KDPS Forensic Crime Lab

The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety (KDPS) Forensic Crime Lab is an entity of the Criminal Investigations Division. There are a total of six personnel assigned: (4) Mobile Lab Technicians and (2) Lab Specialists.

Some of their duties include: the processing of crime scenes, crime scene/incident photography, vehicle processing, latent print examination and comparison, trace/DNA/blood evidence collection, photo management and storage, video and photo analysis, footwear/tire examination, accident investigation, and controlled substance testing.

They maintain expertise in many areas including: blood pattern interpretation, controlled substance identification, latent fingerprint examination, latent fingerprint comparison, accident reconstruction, forensic video analysis, and forensic mapping and crime scene analysis. This expertise has allowed them to be recognized as expert witnesses from the District to Federal Court level.

2005 CRIME LAB STATS

PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN      
Zone Officers                                   12,434
Relief Lab Officers                            2,287
Lab Technicians                               9,069      
TOTAL                  23,790

CASES IN WHICH PHOTOS TAKEN     2,304

PHOTOGRAPHS PRINTED     
Crime Scene                                   1,765
Accidents                                             184
Miscellaneous                                 1,518        
TOTAL                  3,467

CDs CREATED                                     383

DVD's CREATED                                  320

AMOUNT COLLECTED FROM OUTSIDE ENTITIES FOR PHOTOS/CD/DVD/VHS       $615

LATENT FINGERPRINTS LIFTED    
Zone Officers                                       226
Relief Lab Officers                              302
Lab Technicians                              1,323
TOTAL                     1,851

CASES, IN WHICH, FINGERPRINTS LIFTED             369

LATENT FINGERPRINT COMPARISIONS 
Cases Compared         139
Latent Lifts Examined       494

IDENTIFICATIONS MADE FROM LATENT LIFTS  
Latent fingerprints Identified             50
Latent Palm Identified                          8
Suspects Identified                             24

REQUEST FOR CRIME LAB SERVICES
DNA Swab                                                48
Weapon Services                                    23
AVID                                                         142
Video COPIES                                       108
Audio                                                            6
Miscellaneous Other Services              58

ITEMS SUBMITTED TO MSP                  547

DRUG CASES TESTED                       1,965

DRUG TESTS PERFORMED                2,271