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Recently the NAS report described how institutional bias should be avoided by having crime labs removed from police/prosecutor’s agencies. The article quoted below ran in PoliceOne.com, and talks about how police officers can contribute to bias in forensic examination. A police officer rushes up to the fingerprint examiner and pleads for help. The suspect sitting in the interrogation [Continue Reading Institutional Bias Examined…]  A recent review of forensic work in the New York State Police forensic lab system has found very serious deficiencies. A report released by Inspector General Joseph Fisch found that not only was State Police forensic scientist Garry L. Veeder performing defective tests between 1993 and 2008, but that his supervisors either failed or were not scientifically [Continue Reading Another Case for Independent Laboratory Re-Analysis…] Aside from the other-the-top narration, this “Tru TV” video shows exactly why citizens have to be ready and able to defend themselves, and not rely on police to protect them. EMBED-Tow Truck Shootout — Watch more free videos Additional information available on High-Caliber Private [Continue Reading Shootout with Police Ended by Armed Citizen…] The Houston Chronicle published a op-ed over the weekend, calling for change in their police crime lab. Even going as far as suggesting it’s time to close it down, and open up a regional crime lab that works with, but is independent of law enforcement agencies. According to the audit, HPD workers often overlooked prints or [Continue Reading Houston Chronicle on the Houston PD Crime Lab…] Numerous news sources in Colorado are reporting about a series of erroneously high blood alcohol results in DUI cases that were reported by the crime lab. The Colorado Gazette published the following: Prosecutors have begun contacting lawyers for 82 defendants whose drunken driving charges were based in part upon incorrect blood alcohol tests by the Colorado [Continue Reading Colorado Springs Metro Crime Lab Blood Alcohol Results WRONG.…] |
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