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Episode No. 63 Forensic Investigator Date: July 24, 2009 Notes: Esther Mckay former Forensic Investigator
with the New South Wales Police Force (Australia).
Esther Mckay served seventeen years in the New South Wales Police Force, attaining
the rank of Detective (technical) Senior Constable. She worked in the area of Forensic Services for fifteen years, attaining
expert status in crime scene examination and vehicle identification. She also worked in Training and Research, as well as
Document Examination. She has a Diploma of Applied Science in Forensic Investigation (NSW Police), and was awarded the National
Medal for service in 2001 and the Ethical and Diligent Police Service medal with fifteen-year clasp in 2008.
Esther Mckay was discharged from the force in 2001 with post-traumatic stress
disorder as a direct result of her forensic work. She is the author of the best-selling autobiography, Crime Scene: True Stories
from the Life of a Forensic Investigator and the upcoming book, Forensic Investigator: True Stories from the Life
of a Country Crime Scene Cop.
Esther Mckay works actively in supporting
traumatized serving and former Police and is the President of the Police Post Trauma Support Group. She was awarded the Pride
of Australia Medal in 2007 for Community Spirit for her work with traumatized Police, and regularly speaks to various groups
and schools about her life experience, writing and former forensic work. Esther is patron of the Australian
Missing Persons Register and has been an Australia Day Ambassador since 2007. She lives in the Southern Highlands with her
husband and two children.
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