FSN: Forensic Science News » Phoenix Police Department 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 “Hero” of the Phoenix Police Department Crime Lab Forced to Resign http://www.forensicsguy.com/benchnotes/hero-of-the-phoenix-police-department-crime-lab-forced-to-resign/ http://www.forensicsguy.com/benchnotes/hero-of-the-phoenix-police-department-crime-lab-forced-to-resign/#comments Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:00:51 +0000 Forensics Guy http://www.forensicsguy.com/benchnotes/?p=1113 Steve O’Dell has been in the news more than any other employee of the Phoenix Police Department Crime Lab in recent years. What’s different about him, is that those articles have been reporting something positive. Mr. O’Dell is credited with modernizing the crime scene processing capabilities of the lab, and more

[Continue Reading “Hero” of the Phoenix Police Department Crime Lab Forced to Resign...]

No related posts.]]> http://www.forensicsguy.com/benchnotes/hero-of-the-phoenix-police-department-crime-lab-forced-to-resign/feed/ 0 Phoenix Crime Lab Labor Relations Tension Escalates http://www.forensicsguy.com/benchnotes/phoenix-crime-lab-labor-relations-tension-escalates/ http://www.forensicsguy.com/benchnotes/phoenix-crime-lab-labor-relations-tension-escalates/#comments Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:00:42 +0000 Forensics Guy http://www.forensicsguy.com/benchnotes/?p=1101 An article in the Arizona Republic indicates the prior accusations relating to the quality of work performed at the Phoenix PD Crime Lab is more politically motivated, based on a union trying to keep a group of employees from leaving.

Stay tuned.

A Phoenix labor-relations board is scheduled to hear testimony Wednesday from police crime-lab

[Continue Reading Phoenix Crime Lab Labor Relations Tension Escalates...]

Related posts:
  1. Phoenix Police Investigate Phoenix Crime Lab
]]> http://www.forensicsguy.com/benchnotes/phoenix-crime-lab-labor-relations-tension-escalates/feed/ 0 Phoenix Police Investigate Phoenix Crime Lab http://www.forensicsguy.com/benchnotes/phoenix-police-investigates-phoenix-crime-lab/ http://www.forensicsguy.com/benchnotes/phoenix-police-investigates-phoenix-crime-lab/#comments Thu, 07 Jan 2010 17:16:19 +0000 Forensics Guy http://www.forensicsguy.com/benchnotes/?p=973 Criminal defense attorneys are going to love this.  Anytime you have a situation where evidence is mishandled, it questions the reliability of forensic test results.  Apparently the Phoenix Police Department is investigating claims that crime lab staff left evidence behind at crime scenes, and threw away fingerprint evidence.

 

PHOENIX — CBS 5 News obtained

[Continue Reading Phoenix Police Investigate Phoenix Crime Lab...]

Related posts:
  1. Phoenix Crime Lab Labor Relations Tension Escalates
  2. Sheriff Obtains 3D Laser Scanner for Crime Scenes
]]> http://www.forensicsguy.com/benchnotes/phoenix-police-investigates-phoenix-crime-lab/feed/ 0