MISSION
As a team of dedicated, scientific professionals, our mission is to provide thorough, accurate, and confidential handling of materials resulting in information that assists the criminal justice community in reaching informed decisions.
SCOPE OF SERVICES
Technical assistance provided by the Crime Lab involves the recognition, recovery, packaging, marking, sealing and analysis of physical evidence, preparation of technical reports of the analyses, and court testimony. Laboratory staff also participate in the training of law enforcement officers in advanced evidence handling procedures and the processing of some crime scenes.
QUALITY ASSURANCE
The Crime Lab has a robust quality assurance program that is demonstrated and monitored by participation in an accreditation program offered by ANAB (ANSI National Accreditation Board). The laboratory was first accredited under ASCLD/LAB’s Legacy program requirements on September 11, 2000. It later transitioned to ASCLD/LAB’s International Testing program under ISO/IEC 17025:2005 granted on June 24, 2011, and is currently accredited under ANAB’s ISO/IEC 17025:2017.
ACCREDITATION
The Crime Lab accreditation status may be verified at https://anab.ansi.org and the laboratory’s scope of accreditation may be found on their website using ANAB’s “Who’s Accredited” tool and searching for certificate number “0214”. The laboratories scope of accreditation may be viewed at ANAB Certificate of Accreditation.
Forensic laboratory accreditation involves internal audits and external assessments that evaluate management practices, personnel qualifications, technical procedures, proficiency testing, and laboratory facilities. The laboratory is committed to maintaining a progressive quality assurance program involving continuous improvement to processes within the forensic environment.