The LOS angeles police department (LAPD), through the BJA 2023 paul coverdell forensic science improvement grant program, is proposing to implement the LAPD 2023 technical investigation improvement…

The City of Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) was awarded a $138,270 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance through the Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant Program (CFDA 16.742). The goal of the proposed three-year project is to establish improvements that will increase the quality and timeliness of latent forensic services provided by LAPD's Technical Investigations Division. Specifically, the grant will fund upgrades to the Division's instrumentation for latent print detection, capture, and enhancement, which will expand the scope and variety of latent print evidence that can be processed. This grant award will directly benefit investigators, prosecutors, and community members affected by LAPD's investigation processes in the City of Los Angeles.

The LOS angeles police department (LAPD), through the BJA 2023 paul coverdell forensic science improvement grant program, is proposing to implement the LAPD 2023 technical investigation improvement project. The goal of the proposed project is to establish improvements to increase the quality and timeliness oflatent forensic services in the LAPD for the benefit of investigators, prosecutors and community members affected by the investigation process. The lapds technical investigation division (TID) operates a laboratory that provides forensic support to investigative personnel in the disciplines of electronics, latent print, photography, and polygraph. Tids current instrumentation for latent print detection, capture, and enhancement of latent print is not up-to-date and is limiting the quality of latent print forensics for the city of LOS angeles. The proposed program plans to conduct activities to support the following objective: increased scope and variety of latent print evidence that can be processed.