forensics Archives

Police Crime Lab Accreditation Initiative

Crime labs, also known as forensic science service providers (FSSPs), work with law enforcement to investigate crime scenes and collect evidence for investigations. They conduct testing on everything ...

Product Feature

Product Feature: Cracking the Case With Forensic Tools

Crime scene investigators and law enforcement officers use forensic tools to collect, analyze, and preserve evidence to support an investigation. From fingerprint identification and facial recognition...

Education & Training

Maintaining and Improving Officers’ CSI Skills: On-the-Job Recommendations for Skill Improvement

There is ample literature on effective ways to train police officer recruits while in the academy. However, there is less research on effective ways to train police officers who are on the job; theref...

President's Message

President’s Message: Solving Crimes in the Lab: Understanding the Role of Forensic Science in Policing

Forensic science. The phrase often brings to mind the labs filled with futuristic technology featured on popular television shows like CSI, Bones, NCIS, and other crime dramas, where every fingerpr...

Investigations

Securing a Seat at the Table: How States Support Forensic Science Initiatives

Across the United States, state and local law enforcement agencies face increasing demands to prevent victimization and respond to crimes in their communities. Crime data on specific incidents, as c...

The Dispatch

The Dispatch: February 2018

In December, Police Chief asked our readers how their agencies access forensic science services for their investigations. Here is what you told us:...

Investigations

Law Enforcement’s Silent Partner: Forensics Research and Development

Police officers—from patrol to top brass—don’t always think about how scientific research leads to innovative solutions that improve their odds of catching criminals. Nonetheless, from bloodstai...

Education & Training

Digital Multimedia Evidence Processing Laboratory – Training

For many television viewers and forensic science enthusiasts, shows like CSI and the spin-off television shows CSI: Miami and CSI: New York are fun to watch and, with their various characters and stor...