Investigative agencies are required to upgrade their equipment on a regular basis to keep up with the demands of cutting edge forensic techniques. The Hudson County’s Prosecutor’s Office (HCPO) recently purchased a CSI van to help them investigate criminal cases. …
Last Friday was a bitter-sweet day for Zac Chwirka and his colleagues at police headquarters in Sioux City, Iowa. It was Chwirka’s last day on the job as one of the department’s lead crime scene investigators after a stellar 30 …
Not many people outside of the state of Indiana have heard of the city of Washington. But while it may not have the notoriety or name-recognition of Indianapolis or Bloomington, it has its share of both famous and infamous benchmarks …
Detective Mark Henson of the Hamilton Police Department in Hamilton, Ohio recently received certification as a latent print examiner and has been promoted to that position within the department. Henson is a veteran police officer and has been on the …
In Ashland, Oregon there is a large building, some 40,000 square feet and at first sight you would not know what was inside, as it appears to be nothing special. However, inside this building is one of the most unusual …
Unbeknownst to many outside the law enforcement community – and even some within it – forensic science and crime scene investigations have crossed over into the realm of computer crime. Computer forensic investigations are certainly new to the world of …
The television series CSI: Crime Scene Investigations is wildly popular and has been cited as one of the reasons the CSI profession has experience a significant increase in interest by individual looking to take it up as a career. But …
Public school students in and around Philadelphia joined the College of Physicians of Philadelphia in commemorating the fifth anniversary of the College’s summer science and technology internship. The Teva Internship Program began in 2009 and was initiated with an emphasis …
Belleville, Illinois is not what most people think of when someone mentions crime scene investigations. But they just might be from now on thanks to a new crime lab. Forensic scientists and crime scene investigators have a new facility to …