Governor Holcomb Issues Proclamation for Forensic Science Week, September 18-24, 2022

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.

Pictured inset, Indiana State Police Superintendent Doug Carter (left) presented the Proclamation to Captain Sid Newton (right), Acting Laboratory Division Commander

For more information about National Forensic Week, visit:
http://www.forensicscienceweek.org/

For information about the Indiana State Police Laboratory Division and the services they provide, visit: http://www.in.gov/isp/labs/

Below are some interesting stats from the past year (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

There are four Indiana State Police laboratory facilities statewide and for additional information, please contact the Public Information Officer (PIO) listed adjacent to the named laboratory location:

• Lowell Laboratory PIO contact is Sgt. Glen Fifield at gfifield@isp.in.gov
• Fort Wayne Laboratory PIO contact is Sgt. Brian Walker at bwalker@isp.in.gov
• Evansville Laboratory PIO contact is Sgt. Todd Ringle at tringle@isp.in.gov
• Indianapolis Laboratory PIO contact is Sgt. John Perrine at jperrine@isp.in.gov or Captain Ron Galaviz at rgalaviz@isp.in.gov