RIVERSIDE – Those interested in the role that crime labs, and those who work in them, play in solving crimes, finding suspects, and identifying victims got a chance to hear from California Department of Justice (DOJ) Criminalist Melanie Velasco on Thursday, July 20, 2016. Velasco, a member of the California Statewide Law Enforcement Association (CSLEA) […]
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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 […]
DOJ Criminalists Assist Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office With Identifying Suspect
Suspect charged with providing porn to a minor, annoying or molesting children & stalking UKIAH – Kudos to Mendocino County Sheriff’s deputies and California Department of Justice (DOJ) criminalists whose efforts, together, led to the arrest of Jerry Mac Bivin, 46, of Ukiah. One can only suspect what Bivin’s intentions were, he was allegedly making […]
Inside California DOJ’s DNA Lab in Richmond
RICHMOND – If you ever want to meet a group of serious and successful crime fighters and crime solvers, walk into the California Department of Justice(DOJ), Bureau of Forensics Jan Bashinski DNA Laboratory in Richmond and introduce yourself to any one of the criminalists there. “These are public safety employees. They may not carry guns, they […]
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 […]
CSLEA Visits Criminalists at DOJ DNA Crime Lab in Richmond
RICHMOND – On March 18, 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 DNA Crime Lab in Richmond. “This is a perfect opportunity for our criminalists to visit with […]
CSLEA Visits DOJ and DCA in Fresno
FRESNO – On January 14, 2015, the California Statewide Law Enforcement Association (CSLEA) held a site visit and lunch for Criminalists at the California Department of Justice Bureau of Forensic Services Fresno Regional Laboratory. “Having our Member Services Representative Shelley Bishop, our Chief Counsel Kasey Clark and Association of Criminalists-DOJ President John Miller on hand […]
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 […]
Jury Calls For Death Penalty
A Sacramento jury handed down a death penalty verdict for convicted killer Richard Hirschfield last week. The jury foreman said it was the concrete DNA evidence that proved Hirschfield’s guilt in the murder of two UC Davis students 32 years ago. CSLEA member and Department of Justice (DOJ) criminalist Steven Myers testified in the trial […]
