Crime Labs
Extensions of Accreditation no Longer Available under the ASCLD/LAB-International Accreditation Programs
New crime lab to offer internships, opportunities for collaboration (OH)
New State Crime Lab limits on items of evidence to be tested
The North Carolina State Crime Lab has released new Evidence Submission Guidelines (See Special Notice #3, starting on p. 6 of 71), effective for items of evidence submitted on or after September 1, 2013. Of special note are new limits on the number of items of evidence that law enforcement may submit in cases. The …
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Syracuse Police Department operate unaccredited forensic laboratory, Inspector General finds (NY)
Session Law 2013-338
Extends the time for local forensic science labs (other than the North Carolina State Crime Laboratory) to become accredited from July 1, 2013 to July 1, 2016.
NC Attorney General pans Senate plan to restructure SBI
Washington state crime lab faces Texas-size quandary: How to deal with old cases processed by lab manager accused of misconduct?
Inspector General probes Syracuse Police’s use of unaccredited lab (NY)
State patrol says crime lab manager falsified work (WA)
Accreditation of local crime labs
For those of you who have been tracking the provision in the Forensic Sciences Act of 2011 that requires local crime labs to become accredited, a bill has been introduced to extend the time for local crime labs to become accredited to July 1, 2020. Below are links to the relevant legislation: Forensic Sciences Act …
Part 2: The Lab Accreditation Process
This is the second in a three-part series on lab accreditation, analyst certification, and ISO-compliant lab procedures by Ryan Niland. Several major organizations offer accreditation services for forensic labs in the United States. The American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors/Laboratory Accreditation Board (ASCLD/LAB) is by far the largest accrediting body for forensic labs, followed by …
Part 1: What’s the difference between accreditation and certification?
This is the first in a three-part series on lab accreditation, analyst certification, and ISO-compliant lab procedures by Ryan Niland. Understanding the distinctions between lab accreditation and analyst certification can be important when critically examining forensic analyses. Although both processes relate to quality assurance for forensic analysis, the term accreditation generally applies to laboratories as …
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