Mission Statement
The Society Of Medicolegal Death Investigators was created to:
- Promote training, education and networking opportunities for medicolegal death investigators
- Encourage American Board of Medicolegal Death Investigation (ABMDI) professional certification for medicolegal death investigators employed by Medical Examiner and Coroner offices.
- Advocate excellence in the field, the highest standards of ethical conduct, professional development and establish best practices for medicolegal death investigations.
- Pursue increased training and education funding and to provide high quality, state of the art instruction and continuing educational opportunities to medicolegal death investigators.
- Provide a forum for exchange of information, ideas, experiences and discussions of death investigation topics through professional meetings and interactive technology programs.
- Provide a voice for medicolegal death investigators to the forensic science community, interdisciplinary agencies, local, state and federal governments and to provide for their unique professional needs.
- Provide mentoring opportunities for death investigators, encourage research and promote medicolegal death investigation as a career choice.