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Author: Yujiemi Chisholm
FTCOE

Just Lessons Learned In Forensic Technology Transition

In episode four of the FTCOE’s Roadmap to Improving Technology Transition season, the presenters discuss the reality of introducing and implementing new forensic technology into the forensic laboratory, with lessons learned and advice from the presenters.

This episode contains content that is sensitive in nature and may be potentially triggering to some audiences. Viewer discretion is advised.

February 2024
Forensics TTA

FY2023 Grantee Orientation Webinar – Strengthening the Medical Examiner-Coroner System (ME/C) Program

This webinar features the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) providing an overview of the Strengthening the Medical Examiner-Coroner System (ME/C) Program to its FY2023 grantees. During the webinar, BJA introduces key personnel and provides relevant program updates, guidance on performance measures for the program, and information on grant requirements. ME/C grantees are also introduced to the Forensics TTA team and are provided details on how to support their project goals and objectives through training and technical assistance.
January 2024
FTCOE

We Did It! You Can Too! An Inside Perspective To Implementing Standards On The OSAC Registry

This webinar covers the process of standards implementation for laboratory systems that have not yet adopted or formally initiated a standards implementation program. Tools and resources for understanding the necessary standards of each laboratory discipline, as seen in the Organization of Scientific Area Committees for Forensic Science (OSAC) Registry, in addition to lessons learned from laboratories that have successfully completed this process are presented.
January 2024
Forensics TTA

FY2023 Grantee Orientation Webinar – Missing and Unidentified Human Remains (MUHR) Program

This webinar features the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) providing an overview of the Missing and Unidentified Human Remains (MUHR) Program to its FY2023 grantees. During the webinar, BJA highlights key personnel, updates to the program for FY2023, specifics on program performance measures, and relevant grant requirements. Additionally, grantees are introduced to the Forensics TTA team and are provided guidance for how to obtain training and technical assistance to support their grant award and objectives.
January 2024
FTCOE

Just Building Partnerships To Advance Forensic Technology

In episode two of the FTCOE’s Roadmap to Improving Technology Transition season, presenters explore the importance of building partnerships within the forensic community to effectively transition forensic technology into practice. This podcast episode includes strategies for how to best navigate various forensic entities during technology implementation.

This episode contains content that is sensitive in nature and may be potentially triggering to some audiences. Viewer discretion is advised.

January 2024
Forensics TTA

FY2023 Grantee Orientation Webinar – Prosecuting Cold Cases Using DNA (COLD) Program

This webinar features the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) and the Forensics TTA teams welcoming FY2023 grantees of the Prosecuting Cold Cases Using DNA (COLD) Program. BJA Policy and Program staff provide a brief overview of the grant program, provide examples of allowable activities that fall within guidelines of the grant, and address questions or concerns from attendees. During the webinar, presenters overview the Office of Justice Programs (OJP) and BJA, highlight details and specifics of the COLD program, provide updates relevant for FY2023 grantees, discuss the roles and functionality of the BJA Programs and Operations teams, and introduce the Forensics TTA team.
January 2024
National Institute of Justice

Improving Analysis of “Trace DNA” Evidence

Sometimes forensic labs can find ample DNA in the evidence collected at a crime scene. Other times, investigators are not as fortunate. Evidence samples with low amounts of DNA may not yield a profile that investigators can use to match or exclude potential suspects. Researchers have a potential solution: direct polymerase chain reaction (PCR). This DNA amplification method allows scientists to add a swab or sample directly to the PCR, which eliminates the loss of DNA that traditionally occurs during DNA extraction and quantification [Description provided by the NIJ website].
January 2024
FTCOE

Just Improving Forensic Technology Transition

This podcast episode introduces a roadmap report produced by the National Institute of Justice’s (NIJ’s) Forensic Laboratory Needs Technology Working Group (FLN-TWG), containing action items to help guide the transition and implementation of forensic research and technology innovation into the forensic practitioner community. Technology adoption can be a crucial way to increase forensic laboratory efficiency, and this podcast discusses approaches to overcoming challenges related to the development of new forensic technologies. This is the first episode of four within the FTCOE’s Roadmap to Improving Technology Transition season.

This episode contains content that is sensitive in nature and may be potentially triggering to some audiences. Viewer discretion is advised.

January 2024
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Florida Man Indicted in NY’s First Use of Investigative Genetic Genealogy to Solve Cold Case Rapes

Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, and New York City Police Commissioner Edward A. Caban announced that a Florida man has been charged in separate indictments for raping a woman in the Bronx and a woman in Manhattan two decades ago, after new DNA technology linked him to the brutal attacks. These are the first sexual assault cases in the state solved with Investigative Genetic Genealogy. A three-year, $500,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Assistance to the Bronx District Attorney’s Office to solve cold cases was used to fund Investigative Genetic Genealogy. This entails taking crime scene evidence and sending it to a private laboratory to develop a profile which is used to search for consumer DNA databases for genetic relatives who consented to assist law enforcement. Using the suspect’s DNA found at the scenes, a family tree was developed by NYPD’s Forensic Laboratory, and those results helped identify the defendant as Jancys Santiago, 48.
December 2023

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