Richard J. Warrington retired from the Shawnee County Sheriff’s Department in Topeka, Kansas after a career of 25 years in law enforcement, more than 19 years of which were in direct involvement
with crime-scene investigation as a supervisor.

Warrington remains active in the field as a instructor. He has written numerous articles on crime scene technology and procedures. Warrington is currently on the Board of Directors of the Kansas Division of the I.A.I. (International Association of Identification), on the Board of Directors of the International Crime Scene Investigators Association and a member of the Association for Crime Scene Reconstruction.

He is also the developer of the Blue Light Special portable alternate light source that is used in fingerprint development and rape investigation.

Warrington is currently a crime scene consultant in Research and Development for the Lynn Peavey Company in Lenexa, Kansas.