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2009 - December 7

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It's that time already, time to start thinking about the 2010 ASCLD Symposium.  Please visit the 2010 Symposium link on the website for lodging information, breakdown of dates, and all other important information as it becomes available. (http://ascld.org/content/2010-symposium )

The 2010 Symposium is being held at the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront in Baltimore, MD. from Sept. 12 - 17, 2010. 

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Visit the 2010 Symposium page -details posted as they become available

News around the globe

 

The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) has awarded researchers at Virginia Tech a two-year, $854,907 grant to develop a quantitative approach to measuring and establishing a standard for "sufficiency" of information available in friction ridge (fingerprint) patterns.
 
Hundreds-- possibly thousands-- of violent criminals skirted authorities and are on our streets due to problems with HPD's fingerprinting unit.
A CBS News investigation uncovered thousands of rape kits nationwide that had never been sent to crime labs and thousands more waiting to be tested in city and state laboratories.
 
Specialists use a variety of scientific techniques to characterize explosives, their residues and the components of a device, providing valuable evidence in a police investigation.
 
USA
NIST researchers have developed a new technique aimed at improving the validation of a crime lab's cell phone forensics tools.

Damning report on police lab
Australia
Victoria Police's forensic services will be radically overhauled following an explosive Ombudsman's report due to be made public within days.
 
 
 

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Firearms Examiner-Forensic Scientist I/IINorth Louisiana Criminalistics LaboratoryShreveport LA

Physical Scientist (Firearms and Toolmarks Examiner)US Army Criminal Investigation Laboratory

Biologist (Forensic DNA Examiner)US Army Criminal Investigation Laboratory

Fingerprint SpecialistUS Army Criminal Investigation Laboratory

Forensic Scientist IIICity of PhoenixPhoenix AZ

Forensic Scientist IICity of PhoenixPhoenix AZ

Forensic Science Section SupervisorCity of PhoenixPhoenix AZ

Forensic Scientist IVCity of PhoenixPhoenix AZ

Physical Scientist (Forensic Latent Print Examiner)US Army Criminal Investigation LaboratoryForest Park GA