Tracy Davis

Wake / City- County Bureau of Identification, CLPE & CFWE, CCSS

Tracy Davis is currently a Forensic Examiner within the Latent Print Unit of the Raleigh/Wake City-County Bureau of Identification (CCBI). Her responsibilities include the examination of latent prints to include finger/palm impressions as well as footwear impressions collected from crime scenes within Wake County.

Examiner Davis is a graduate of the University of Missouri, Columbia. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Biology with a Chemistry Minor. After graduation in 2002, her science career started as an Assistant Scientist at Analytical-Biochemistry Labs in Columbia, Missouri.

In 2007, Examiner Davis became a Crime Scene Technician for the City of Durham Police Department Forensic Services Unit. She achieved certification as a Certified Crime Scene Investigator through the International Association for Identification (IAI). In 2008, Examiner Lipskoch joined CCBI as a full-time Forensic Examiner. During her career at CCBI, she has obtained certification as a Certified Latent Print Examiner, a Certified Crime Scene Analyst, and a Certified Footwear Examiner through the IAI. She has been qualified as an expert in both latent prints and footwear examination. Also during her career at CCBI, she has completed a nine-month training program in footwear (consisting of over 300 training hours) through the National Forensic Science and Technology Center sponsored by the National Institute of Justice.

She is a member of the International Association for Identification (IAI) and the North Carolina Chapter of the IAI (NCIAI). She is currently the Secretary for the NCIAI as well as serving on the Latent Print Certification Committee.