Tucson police department female sketch artists help solve crimes

Solving crimes at the Tucson Police Department is getting a bit easier thanks to a couple of new sketch artists who are doing their part to get criminals off the streets.

EASIER -- THANKS TO A COUPLE OFSKETCH ARTISTS -- DOING THEIRPARTTO GET CRIMINALS OFF THESTREETS.NINE ON YOUR SIDES SHAWNDREATHOMAS CAUGHT UP WITH THEM TOFINDOUT HOW THEY GET THE JOB DONE.NAT POPWITH THE STROKE OF A PENCILNAT POPAND A BRUSHCRIMES ARE BEING SOLVED AT THETUCSON POLICE DEPARTMENT ----NAT POP---SKETCH ARTISTS....JESSICALEAFSTONE...... AND... KRYSTAKITTOE..... WORK WITH CLOSELYWITH VICTIMS TO HELP THEMIDENTIFYSUSPECTS..THEY ALSO MAKE SURE VICTIMS HAVETIME TO PROCESS THEIR EXPERIENCETHAT PERSON IS HELPING US WITHINFORMATION THAT CAN BRINGSOMEONE TO JUSTICE..ITS A UNIQUESKILL SET THAT JESSICA AND IHAVE BEEN ABLE TO CULTIVATETHEY'VE BEEN GOING THROUGHSPECIALIZED TRAINING ANDCERTIFICATIONS WHILE HELPINGINVESTIGATORS WITH CASES FORABOUT A YEAR..

THEY ALSO WORK ASCRIME SCENE SPECIALISTS FORTHE DEPARTMENT...WE GIVE VICTIMS BACK A LITTLEBIT OF POWER THAT WAS TAKEN AWAYFROM THEMAND IT TURNS OUT---THESE TWO ARETHE ONLY SKETCH ARTISTSWORKING-- AT TPD..THEY INTERVIEWTHE VICTIM TO GETDETAILED DESCRIPTIONS..

LIKEEYE, FACE AND NOSE SHAPE---INTESTIGATORS ALSO USE A FORMULAAND BOOKS WITHVARIOUS FEATURES TO PRODUCE THEFINAL PRODUCTONE OF THE THINGS WE TOUCHED ONIS AGE PROGRESSION ANDREGRESSION OFPEOPLE'S FACESSO FAR THEY HAVE ABOUT 10 CASESBETWEEN THEM AND SOME OF THEIRSKETCHES HAVE LED TO THE ARRESTOF SEXUAL ASSAULT SUSPECTS WHOMATCH THEIR WORK.IF YOU THINK YOU CAN DESCRIBESOMEBODY LET THE OFFICER KNOWNAT POPWHEN THE ARTISTS GO TO SEE THEVICTIM-- THEY ALWAYS KEEP ACOMFORT BAG ON HAND--THEY NEEDTHE WITNESS TO KEEP AS CALM ASPOSSIBLE TO BEST DESCRIBE THESUSPECT.WE HAVE THE RESOURCE AVAILABLETO HELP SOMEBODY WHEN THERE'S NOSURVEILLANCE VIDEO AVAILABLE,DNA ORFINGERPRINTS ITS AN EXTRA TOOLTO IDENTIFY A SUSPECTIT CAN TAKE UP TO 4 HOURS TOCOMPLETE A SKETCH--SHAWNDREA THOMAS KGUN 9 ON YOURSIDEA DEADLY OFFICER-INVOLVED