Debbie Smith Act Grant Program Helps to Reduce DNA Backlog
On December 30, 2019, President Trump signed the Debbie Smith Act to help eliminate rape kit backlog. If your forensic lab or research facility works with DNA, consider this potential funding source to assist with DNA backlog reduction. The Debbie Smith DNA Backlog Grant Program provides funding to support public crime laboratories’ work to build capacity and process DNA […]
FY2017 Forensic Science Grant Funding Opportunities
As we welcome in 2017, the field of forensic science turns towards the opening of FY2017 forensic science grant funding opportunities. The National Institute of Justice hosted a WebEx last week covering four grant funding opportunities available to publicly funded forensic laboratories: Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly […]
Putting Leeds Forensic Products to the Test
As a manufacturer of comparison microscopes and imaging systems for forensic and education laboratories in the United States and around the world, Leeds products often follow a similar path from start to finish: Design – Manufacture – Install In most situations, our products are purchased by forensic labs, residing in contained office buildings or controlled […]
New LSV2 Tutorials: Imaging/Screening in Fluorescence
Screening in Fluorescence with the LSV2 Our next series of LSV2 video tutorials expands upon the fluorescence screening technique with the LSV2 Leeds Spectral Vision System. Jake dives into the mechanisms of fluorescence, how to detect fluorescence, and then puts the LSV2 to work, screening a piece of sample evidence using the fluorescence mechanisms to […]
Working with the LSV2 – Helpful Video Tutorials
As interest in the Leeds Spectral Vision System (LSV2) continues to grow, we are excited to introduce a library of user friendly video tutorials showing how to screen, view, and document evidence in the forensic lab. Visit Leeds’ YouTube LSV2 Tutorials playlist and make sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel as we will continue to […]
5 Unique Features of the LSV2, Your Next Generation Alternate Light Source Screening Tool
The Leeds Spectral Vision second generation LSV2 model offers an imaging tool that has rapidly been adopted by forensic laboratories to help reduce evidence screening bottlenecks and provide easy evidence documentation. Incorporating several unique capabilities, the LSV2 is an intuitive and versatile investigative tool for the forensic lab. Unique Features of the LSV2: Highly sensitive, […]
Leeds Vision 4.0 Software Release
Leeds Spectral Vision System (LSV/LSV2) Users, Thank you for your continued use and support of the Leeds Spectral Vision system (LSV/LSV2). We are pleased to present the next version of Leeds Vision software, Leeds Vision 4.0, free to all of our existing LSV/LSV2 users. New LSV2 systems currently on order will automatically include Leeds Vision […]
Debbie Smith Reauthorization Act of 2014 to Reduce DNA Backlog
On Monday, September 29, 2014, the president signed into law the Debbie Smith Reauthorization Act of 2014, authorizing appropriations to the Department of Justice for each of Fiscal Years 2015-2019 in the amount of $151 million for the Debbie Smith DNA Backlog Grant Program; $12.5 million for DNA training and education programs; and $30 million […]
Introducing the LSV2 – A Dynamic Forensic Evidence Screening Tool
Since 1999, Leeds Forensic Systems, Inc. has been designing, manufacturing and distributing forensic laboratory equipment including comparison microscopes and imaging tools to enhance the screening capabilities in forensic labs throughout the United States and around the world. Leeds has been established in the forensic industry as a leader of high-quality, high-performance, superior products supported by […]