This Saturday, February 1, 2014 at 10 a.m. PST join Jan Burke and DP Lyle as they welcome Dean Gialamas, Director of the Los Angles County Sheriff’s Department’s Crime Lab, to the show to discuss this unique lab, what it’s like be be a crime lab director, the new federal forensic science commission, and more!
Dean Gialamas is the former director of the Orange County Crime Lab, the current director of the LASD crime lab, and was recently appointed to the first-ever National Commission on Forensic Science. He is a past president of the American Society of Crime Lab Directors, and the president-elect of the California Association of Crime Lab Directors.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department of Scientific Services is an ASCLD/LAB-International/ISO 17025 accredited laboratory that operates from 10 facilities and employs over 300 personnel. It serves a population of six million residents and over 100 local, state, and federal agencies.
LINKS:
How Stuff Works: How Forensic Lab Techniques Work
Experts Named to National Commission on Forensic Science
Announcement of Formation of the National Commission on Forensic Science
LASD Scientific Services Bureau
LAPD Scientific Investigation Division
American Academy of Forensic Sciences
American Society of Crime Lab Directors
American Society of Crime Lab Directors – Laboratory Accreditation Board
International Association for Identification
California Association of Crime Lab Directors
Hertzberg-Davis Forensic Science Center
California Association of Criminalists
Dean Gialamas at NIJ 2010 on Backlogs as a False Metric
Forensic Science Education Programs Accreditation Commission
The Crime Fiction Writer's Blog 
Terri
February 21, 2014 at 3:27 pm
Fantastic Listening! Have toured the Lab several times and always amazed of coming together of agencies working as a collective unit. This interview gives insight to what the lab offers and his duties as a lab director.
Going to use the recording as teaching tool for my students!
Thanks for the post! Enjoyed it!
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forensictrainingunlimited
February 21, 2014 at 3:28 pm
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Start Listening! Enough Said!
Great interview. Gives insight into the operations of the lab!
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