Introduction

ASCLD Webinar Series: FBI Allele Frequency – Managers & Legal Overview

ASCLD Webinar Series: FBI Allele Frequency – Managers & Legal Overview

Overview

Crime Laboratories have earned a position of public trust over time through providing reliable quality results. Keeping public trust includes being self-correcting once an issue is discovered. The Federal Bureau of Investigation allele frequency amendments is an opportunity to demonstrate the capability of forensic science labs to proactively address a challenge to quality. This presentation assisted Crime Lab Management to provide timely assessment, correction, notification, reporting and documentation enabling Crime Labs to continue to earn and keep public trust. This webinar provided a high level overview of the issue by the FBI including history on the errors, their detection, correction, and the dissemination of information. It will also the laboratory directors’ perspective and legal issues that laboratories may need to consider.

Presenters

  • Tina Delgado
  • Ray Wickenheiser

Funding for this Forensic Technology Center of Excellence webinar has been provided by the National Institute of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice.

The opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this webinar are those of the presenter(s) and do not necessarily reflect those of the U.S. Department of Justice.

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