WRPD Criminalistics

StarBase Students Learn About Forensics In Law Enforcement

Students from the StarBase Robins Investigative Science Academy visited the Warner Robins Law Enforcement Center last month to learn about forensics in law enforcement.  We had a great time answering questions from these very intelligent students!  Here are some of the thank you letters we received.

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Criminalistics In 2012

The Criminalistics Division is responsible for the collection, comparison, and interpretation of physical evidence found at crime scenes or collected from suspects and victims.

The division offers the services of latent print and footwear examinations, crime scene processing and reconstruction, photography, drug identification, and computer forensics.

In 2012 Criminalistics investigators:

took 17,659 crime scene photographs
processed 2,048 pieces of evidence
evaluated 2,504 latent prints
assisted in 20 incidents involving other agencies

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.