Orange County California Looking at Independent Forensics Agency

Orange County California is picking up what I’ve been putting down. They are looking at either creating a new, or moving the current crime lab away from the police and prosecutor, and make them their own agency. This move would be in compliance with the NAS report’s suggestion as a way to reduce

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October 28th, 2009 | Tags: LinkedIn, NAS report, Orange County | Category: News Stories, Opinion | Leave a comment

Prosecutors Move To Seize Control of Crime Lab

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The Orange County Prosecutor’s Office move to wrest control of the crime lab away from the sheriff’s department. While outsiders sometimes point out that having a crime lab under the control of a police agency can lead to lab staff being pressured to bias their opinions, or perhaps even those analysts who

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December 15th, 2008 | Tags: crime lab, DNA, Forensic, LinkedIn, Orange County | Category: News Stories, Opinion | Leave a comment