Crime lab - wikipedia Crime lab The examples and perspective in this article deal primarily with the United States and do not represent a worldwide view of the subject. You may improve this article, discuss the issue on the talk page, or create a new article, as appropriate. ( December 2010 ) A crime laboratory - often shortened to crime lab - is a scientific laboratory, using primarily forensic science for the purpose of examining evidence from criminal cases. Contents 1 Lab personnel 2 Crime labs 2.1 United States 3 Crime labs in popular culture 4 See also 5 External links Lab personnel Police officer of the United States Park Police Identification Unit analysing evidence A typical crime lab has two sets of personnel : Field analysts - investigators that go to crime scenes, collect evidence, and process the scene. Job titles include : Forensic evidence technician Crime scene investigator Scenes of crime officer ( SOCO ) Laboratory analysts - scientists or other personnel who run tests on the evidence once it is brought to the lab ( i.e., DNA tests, or bullet striations ). Job titles include : Forensic Technician ( performs support functions such as making reagents ) Forensic Scientist / Criminalist ( performs scientific analyses on evidence ) Fingerprint Analyst Forensic Photographer Forensic Document Examiner Forensic Entomologist Crime labs United states In the United States, crime labs may be publicly or privately operated, although private laboratories typically do not respond to crime scenes to collect evidence. Public crime labs are organized at the city, county, state, or national level. A law enforcement agency that does not operate its own crime lab usually has free access to a higher level laboratory for analysis of their evidence. Most states have their own crime labs, for instance Oklahoma has the OSBI, many other places have smaller yet still sufficient crime labs. The Los Angeles Police Department founded the first crime laboratory in the United States ( 1923 ), followed by the Bureau of Investigation ( 1926 ), forerunner to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. ( Every Contact Leaves a Trace, Connie Fletcher, St. Martin 's Press, New York, 2006, interview with crime lab director ) Crime labs in popular culture The term `` crime lab '' has become a part of popular culture, largely due to the TV dramas. Some of the more famous shows are : Bones ( TV series ) `` Castle ( TV series ) '' CSI : Crime Scene Investigation and spin - offs CSI : Miami and CSI : NY NCIS Quincy, M.E. - a 1970s television show featuring crime lab personnel and procedures. Several non-fiction television programs, document the resolution of criminal cases based on the scientific analysis of the evidence : Forensic Files See also Combined DNA Index System External links FBI Crime Lab Arkansas State Crime Lab Census of Publicly Funded Forensic Crime Laboratories Bureau of Justice Statistics Forensic Science Laboratories : Handbook for Facility Planning, Design, Construction, and Relocation National Institute of Standards and Technology US Postal Inspection Service Forensic Lab Reddy 's Forensic Page - link to US and international forensic laboratories Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Crime_lab&oldid=803991991 '' Categories : Forensic facilities Hidden categories : Articles with limited geographic scope from December 2010 USA - centric Talk Contents About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 5 October 2017, at 23 : 56. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia ® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. About Wikipedia

Question: where was the first police laboratory established in the us
Answer: Los Angeles Police Department