Crime Scene Investigation (Forensic Science Laboratory)

Oakland County Sheriff's Office, Technical Services

The Forensic Science Laboratory provides professional forensic analysis of physical evidence on a 24 hour, seven-day a week basis. To assist in making this possible, the laboratory operates a mobile crime laboratory that will respond to any crime scene, civil disorder, drowning and collect and tag evidence, photograph or video tape crime scenes and remove the evidence to be analyzed.

Routine analysis performed by the Laboratory include:

• forensic crime scene photography
• fingerprints
• latent fingerprints
• Automated Fingerprint Identification System operations
• physical matches
• composites
• narcotic and dangerous drug determinations
• expert testimony on blood spattered interpretation