Crime Lab Supervisor

Duties

Examples of Work

• Develops and approves new methods and techniques used in the examination of evidence.
• Prepares briefs of analyses of evidence; testifies as an expert witness in state and federal courts and gives depositions.
• Coordinates the photography of physical evidence at crime scenes and/or evidence received in the laboratory.
• Supervises the chemical analysis of unknown materials for identification.
• Oversees the collecting, receiving, analyzing and preserving of evidence at crime scenes and in the laboratory.
• Ensures that analysts process evidence for latent fingerprints correctly.
• Provides training for law enforcement agencies and universities.
• Coordinates the research and evaluation of new instrumentation as to its feasibility and application to forensic work.
• Evaluates methods used by the laboratory and recommends new or modified analytical procedures, software and/or equipment; halts production if necessary.
• Provides recommendations on changes to policies, procedures, and regulations for the work unit.
• Supervises deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) analyses on biological specimens and ensures that valid conclusions are drawn from scientific analysis.
• Reviews courtroom testimony in accordance with federal standards and laboratory accreditation requirements according to laboratory policy.

 Earn a Degree in Crime Scene Investigation, Forensic Science, or Computer Forensics

Requirements

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• A baccalaureate degree with twelve semester hours in biology or chemistry and an additional twelve semester hours in a biological science, chemistry, forensic science, molecular physics, physics, criminalistics or pharmacology plus four years of professional level crime laboratory experience.
• A combination of coursework is allowed.

SUBSTITUTIONS:

• Graduate training in qualifying fields will substitute for one year of the required experience on the basis of thirty semester hours for one year of experience; a combination of coursework is allowed.

NOTE:

• Applicants must meet the current educational requirements of the hiring agency’s accrediting body for the laboratory.
• Criminal justice is not considered a qualifying educational field.
• Any college hours or degree must be from an accredited college or university.

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