The Indiana State Police reminds the public the 10th annual National Forensic Science Week runs Sept. 18 to 24 this year, and Governor Eric Holcomb has issued his own proclamation declaring the same time as “Forensic Science Week” in Indiana.
National Forensic Science Week brings recognition to the role that proper forensic science plays in the investigation of crimes throughout the nation, from exonerating the innocent to identifying the guilty.
Click here for more information about National Forensic Week.
For information about the Indiana State Police Laboratory Division and the services it provides, visit in.gov/isp/labs.
Below are some interesting stats from 2021:
- There were 24,048 new cases submitted for analysis at the four Indiana State Police laboratories
- Crime Scene Investigators responded to 1,388 different crime scenes throughout the state
- Polygraph Examiners conducted 444 polygraph tests
- The total number of Indiana offender samples being searched in the Combined DNA Index System (CODIS) was more than 373,000. In 2020, there were 708 cases in Indiana linked to a potential suspect by a CODIS DNA match.