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First uses of photos in identification
Photo identification cards appear to have been first used at the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. -
first fingerprints
CSI started to us fingerprints -
Investigations into blood markers
Discovered by Karl Landsteiner and adapted for use on bloodstains by Dieter Max Richter. -
Crime labs built
First police crime lab established in Los Angeles. -
Faster DNA IDs
Technology speeds up DNA profiling time, from 6-8 weeks to between 1-2 days. -
Footwear Detection
The Forensic Science Service launched the UK’s first online footwear coding and detection management system.