Brett McCance |  Vice President, Region VI (Pacific Rim)

brett.mccance@police.wa.gov.au

Senior Constable Brett McCANCE graduated from the Western Australia Police Academy in 1996 and has over five years of general duties policing experience at metropolitan police stations.  Since 2001 Senior Constable McCANCE has been attached to the Western Australia Police Forensic Division as a Forensic Investigation Officer.  His forensic duties have involved attendance at scenes of both volume and major crime.

Senior Constable McCANCE commenced his training as a bloodstain pattern analyst in 2004 undertaking an internal two year specialist development program.  Senior Constable McCANCE has since delivered and coordinated internal training courses for the Western Australia Police Forensic Division and national training courses for policing and laboratory jurisdictions within Australia. 

In 2006, Senior Constable McCANCE became a member of a national steering committee to standardize the education and training of bloodstain analysts within Australia and New Zealand.  In 2010, Senior Constable McCANCE became a member of SWGSTAIN for the Quality and Assurance sub-committee.

Senior Constable McCANCE is currently undertaking studies towards a Bachelor of Science in Crime Scene Investigation.  Senior Constable McCANCE was the Forensic Division discipline manager for bloodstain pattern analysis for two years and is still active in scene attendance and case work for bloodshed events.  Senior Constable McCANCE has been accepted by the Western Australia Supreme Court, District Court and Coroners Court as an expert in the scientific discipline.