Retired officer now teaches aspiring investigators

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A hands-on professor, Larry Barksdale thinks nothing of firing bullets into his son’s jalopy so students can measure the holes or of spitting mouthfuls of his blood on butcher paper to check the spatter pattern.

Barksdale, who retired from the Lincoln Police Department this year after more than four decades, now teaches aspiring investigators, scientists and law enforcers how to catch criminals.