New DNA System to Identify Missing Persons By Rosemary Kamanga The National Forensic Science and Biometrics Department will soon implement a Combined DNA Index System -CODIS, aimed at improving identification and reducing the number of unclaimed bodies in mortuaries. Acting State Forensic Analyst INNOCENT MAKASA explains that, once fully implemented, CODIS will allow the department to match DNA profiles of missing persons with their relatives, whether close or distant. Dr. MAKASA has also reveal

Today we’re wrapping up National Forensic Science Week by highlighting our DNA CODIS, DNA Forensics, and the Evidence Receiving units within the Louisiana State Police Crime Laboratory. Personnel within all of the units do an extraordinary job within their respective disciplines, see below for some of their recent accomplishments. The Louisiana State Police Crime Laboratory (LSPCL) recently became the first agency in the country to receive approval from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

National Forensic Science Week, which recognizes the impact and contributions forensic science has on the criminal justice system, begins today. We are privileged to be home to one of just two full service forensic laboratories in the State of Nevada. The WCSO Forensic Science Division provides forensic services for local, state, federal and tribal law enforcement agencies in 13 of Nevada’s 17 counties and one county in Northern California. Stay tuned this week to learn more about our crime lab!