Bart Baggett, according to testimomny he gave in court received daily training in Questioned Documents by Dr. Ray Walker. As head of Dr. Robert O'Blocks Questioned Document Certtification program, I refused to certify Dr. Walker in July of 1993. Behind my back and w/o my knowledge O'Block certified Dr. Walker in October of 1993. Dr. Walker died in May of 1994.If Baggett received two years of daily training from Dr Waker(btw his Doctorate was from a Divinity School and had nothing to do w/handwriting) it was not by a certified Document Examiner for the full two years of alleged training. Notwithstanding Dr. Walker's testimony as an alleged expert, my opinion as a Document Examiner w/Secret Service trining and Government Employment as a Document Examiner at the time I rejected him for certification was he did not meet minimal standards and would not be qualified to teach ANYONE to be a Document Examiner.
I raise these old issues because I see that Baggett is still offering "distance" training. One of his students who was also a student of Kathy Koppenhaver, Tamara Kaiden, failed to quaify as a Document Examiner because of the lack of "hands on" training in an actual lab from Baggett who was paid $10,000 according to what I was told by Kaiden Therefore, Baggett's training courses are worthless, in my opinion.
This court case in thoroughly documented on the web. Given the above, I am totally at a loss to understand ANYONE would pay Baggett $10,000 for a course that is worthless in my opinion due to the lack of what the court in Cook country "hands on" training I caution ANYONE to consider what I have said BEFORE taking ANY course in Questioned Documents from anyone.
Bob