REGIONAL CRIMINALISTICS LABORATORY, REGION 1, MISSOURI A SUMMARY AND EVALUATION OF PERFORMANCE DURING ITS FIRST SEVEN MONTHS OF OPERATIONS - FINAL REPORT, JANUARY 30, 1973

• NCJ Number: 41288
• Author(s): C L Cunningham; R H Fox
• Date Published: 1973
• Length: 92 pages
• Grant Number(s): 3542-D
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice; Missouri Law Enforcement Assistance Council
• Corporate Author: Midwest Research Institute; Regional Criminalistics Laboratory
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Program/Project Evaluation
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THE DOCUMENT SUMMARIZES MIDWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE'S INVOLVEMENT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS CRIMINALISTICS SYSTEM WHICH WAS ESTABLISHED TO INCREASE THE USE OF PHYSICAL EVIDENCE.

Abstract

THE RESULTS OF THIS EVALUATION SHOW THAT THE EXPECTATION WAS REALIZED DURING THE FIRST SEVEN MONTHS OF THE REGIONAL LABORATORY'S OPERATION, PARTICULARLY WITH RESPECT TO ITS UTILIZATION BY THE KANSAS CITY (MO) POLICE DEPARTMENT. THUS FAR, THE REGIONAL LABORATORY HAS CONDUCTED EXTENSIVE TRAINING IN CRIME SCENE SEARCH; ITS UTILIZATION BY POLICE IS RELATIVELY HIGH, AND THE SUPPORT IT IS RENDERING HAS APPARENTLY SATISFIED PRACTICALLY ALL POLICE DEMANDS, QUESTIONED DOCUMENTS BEING THE ONLY NOTABLE EXCEPTION.(AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)...TWH