If an investigator requires an examination of evidence, the investigator assigned to the case will:
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Complete a lab request in the Evidence Manager for the items that need processing. This request must identify the specific items needing to be examined and the type of examination that is being requested for each item.
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Investigators/police personnel should not bring the evidence needing to be examined to the FSU, this will be handled by the FSU personnel.
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Additional information such as time sensitive deadlines or subjects for comparison should be emailed to the FSU shared mailbox SPPD-ForensicServiceUnit@ci.stpaul.mn.us
A report from the forensic services unit will be made available to the investigator/police personnel who submitted the request for analysis. A copy of this report will be retained in the records unit as well as in the case file within the FSU.
Revised September 7, 2017