2020 Police Department Annual Report

STREET EVIDENCE TECHNICIANS

The department has eight highly trained patrol officers that respond to initial crime scenes to collect evidence for all types of crimes. These officers can collect latent fingerprints, trace evidence, ballistic and forensic evidence to help solve crimes and to preserve evidence. Additionally, these officers have cameras and assigned equipment so they can process any scene they’re dispatched to and submit their collected evidence to the Illinois State Police Crime Labs.

EVIDENCE PROCESSING

CASE DETECTIVES

The department has eight highly trained and experienced detectives that oversee and collect evidence for all major crime scenes. These detectives, along with our department’s street evidence technicians have several advanced options available to them for processing any crime scene: Submission of collected latent fingerprints to a private lab that can positively identify a suspect typically within 2 to 24 hours; Access to a Reflected Ultraviolet Imaging System (Krimesite Imager) which captures fingerprints from any surface; Access to a CyanoSafe (Superglue) Fuming Chamber that can develop latent fingerprints from most objects. Additionally, access to special particle reagents, alternate light sources, casting materials, specialized powders and DNA collection kits to process any crime scene.

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