Officers and Investigators
DNA technology is enabling cases to be solved previously thought unsolvable. Investigators with a fundamental knowledge of how to identify, preserve, and collect DNA evidence properly can solve cases in ways previously seen only on television. Evidence invisible to the naked eye can be the key to solving a residential burglary or child's murder. It also can link different crime scenes to each other in a small town, within a single State, or across the Nation.
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Online Training
- First Responding Officers—What Every Law Enforcement Officer Should Know About DNA Evidence
- Focuses on issues that arise for the first-responding law enforcement officer during the identification, preservation, and collection of DNA evidence at a crime scene. Take the course.
- Investigators and Evidence Technicians—What Every Law Enforcement Officer Should Know About DNA Evidence
- Delivers indepth information for the investigating officer or evidence technician on the identification, preservation, and collection of DNA evidence at a crime scene. Take the course.
See also training from the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS).
