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DEPARTMENT'S.[What does the Forensic Services Division Do ]
IS ALL ABOUT ACCURACY.IT IS COMPRISED OF THREE UNITS.
ONE OF THOSE UNITS IS THE CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATIVE UNIT, OR C S I, WHICH HAS 12 CRIMINALISTS AND THREE SUPERVISORS.
WE WILL DO ALL THE DOCUMENTATION AND COLLECTION OF EVIDENCE ON CRIME SCENES FROM PHOTOGRAPHY VIDEOS, THREE D SCANNING, SKETCHING, COLLECTING EVIDENCE, SWABBING PROCESSING FOR LATENT PRINTS.
THE FIREARMS EXAMINATION UNIT CONSISTS OF TWO FIREARMS EXAMINERS AND A FIREARMS TECHNICIAN.
THEY EXAMINE ALL OF THE DEPARTMENT'S CASES INVOLVING FIREARMS FIRED BULLETS AND FIRED CARTRIDGE CASES.
THROUGH TEST FIRING AND MICROSCOPIC COMPARISON, THEY CAN DETERMINE WHAT FIREARM MAY HAVE BEEN USED DURING A CRIME.
AND THAT COMPARISON MICROSCOPE ALLOWS US TO VIEW, UH, TWO ITEMS IN, IN A SIMULTANEOUS FIELD OF VIEW.
UH, SO IF YOU CAN IMAGINE LOOKING THROUGH A PAIR OF BINOCULARS, UH, YOU'LL HAVE WHAT'S IN THE, IN THE FIELD OF VIEW IN, IN FRONT OF YOU.
THE DIGITAL MEDIA FORENSICS UNIT, DUE TO THE USE OF SURVEILLANCE VIDEO IN BOTH THE PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SECTORS, HAS GROWN TO THREE SPECIALISTS.
IN ONE SUPERVISOR, THEIR PRIMARY FOCUS IS VIDEO EVIDENCE.
TYPICALLY, THAT INVOLVES US CONTACTING EITHER THE HOMEOWNER OR THE BUSINESS TO TRY AND GET VIDEO RELATED TO THAT OFFENSE THAT THEY'RE INVESTIGATING.
LAST YEAR, THE DIGITAL MEDIA FORENSIC UNIT HANDLED MORE THAN 4,600 REQUESTS FOR VIDEO.
A VIDEO CAN ABSOLUTELY MAKE OR BREAK A CASE.
IT'S SO BENEFICIAL TO HAVE ANYTHING, NO MATTER HOW BIG OR SMALL.
SOME OF IT MAY NEED SOME ENHANCEMENT TO CLEAN UP DETAILS, OR IT MAY JUST BE ONE SMALL PIECE OF THE PUZZLE THAT FITS INTO THE TIMELINE THAT EXPLAINS THE MUCH LARGER PICTURE.
THE FORENSIC SERVICES DIVISION IS NATIONALLY ACCREDITED AND NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED FOR ITS HIGH QUALITY STANDARDS AND PRACTICES IN FORENSIC SCIENCE.
WHILE EACH MEMBER OF THE DIVISION IS HIRED WITH SPECIALIZED DEGREES AND EXPERIENCE, THEY ALSO RECEIVE CONTINUOUS TRAINING, AND IN ADDITION TO THEIR DAILY DUTIES, THEY TESTIFY IN COURT.
THE FORENSIC SERVICES DIVISION IS ANOTHER REASON WHY PLANO IS THE CITY OF EXCELLENCE.