great, you know, it's this fantastic opportunity.

And you couple that with all the other components in the forensic investigation program here, whether it's the trace lab or it's the crime scene house.

the blood spatter lab, all of these different areas and it all comes together.

So when the kid, you know, walks across that stage, I'm proud of the product.