Common educational path's for CSI's include a degree in criminal justice or a specific degree in crime scene investigation. If you are already working and do not have the time to go to classes, there are CSI degree programs that you can earn online. Degree & Education Requirements for Crime Scene Investigators.
A Soldier's Story was shot entirely in Arkansas. The Tynin exterior scenes were shot in three days in Clarendon. The baseball sequence was filmed in Little Rock at the historic Lamar Porter Field. Bill Clinton (then Governor of Arkansas) dropped by during the shooting.
Built to protect the San Francisco Bay from Confederate and foreign attack during the Civil War, Fort Point is where Stewart saved Novak in Vertigo, right at the base. The bridge has also been blown up countless times on film, including in X-Men 3 and Monsters vs. Aliens.