Crime Scene
The Laboratory of Forensic Services maintains a team of highly trained staff with expertise in all aspects of recognition, documentation, collection, packaging, and preservation of physical evidence. Three team members are on-call at a time and are able to respond to law enforcement requests for crime scene assistance twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. The laboratory provides crime scene services ranging from consultation up to and including processing of entire scenes. A variety of equipment and techniques can be employed depending on the needs of the specific scene. Common requests for assistance include:
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Shooting incident reconstruction, including evaluation and documentation of bullet strikes and trajectories
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Bloodstain pattern documentation, evaluation, and interpretation
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Recognition and documentation of impression evidence, such as shoeprints and tire tracks
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Visualization of latent bloodstains using chemical reagents, such as leucocrystal violet (LCV) and luminol (Bluestar Forensic)
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3D laser scanning to document and image the scene