FSC239Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Forensic Toxicology, Sexual Assault, Fire Investigation
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January 3, 2017:the centre of forensic sciences (cfs) centre receiving office. The crime lab: within the ministry of community safety and correctional services. Independent of the police and the attorney general: sister lab northern regional lab (nrl) in sault ste. Covers 90% of the regional territory, only 10% of the case work is done there. Lab statistics 2014: toronto does 90% of the cases, sault ste. Case load statistics 2014: cfs caseload: majority of it is in the toxicology section 47, biology section 38% workload, chemistry, firearms, toolmarks 7, documents 1% Cfs organization: 240 staff includes the nrl, 11,687 cases, 39,070 items submitted for examination, 1500+ court appearances by scientists (toxicology section doing a lot of drug impairment cases) Adhere to the locard"s pri(cid:374)ciple: always looking for the trace of contact when two objects come into contact, preserving evidence, separate them based on source.
