Eric Johnson retired as a First Lieutenant from the Michigan State Police in January 2009 after more than 30 years of service. He served as a trooper, first-line supervisor, section commander, and post commander at various locations throughout the state. During his law enforcement career, Eric also owned and operated portrait studios at two locations in Michigan; he has been doing professional photography, including forensic photography, for more than 35 years.

During his tenure with the state police, Eric worked to develop photography training standards, tested cameras and accessories in order to identify equipment that best served law enforcement needs, and wrote policies regarding digital image integrity standards.

Eric owns and operates Forensic Photography Services, LLC. He has provided forensic photography instruction at the state police academy in Lansing, as well as throughout Michigan’s Lower and Upper Peninsula, and at various locations within the United States. Eric offers courses designed for crime scene investigators, first responders, evidence technicians, and accident investigators; he has provided photography instruction to more than 2000 law enforcement officers and first responders within Michigan and throughout the United States.

In addition to his instruction, he also provides forensic photography services to law firms throughout Michigan, having a client list of 159 attorneys from 96 law firms in Michigan, Ohio, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Florida, Georgia, Virginia, California, Maryland, New Hampshire, New York, Washington DC, Louisiana, Tennessee and Canada.

He has been qualified as an expert in Forensic Photography & Imaging in both the United States and Canada.

Eric is a Certified Forensic Photographer (CFPh), a designation through the International Association for Identification (IAI), and is the past chair of the Forensic Photography & Imaging Certification Board. He is also a Certified Evidence Photographer (CEP), a designation by the Professional Photographic Certification Commission, and has taught certification courses for both the Evidence Photographers International Council (EPIC) and the IAI. He is one of only 6 individuals worldwide that hold both the CFPh and CEP designations.