Crime Lab - Lab Personnel

Lab Personnel

A typical crime lab has two sets of personnel:

• Field analysts - investigators that go to crime scenes, collect evidence, and process the scene. Job titles include:
  • Forensic evidence technician
  • Crime scene investigator**
  • Scenes of crime officer (SOCO)
• Laboratory analysts - scientists or other personnel who run tests on the evidence once it is brought to the lab (i.e., DNA tests, or bullet striations). Job titles include:
  • Forensic Technician (performs support functions such as making reagents)
  • Forensic Scientist/Criminalist (performs scientific analyses on evidence)
  • Fingerprint Analyst
  • Forensic Photographer
  • Forensic Document Examiner
  • Forensic Entomologist