FSN: Forensic Science News » HPD 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 Houston Leaders Want Crime Lab Out Of Police Department http://www.forensicsguy.com/benchnotes/houston-leaders-want-crime-lab-out-of-police-department/ http://www.forensicsguy.com/benchnotes/houston-leaders-want-crime-lab-out-of-police-department/#comments Fri, 26 Aug 2011 15:00:52 +0000 Forensics Guy http://www.forensicsguy.com/benchnotes/houston-leaders-want-crime-lab-out-of-police-department/ Houston PD Crime Lab, an oh too common topic on this website, is under the cross-hairs of it’s own city council. They are looking to yank the crime lab out of the police department because police chiefs aren’t scientists and not qualified to run a laboratory — good point!

The Houston Police Department’s

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A former HPD crime lab supervisor testified today that she and two other scientists quit because they could not trust the integrity of results from several

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It must have been a hard call for the Judge. No one wants to see a child rapist potentially set free, but in this country everyone is supposed to have their rights protected.

“This is

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]]> http://www.forensicsguy.com/benchnotes/napper-child-molester-possibly-freed-due-to-lab-screw-up/feed/ 0 Houston Police Department Crime Lab Open for Business http://www.forensicsguy.com/benchnotes/houston_police_crime_lab_hurtt_open/ http://www.forensicsguy.com/benchnotes/houston_police_crime_lab_hurtt_open/#comments Mon, 28 Sep 2009 13:00:10 +0000 Forensics Guy http://www.forensicsguy.com/benchnotes/?p=622 After being closed, the Houston PD crime laboratory is back open. Police chief Harold Hurtt wrote an article for a local newspaper discussing what happened to cause the lab to close, and what’s happened since then.

In the interests of fairness in future reporting, distinction should and must be made between past

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