Nassau crime lab faces credibility problem
Photo credit: Newsday / David L. Pokress | Nassau County Police crime scene investigators collect evidence and examine fingerprints on a first floor window where a home invader jumped to escape. (Sept. 24, 2006)
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Four years ago, the Nassau County Police Department's crime lab was put on notice that its work failed repeatedly to meet essential national standards. An accrediting board put the lab on probation and suspended some critical functions - the first move of its kind against any of the state's 22 forensic labs.
Now, the Nassau crime lab is again under fire and again on probation for a new catalog...
