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Technology
Connecticut Crime Lab Loses Accreditation After Critical Fed Audit
The federal audits raised concerns about the administration of the lab. The integrity of DNA testing on crime-scene evidence had not been compromised by the huge case backlogs and chronic under-staffing, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy has said.
August 17, 2011
Weapons
DOJ Releases Forensic DNA Interactive Training Tool
The Department of Justice has issued an interactive electronic training program, Principles of Forensic DNA for Officers of the Court, to educate criminal justice professionals and other practitioners about the science of DNA analysis and the legal issues regarding the use of DNA in the courtroom.
February 22, 2006
Technology
FBI Updates DNA Quality Assurance Standards to Now Include Rapid DNA Analysis
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has updated its DNA databasing standards to include an Addendum to the Quality Assurance Standards for DNA Databasing Laboratories performing Rapid DNA analysis and Modified Rapid DNA Analysis Using a Rapid DNA Instrument.
January 16, 2015
Technology
Speeding Up DNA Analysis
New rapid DNA profiling technologies are emerging to help address agencies' challenges. One system, for example, automates DNA profiling from a simple cheek swab, generating results in about 90 minutes.
February 5, 2014
Patrol
Mistake Costs LAPD $500,000 for DNA Testing
The Los Angeles Police Department has been denied nearly $500,000 in federal funds it would have received to help clear its backlog of unexamined DNA samples from crime scenes because of a bureaucratic mistake that LAPD brass blamed on a low-level administrator.
August 13, 2008
Technology
Arizona DPS Testing 'Rapid DNA' Tech
The Arizona Department of Public Safety has begun testing "rapid DNA" technology that delivers a DNA profile in less than two hours. The state's DPS crime lab has been testing the Integenx Rapidhit 200 system.
August 25, 2013
Patrol
L.A. County Sheriff Suspends DNA Testing in Sexual Assault Cases
Out of cash and understaffed, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department has suspended its faltering effort to analyze DNA evidence from thousands of rape and sexual assault cases, the
Los Angeles Times
reports.
June 22, 2009
Technology
DNA: Evolving Technology
DNA testing is a complicated thing. But it’s nowhere near as complicated as it used to be.
January 31, 2003
Technology
Analyzing DNA Blueprints
Parabon NanoLabs' Snapshot does much more than reveal an unknown subject's hair color and eye color. It can also be used to determine a subject's ancestry in detail.
February 27, 2015
Technology
Rapid DNA Service
Bode Technology Group
This service delivers a DNA profile from forensic samples in less than 90 minutes, resulting in a fast turnaround of investigative leads for law enforcement agencies holding persons of interest.
March 17, 2013
Technology
Snapshot DNA Phenotyping Service
Parabon NanoLabs
When CODIS fails to find a match, don't let your cases go cold. IACP Booth #303
October 16, 2014
Technology
Rapid DNA System
ANDE
From buccal (cheek) swabs to crime scene evidence, the the ANDE Rapid DNA system is designed to get results in less than two hours.
September 1, 2018
Patrol
N.C. to Take More DNA Samples
Sheriff's offices and police departments across North Carolina will begin gathering DNA from certain arrestees by collecting cells from inside their cheeks while they're in custody.
January 31, 2011
Technology
DNA: Tales of the Double Helix
Blood stains are really hard to get out. And today, with the advent of DNA matching, it’s even harder for criminals to mask their violent deeds, as just trace amounts of blood and other biological materials can put investigators hot on their trail.
January 31, 2003
Technology
Rapid DNA: Finding the Money
Rapid DNA technologies are strong candidates for grant proposals because they speed arrests and can potentially help communities reduce non-violent crime.
February 5, 2014
Technology
Learn to Read Product DNA
Every crime scene, like every picture, tells a story. There are times when an obvious piece of evidence, complete with its own documented history, stares us right in the face, and we pass it by.
February 28, 2005
Special Units
DNA Catches Dog Red Pawed
A chicken farmer used science to find the canine responsible for raids on his henhouse.
July 9, 2003
Training
Collecting Criminals' DNA Ruled Constitutional
A federal law that requires prisoners, parolees, and some people on probation to submit DNA for an FBI database has been ruled constitutional in a Philadelphia appeals court.
March 22, 2005
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