The FBI Laboratory at Quantico
November 24, 1932: The FBI Scientific Crime Detection Laboratory a/k/a the FBI Crime Lab, officially opens as a technical laboratory. Located at the Marine Corps Base Quantico in Quantico Virginia, and staffed by over 500 scientific experts and special agents, the lab provides forensic analysis support services to the FBI, as well as to state and local law enforcement agencies.
Expansion at the Laboratory created the Forensic Science Research and Training Center (FSRTC) where standardized forensic practices for law enforcement agencies are developed.
The FBI credits the laboratory for “using cutting-edge science to solve cases and prevent acts of crime and terror.” The facility provides: forensic exams, technical support, expert witness testimony, and training to Bureau personnel and law enforcement agencies around the world.
The Laboratory accepts and conducts evidence examinations for law enforcement agencies for a wide range of queries like, Carbon dating, the DNA database and WMD examinations.
The full list of forensic examinations include:
- Advanced Photography
- Age of Document Examination
- Altered or Obliterated Writing Examinations
- Anonymous Letter File
- Anthropological Examinations
- Arson Examination
- Bank Robbery Note File
- Bank Security Dye Examinations
- Biological Material Examination
- Building Materials Examinations
- Bullet Examinations
- Bullet Jacket Alloy Examinations
- Burned or Charred Paper Examinations
- Carbon-14 Examinations
- Carbon Paper or Carbon-Film Ribbon Examinations
- Cartridge Case and Shotshell Casing (Fired) Examinations
- Cartridge/Shotshell and Ammunition
- Component (Unfired) Examinations
- Checkwriters Examinations
- Controlled Substance Examinations
- Crime Scene Surveys, Documentation and Reconstruction
- Cryptanalysis Examinations
- Demonstrative Evidence
- DNA Casework Examinations
- Drug Records Examinations
- Adhesive, Caulk, and Sealant Embossing and Seals Examinations
- Evidence Response Team
- Explosives Examinations
- Explosives Residue Examinations
- Fabric Examinations
- FBI Disaster Squad
- Feather Examinations
- Federal DNA Database (formerly Federal Convicted Offender) Examinations
- Fiber Examinations
- Firearms Examinations
- Firearms Image Examination
- Forensic Facial Imaging
- Gambling Device Examinations
- Gambling Records Examinations
- GIS Mapping and Aerial Photography
- Glass Examinations
- Graphic Arts (Commercial and Office Printing) Examinations
- Hair Examinations
- Handwriting and Hand Printing Examinations
- Human Smuggling Records Examinations
- Ink Examinations
- Laboratory Shooting Reconstruction Team
- Latent Print (Friction Ridge) Examinations
- Loan Records Examinations
- Lubricant Examinations
- Handbook of Forensic Services 2013 Metallurgy Examinations
- Muzzle-to-Target Distance Determination
- National DNA Index System/Combined DNA Index System
- National Integrated Ballistic Information Network (NIBIN)
- National Missing Person DNA Database (NMPDD) Program
- Packaging Examinations
- Paint Examinations
- Paper Examinations
- Pepper Spray and Pepper Foam Examinations
- Pharmaceutical Examinations
- Photocopy or Facsimile Examinations
- Plastic Bag Examinations
- Polymer Examinations
- Product Tampering Examinations
- Prostitution Records Examinations
- Radioactive Materials Examinations
- Rope or Cordage Examinations
- Rubber Stamp Examinations
- Safe Insulation Examinations
- Serial Number (Altered) Examinations
- Shoe Print and Tire Tread Examinations
- Soil Examinations
- Special Event and Situational Awareness Support
- Symbol Examinations
- Tape Examinations
- Toolmark Examinations
- Toxicology Examinations
- Typewriting Examinations
- Unknowns (General Chemical) Examinations
- Weapons of Mass Destruction/CBRN Evidence Examinations