Forensics

The purpose of the Forensic Investigation Unit is to provide the Sheriff's Department with a comprehensive forensic investigative capability at any crime scene. The Forensic Investigation Unit has a wide range of equipment for crime scene processing along with a trained staff knowledgeable of its operation.  

The Forensic Unit is one of five ANAB accredited forensic units/labs in the State of Washington and now is accredited in three disciplines: Friction Ridge (Fingerprints), Crime Scenes, and Digital Evidence.  Even more, it is the only lab in the State of Washington to obtain accreditation in Digital Evidence.

• Fingerprinting

• Lab

• Crime Scene

• Latent

• Digital

• National Integrated Ballistic Information Network