FSN: Forensic Science News » Detroit crime lab http://www.forensicsguy.com/benchnotes and Opinion by a Real Forensic Scientist Sat, 14 Jan 2012 14:20:03 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Oakland County Crime Lab Wants to Start DNA Testing http://www.forensicsguy.com/benchnotes/oakland-county-crime-lab-wants-to-start-dna-testing/ http://www.forensicsguy.com/benchnotes/oakland-county-crime-lab-wants-to-start-dna-testing/#comments Fri, 02 Sep 2011 15:00:09 +0000 Forensics Guy http://www.forensicsguy.com/benchnotes/oakland-county-crime-lab-wants-to-start-dna-testing/ Oakland County Crime Lab has recently been ASCLD-LAB certified. They claim that as a result they can apply for federal grants. They could always apply, ASCLD-LAB doesn’t have control over federal grant money, yet.

The Michigan State Police Crime Lab is right to seemingly question “why?”

DNA, like trace analysis, is a discipline

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Detroit Police Chief Ralph Godbee Jr. said today that there was no evidence left behind in the closed Detroit Police Crime Lab on Brush Street, this

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The police crime lab planned for the proposed Detroit police and fire headquarters received funding from the Legislature early Friday, putting it at least one step ahead of the entire project that is to

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]]> http://www.forensicsguy.com/benchnotes/detroit-getting-new-crime-lab/feed/ 0 Detroit Crime Lab to Re-open? http://www.forensicsguy.com/benchnotes/detroit-crime-lab-to-re-open/ http://www.forensicsguy.com/benchnotes/detroit-crime-lab-to-re-open/#comments Mon, 12 Jul 2010 15:00:59 +0000 Forensics Guy http://www.forensicsguy.com/benchnotes/?p=1307 The Detroit Crime Lab might be re-opening. If it does, it will be under the Michigan State Police, not Detroit PD.

If city officials open a crime lab in a new police headquarters, the facility won’t be staffed by Detroit police.

Detroit police tell the Detroit Free Press for a story Tuesday that Michigan

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]]> http://www.forensicsguy.com/benchnotes/detroit-crime-lab-to-re-open/feed/ 0 $1Million Outlay to Investigate Questioned Detroit Crime Lab Evidence http://www.forensicsguy.com/benchnotes/1million-outlay-to-investigate-questioned-detroit-crime-lab-evidence/ http://www.forensicsguy.com/benchnotes/1million-outlay-to-investigate-questioned-detroit-crime-lab-evidence/#comments Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:31:35 +0000 Forensics Guy http://www.forensicsguy.com/benchnotes/?p=1110 The City of Detroit will be paying $1 Million to Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office to have one year’s worth of evidence investigated. That’s a lot of money. This is the perfect example of why it is better to pay a little extra up front, to have a sufficient number of properly

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State Police must reanalyze Detroit’s mishandled evidence

Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy says her office has identified 147 cases of convicted and imprisoned people that will require the retesting of evidence as part of the investigation into the now-closed Detroit police crime lab — unveiling the first of potentially thousands of cases

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DETROIT (AP) — Authorities have identified 147 cases of convicted and imprisoned people that will require retesting of evidence as part of a search for cases where the now-shuttered Detroit police lab may have misjudged results.

Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy told the Detroit Free Press for a story Sunday the number

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