The facility contains a Firearms Unit with a shooting range for ballistics analysis, a Crime Scene Unit for 24/7 evidence gathering, chemistry labs for drug analysis, and a DNA lab for hair, blood, and fiber analysis.

Jun 3, 2021 · The Philadelphia police operate one of only three such labs in the entire Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Over 220 people work at the lab to either link or exclude people from a crime.

Jun 5, 2024 · Philadelphia’s plan to outfit the Police Department with a new and improved crime lab is now in its third year and won’t be completed for at least 18 more months. The pace of progress has gun violence advocates publicly criticizing the city, and key players want new Mayor Cherelle L. Parker to move with more urgency than her predecessor.

Dec 15, 2022 · The District Attorney’s Office will receive $20 million, allowing it to expand digital surveillance and triple the size of its intelligence lab, which extracts defendants’ cell phone data and monitors the social media accounts of would-be shooters, among other things.

DNA Examiners have become more important than ever in the investigative process, helping to solve crimes and prevent recidivist criminals from bringing additional harm to the City of Philadelphia residents. These seven (7) trainees were hired and their training began in August.

Feb 9, 2022 · When you watch crime shows, labs are able to quickly analyze DNA evidence and police use it to make an arrest. But in real life, city police say the turnaround is nowhere near that fast. In some...

The new Forensic Science Center for the Philadelphia Police Department is both a state-of-the-art forensics laboratory facility and a demonstration project for green design. The rigorous program includes a firearms unit; a crime-scene unit for gathering evidence; chemistry laboratories for drug analysis; and criminalistics and DNA laboratories ...

The Forensics Science Center handles all crime-scene evidence for the City of Philadelphia, with the exception of evidence from homicides and includes a firearms unit; a crime-scene unit for gathering evidence; chemistry laboratories for drug analysis; and criminalistics and DNA laboratories for hair, fiber, and blood analysis.

Dec 3, 2024 · The City of Philadelphia is in negotiations to establish the police department’s new forensics lab at University Place 3.0, according to multiple sources.

The new Forensic Science Center for the Philadelphia Police Department is both a state-of-the-art forensics laboratory facility and a demonstration project for green design. The rigorous program includes a firearms unit; a crime-scene unit for gathering evidence; chemistry laboratories for drug analysis; and criminalistics and DNA laboratories ...