Wallace State Community College in Hanceville, Alabama took home the silver medal in the 52nd annual SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference. This is the second year Wallace State has taken part in the Crime Scene Investigation event at the …
Imagine walking into a deserted building and finding shotgun shells scattered at your feet. The only other evidence is a single footprint of blood. This is a scenario that students at the University of South Dakota walked into as a …
Last week the Columbus Police Department Crime Lab gifted Mississippi State University with a super glue chamber to be used as an educational device for its forensics program. A super glue chamber is a tall rectangular box where large guns …
Elephants play a larger role in the national security and stability of countries in Africa than most realize. Elephants are an integral part of the forest ecosystem, and when they are driven out through poaching the forests can easily disappear. …
The FARO Technologies 3-D scanner has been instrumental in detailing evidence for from crime scenes used to find perpetrators and secure a conviction. This revolutionary technology permits investigators to document many aspects of a crime scene with tremendous accuracy and …
A few months ago, a Chicago police officer’s life came to an abrupt end. Minutes before his death, Joseph Gliniewicz radioed that he was pursuing three suspicious men in a northern suburb of Chicago. When the backup officers arrived, they …
In order to teach students more about the judicial system and how investigating crime scenes works, New Ellenton Middle School in South Carolina hosted its first school-wide project as a STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art, mathematics) magnet school. Within this …
New Palestine High School in Greenfield, Indiana was searching for ways to better engage students who wanted to enter the medical field. They surveyed their students and found that many wanted to pursue a career in medicine, but not always …
On the TV show CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, the smallest pieces of evidence seem to unlock the entire case in under an hour. However, in real life, DNA forensics is much messier and more complicated than what is shown on …