A revelation that the NYPD failed to disclose a serious error eight years ago by a leading detective in its high-profile fingerprint lab has led to calls for a top-to ...

Fingerprints have long been considered the gold standard of crime investigation techniques. As early as 1903, America — with ...

In the beginning, in 1947, tools for the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division’s one-man crime lab could fit in the trunk of agent Millard Cate’s state-issued brown Oldsmobile — instruments for ...

A University of Dayton researcher is working with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to create a better fingerprint to help identify crime suspects thanks to a two-year $300,000 grant from the ...

The San Diego County Sheriff's Office announced that its Regional Crime Laboratory has received a $585,000 state grant.

The D.C. agency tasked with analyzing crime scene evidence now faces a daunting backlog of cases after having its accreditation to perform some forensic casework restored late last year. Meanwhile, ...

BLOOMINGTON - Criminals would be a lot happier if this place simply didn't exist. | VIDEO: Tour BPD's crime lab The crime scene investigation unit in Bloomington police headquarters' basement is ...

MONROE, N.C. — The Union County Sheriff’s Office says its crime lab has already cleared a backlog for certain DWI cases, which has an impact felt across the region. The Union County Crime Lab can now ...

A group of high school students spent part of their winter break doing what many only see on crime shows – analyzing evidence and learning how science solves cases. KUAM went along for the exper ...

The Orange County Sheriff's Department crime lab in Santa Ana turns 60 this year. Forensic technology has come a long way since the late 1940s, and so has the lab. KPCC Orange County Reporter Susan ...

SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. — In the basement of Fogarty Hall at the University of Rhode Island, Dennis Hilliard and a team of 12 others can be found scrutinizing guns for DNA or examining particles from ...