TITLE
Title
APPROVE THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE TO APPLY FOR THE PAUL COVERDELL FORENSIC SCIENCE IMPROVEMENT GRANT
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SPONSOR
Sponsor
Sheriff Danny H. Rogers (Capt. Wes Mecham)
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BACKGROUND
Background
The Guilford County Sheriff's Office (GCSO) has a seven (7) person Crime Scene Investigation Unit (CSIU). The members of this unit respond to crime scenes to process them for evidence, collect the evidence, process the evidence and store the evidence at the Special Operations Division (SOD) building at 508 Industrial Ave. Greensboro. The GCSO CSIU is in need of additional and more precise equipment to more professionally carry out their mission of collecting and processing evidence for criminal cases. Specifically, the department is seeking purchase of The DCS®5 system would improve the quality of GCSO CSIU and LPU work by increasing the ability to visualize, photograph, examine, and compare friction ridge detail on items processed for latent print evidence. The Foster+Freeman system, in addition to new tablets and dual monitors, would improve the timeliness of our forensic services by making our entire process more efficient: quicker processing time, quicker examinations and comparisons, quicker note taking, and quicker supplements. Attending additional training and workshops provided by the IAI conferences would also improve our quality of work by maintaining proficiencies.
In an effort to do so, CSIU wants to apply for the Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant. The Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program (the Coverdell Program) awards grants to states and units of local government to help improve forensic science and medical examiner/coroner services, including services provided by laboratories operated by states and units of local government. Funding under the Coverdell Program allows that applicants may request funding to address emerging forensic science issues and technology through implementation of new technologies a...
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