NCJ Number
84303
Date Published
1981
Length
8 pages
Annotation
A LEAA study revealing poor overall scores for government crime labs' performance points up the need for private independent laboratories to check initial government lab findings and provide additional expert scientific analyses. Forensic Control Systems, Inc., is an example of the kind of private lab the government can depend on.
Abstract
The ideal private forensic laboratory should be designed and staffed to accommodate all cases which require indepth investigation, research, evaluation, and analyses in matters of legal jurisprudence. Forensic Control Systems, Inc., serves business, industry, and government agencies, including law enforcement. In addition to maintaining a fully equipped and professionally staffed inhouse technical and scientific laboratory for onsite experimentation and testing, it has a fully equipped mobile laboratory capable of responding in emergency situations. The agency has (1) a chemistry section primarily concerned with onsite analysis of all evidence submitted requiring chemical analysis; (2) a document section that performs examinations and comparisons in handwriting, typing, and related matters; (3) a firearms and toolmark section which examines firearms, spent bullets and projectiles, toolmarks, tiremarks, and footprints; (4) a latent print section which examines and compares latent impressions such as fingerprints, palm prints, and sole prints; and (5) the polygraph section which provides polygraph testing.