Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Criminalistics

The Criminalistics Division is responsible for the collection, comparison, and interpretation of physical evidence found at crime scenes or collected from suspects and victims. Each employee of this division trains to achieve a specific forensic discipline.

The division currently offers the services of latent print and foot ware examinations, crime scene processing and reconstruction, photography, drug identification, and computer forensics. Each of the analysts provide expert testimony in various courts of law as requested. Analysts are also requested to perform as adjunct instructors at the local, state, and federal levels in their respective disciplines. 

2011 was a very busy year for the crime scene investigators.  They processed 129 crime scenes, took 20,943 pictures, processed 2,985 items of evidence, and evaluated 3,112 latent prints.  These statistics only cover a small portion of what they accomplished last year.   

The Warner Robins Police Department is proud to have such dedicated employees.