What is a forensics science technician?

A forensic technician can be a sworn law enforcement officer or a civilian. The technician can work for a local, state or federal agency. Think about a scene in which a crime has occurred. For example, a liquor store is burglarized and you and your agency arrives on the scene and find a door pried open, a cash register opened and emptied. Your job, as a forensic person is to examine the pry marks for distinguishing characteristics such as gouges, scrapes or, if you are lucky, blood. The cash register may have fingerprints on and around it. Footprints may be clues to types of shoes that were worn by the intruders. A video camera may have captured the person or persons as they committed the crime. And so it goes at the crime seen. When or if detectives find a suspect or suspects, they may also find items like a pry bar, screwdriver, pliers that can be analyzed in a lab and matched to indentations, gouges or scrapes at the crime scene. All these techniques of examination can and often are deployed by forensic technicians. The techniques can be simple, as in dusting for prints, or where a torn garment is found and suspected of belonging to the perpetrator, microscopic and or DNA enhancing solutions can be utilized. The "office" for the forensic technician is a lab or workshop containing a variety of techniques to uncover otherwise confusing evidence or facts. The forensic technician engages in the collection and analysis of data. He or she may also be called upon to testify in court. It is an amazingly interesting and fulfilling job.

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A forensic science technician is a problem solver. However, a forensic science technician job description doesn't include the fast-paced action seen on television dramas. The forensic science technician collects and examines physical evidence.

A forensic science technician collects physical evidence such as hair, body fluids, fiber or tissue left at a crime science. The technician employs proper collection techniques such as placing the evidence in a bag and labeling it. Also, the forensic science technician uses proper storing methods so the evidence isn't destroyed or ruined. A forensic science technician performs tests on the evidence to find out if there is any information such as DNA that police can use in their investigation. The technician analyzes the findings and writes a report.

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When considering becoming a forensic crime scene technician, or crime scene investigator (CSI), it is very important to know yourself. Are you a patient person, who is very detail orientated? Are you willing to work long hours on one task, often with no qualifiable results? These are just a few of the personality traits you need for the position. As one of the earlier posts stated, it is not like the movies. The criminal is never caught by the end of the episode, and it is a huge waiting game. You will constantly have to go to evidence collection schools, as well as other related fields. For example, just on analyzing blood splatter stains, there are almost a dozen classes you have to take to be an expert on that- with tests!

Although it is not as flashy as some of the other law enforcement paths- it is very rewarding, and when the evidence comes in- it is exciting getting that fingerprint match, DNA hit, etc. In court, people truly are fascinated listening to the CSI officer, and they often become the star of the case, particularly if it relies heavily on evidence.

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