SACRAMENTO – On April 17, 2017, Attorney General Xavier Becerra went to bat for better pay for California Department of Justice (DOJ) criminalists and special agents by personally appearing and testifying at a legislative budget committee hearing. “It is wonderful to see our new AG already in tune with the needs of our members and […]
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DOJ Criminalists Assist Tehama County Sheriff’s Office with Robbery-Homicide Investigation
TEHAMA COUNTY – On January 30, 2017, criminalists with the California Department of Justice were called upon to help Tehama County Sheriff’s investigators with a double homicide involving a possible robbery and two crime scenes. According to a Tehama County Sheriff’s press release, it appears two to three men, armed with at least one weapon, […]
Association of Criminalists-DOJ Holds 2016 First Quarter Board Meeting
RIPON – On April 15, 2016, seven Association of Criminalists-Department of Justice (AC-DOJ) board members met in Ripon for their first quarterly meeting in 2016. “Due to the distances involved and everybody’s busy schedules, we don’t often get to meet physically as a board,” said AC-DOJ President John Miller. “It was great to see everybody […]
CSLEA Visits Criminalists at Santa Barbara Regional Lab
SANTA BARBARA – On May 20, 2015, the California Statewide Law Enforcement Association (CSLEA) and its affiliate, Association of Criminalists for The Department of Justice (AC-DOJ), held a site visit and lunch for criminalists at the California Department of Justice Bureau of Forensic Services Santa Barbara Regional Lab. “Sending a CSLEA team of representatives out […]
California DOJ Job Bulletin For Criminalists
The California Department of Justice – Division of Law Enforcement has two (2) Criminalist positions open at the Bureau of Forensic Services Riverside Laboratory Applications must be submitted by January 5, 2015 FOR MORE INFORMATION
A CSLEA Presentation Featuring The Criminalists At The DOJ Crime Lab In Ripon
At the California Statewide Law Enforcement Association (CSLEA), we know the professionals we represent have some pretty amazing jobs and at the Department of Justice, Bureau of Forensics Crime Labs, those professionals play a vital role in criminal justice. “Without the very important, very sophisticated, very scientific work that our criminalists do, many criminal cases […]
Department of Justice Rapid DNA Service Team Receives National Award
Congratulations to our California Statewide Law Enforcement Association (CSLEA) members on the Department of Justice (DOJ) Rapid DNA Service Team (RADS) in Richmond who received a national award for their work to improve the DNA analysis of rape kits by law enforcement agencies. On April 9, 2014, RADS received a United States Department of Justice […]
DOJ Criminalists Assist In Torture-Kidnap Investigation
When Lompoc police suspected there was evidence of a violent crime that was committed back in January inside a garage, they called on California Department of Justice (DOJ) criminalists to process the scene. Even though the crime was committed more than six months ago, DOJ criminalists uncovered the evidence police were looking for. Their work […]
DOJ Criminalists Solve Oakland Museum Artifact Theft
It is an intriguing story of “who done it?” and our California Statewide Law Enforcement Association (CSLEA) members who are criminalists in the Department of Justice (DOJ) get overwhelming kudos for solving an Oakland Museum mystery. “Our criminalists in the lab are like officers with handcuffs out in the field,” said CSLEA President Alan Barcelona. […]
Quick DNA Evidence Work Leads To Suspected Rapist’s Arrest
Move over crime t-v! Hollywood’s got nothing on our California Statewide Law Enforcement Association (CSLEA) members who are criminalists with the California Department of Justice (DOJ). Our criminalists in the DNA program at the Central Valley Crime Lab and the Richmond DNA Lab played a lightning speed role in the arrest of a suspected rapist […]
