Shallyn McFarland is a Crime Laboratory Analyst (CLA) with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE), Tampa Bay Regional Operations Center. She has worked for FDLE for over eight years in the capacity of a Forensic Technologist in both Chemistry and Firearms and as a CLA in the Firearm Section. As a firearm’s examiner, her primary duty is to determine whether or not fired ammunition components were fired in/from a particular firearm.  In addition, she has testified as an expert witness in court. She achieved her Associate of Arts degree from Hillsborough Community College, Bachelor of Science degree in Forensic Science from the University of Central Florida, and Master’s Degree in Forensic Science from the University of Florida. She is currently a member of the Association of Firearm and Toolmark Examiners (AFTE). During her internship with the Hillsborough County Medical Examiner’s Office, she co-authored:” Relationships Between Concentrations of Cocaine and Its Hydrolysates in Peripheral Blood, Heart Blood, Vitreous Humor and Urine” published in March 2006, Volume 51, Issue 2, pages 421–425 in the Journal of Forensic Science. She was also employed for two years with the Hillsborough County Medical Examiner’s Office as a Toxicologist II.