Laboratory Services
Using cutting-edge science to solve cases and prevent acts of crime and terror. That’s what the FBI Laboratory has been about since 1932, when our first crime lab was born. Today, it’s a full-service operation, with some 500 scientific experts and special agents working in a state-of-the-art facility in rural Virginia, traveling the world over on assignment and providing forensic exams, technical support, expert witness testimony, and advanced training to Bureau personnel and partners around the globe. Whether it’s peering into the nucleus of a cell to determine guilt or innocence…analyzing the spatter of blood at a crime scene…or linking exploded bomb fragments to terrorists, the men and women of the FBI Laboratory are dedicated to using the rigors of science to protect and defend |
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Forensic Analysis Operational Response More About Us Evidence Control |
Scientific Analysis Forensic Science Terrorist Explosive Device Analytical Center (TEDAC) |
Building Scientific Skills | |
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Inside the ‘Body Farm’
Follow our evidence experts as they get hands-on training on the science of human decomposition. Details |
Operational Capabilities | |
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Technology on Display
See some of the sophisticated equipment we use in our cases and operations—from small robots to large mobile vehicles. Details |