Sunday, January 24, 2010

Police sketch artist fights crime with pencils

Sketch Artist Fighting Crime With Pencil, Eraser
WBZ
Skinner is a police sketch artist, one of the few left in Massachusetts. He's a vital resource for all investigating officers looking for a suspect. ...

...For each feature he draws, he uses an FBI code book that helps him develop the sketch.

Skinner has drawn more than 400 sketches in his career.

He keeps them all logged in his books and he has a pretty good percentage.

One of out five of his suspects eventually gets caught.

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