IACP Responds to National Academy of Sciences Report on Forensics

摘要

Recently the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) released a report on forensics titled Strengthening Forensic Science in the United States: A Path Forward. Consisting of more than a dozen recommendations, the report details a comprehensive plan to overhaul the delivery and the use of forensic science in the United States. Significantly, a key recommendation of the NAS report is the removal of crime laboratories and other forensics services from law enforcement agencies. In response to the NAS report, the IACP Executive Committee, working in collaboration with the IACP Forensics Committee, outlined the association's concerns with the report's recommendations and highlighted the impact the recommendations could have on state, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies.