Crime Scene and Quartermaster

In 2010, the Crime Scene Unit processed evidence for 1,937 cases.  The unit also responded to 57 crime scene calls at the request of patrol, CID and the PSO unit where additional expertise was needed to properly document and investigate the scene.   These requests included criminal mischief, burglary, robbery, forgery, assault, and sexual assault calls.  The unit is also responsible for entering latent fingerprints into AFIS (Automated Fingerprint Identification System).  In 2010, there were  20,880 photos uploaded into the computer system.  In addition, there were 258 latent fingerprints found.