The Office of Forensic Science provides scientific and technical services for the Philadelphia Police Department to help investigations identify perpetrators of crime, exonerate the innocent and establish connections between crimes.

Jun 3, 2021 · PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- On a daily basis, we see the Philadelphia Police Crime Scene Unit collecting evidence at crime scenes. But we rarely see what happens with that evidence -- until now.

The facility contains a Firearms Unit with a shooting range for ballistics analysis, a Crime Scene Unit for 24/7 evidence gathering, chemistry labs for drug analysis, and a DNA lab for hair, blood, and fiber analysis.

Jun 5, 2024 · Philadelphia’s plan to outfit the Police Department with a new and improved crime lab is now in its third year and won’t be completed for at least 18 more months. The pace of progress has gun violence advocates publicly criticizing the city, and key players want new Mayor Cherelle L. Parker to move with more urgency than her predecessor.

Dec 15, 2022 · The District Attorney’s Office will receive $20 million, allowing it to expand digital surveillance and triple the size of its intelligence lab, which extracts defendants’ cell phone data and monitors the social media accounts of would-be shooters, among other things.

Upon request, the PHRCFL will provide digital forensics services and training to any law enforcement agency with jurisdiction in the Philadelphia region and the counties in the eastern half of Pennsylvania. Benefits of participation in an RCFL are numerous – …

DNA Examiners have become more important than ever in the investigative process, helping to solve crimes and prevent recidivist criminals from bringing additional harm to the City of Philadelphia residents. These seven (7) trainees were hired and their training began in August.

Feb 9, 2022 · When you watch crime shows, labs are able to quickly analyze DNA evidence and police use it to make an arrest. But in real life, city police say the turnaround is nowhere near …

The Forensics Science Center handles all crime-scene evidence for the City of Philadelphia, with the exception of evidence from homicides and includes a firearms unit; a crime-scene unit for gathering evidence; chemistry laboratories for drug analysis; and criminalistics and DNA laboratories for hair, fiber, and blood analysis.

The new Forensic Science Center for the Philadelphia Police Department is both a state-of-the-art forensics laboratory facility and a demonstration project for green design.