Criminalistics Laboratory

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The mission of the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office Criminalistics Laboratory is to aid in criminal investigations through timely, unbiased, high quality forensic services performed by highly trained experts using state-of the art instrumentation and scientific techniques.

Crime Lab

Johnson County Sheriff’s Office
Criminalistics Laboratory
11890 S Sunset Drive
Olathe, Kansas 66061
Phone: (913) 826-3209 Fax: (913) 826-3286 
[email protected]

The laboratory is accredited and has been continuously accredited since 1999. The laboratory currently provides the following accredited examinations:

  • Biology
    • Body Fluid Identification
    • DNA - Nuclear
    • Individual Characteristic Database (NDIS)
  • Bloodstain Pattern Analysis
    • Pattern Classification
    • Area of Convergence/Origin Determination
    • Reconstruction
  • Crime Scene Investigation
    • General Crime Scene Investigation
    • Crime Scene Reconstruction
    • Trajectory Determination
  • Digital and Multimedia Evidence
    • Video Analysis
    • Computer Forensics
  • Firearms/Toolmarks
    • Distance Determination
    • Firearms
    • Individual Characteristic Database (NIBIN)
    • Toolmarks
    • Serial Number Restoration
  • Fire Debris
  • Impression Evidence (Footwear/Tire Track)
  • Latent Prints
    • Latent Print Processing
    • Latent Print Comparisons
    • Individual Characteristic Database (NGI)     
  • Seized Drugs
  • Trace Evidence
    • Fibers and Textiles
    • Fractured Item
    • General Unknown
    • Glass
    • Hair (classification only)
    • Paint
    • Tape
  • Toxicology (Ante-Mortem Testing)
    • Blood Alcohol (Quantitative)
    • Urine Drug (Qualitative) 

 

 

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Criminalistics Laboratory Contacts

Director Capps in Uniform Ross Capps
Laboratory Director
[email protected]
Assistant Lab Director David Wright David Wright
Assistant Lab Director
[email protected]