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MSP Crime Lab

MSP Crime Lab. Impact of New Technologies ”FOM” Stands For “Fantastically Organized Magic”, Right?. Carl M. Selavka, Ph.D., D-ABC Director. Massachusetts State Police Crime Laboratory Sudbury, Massachusetts. Disclaimers.

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MSP Crime Lab

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  1. MSP Crime Lab

  2. Impact of New Technologies”FOM” Stands For “Fantastically Organized Magic”, Right? Carl M. Selavka, Ph.D., D-ABC Director Massachusetts State Police Crime Laboratory Sudbury, Massachusetts

  3. Disclaimers The opinions expressed in this presentation are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the official positions of the:

  4. Disclaimed Agencies Commonwealth of Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety Department of State Police Crime Laboratory System

  5. Disclaimed Agencies NCST&L (Participants, Attendees, Even Sleeping Parties)

  6. Additional Disclaimers The author does not purport to provide accurate, reasonable, intelligent or timely advice. Past performance is not necessarily a guide to future performance.

  7. Presentation Summary • The Scientific Process • A Unique Forensic Overlay • Analytical Figures of Merit • If Only Our FOMs Could Be Applied to Pristine Samples

  8. Preparation Yields Success

  9. The Scientific Process

  10. Doing The Job In Deep Water

  11. The Scientific Process • New Tools & Advancing Technologies • Applying Technology in Unique Ways

  12. So Many Opportunities Competing For Attention

  13. Meetings / Presentations • Too Many, Too Big • Example: ACS – 700 Symposia, • Governance Meetings, Socials • Concurrent = Fragmented • Plenary = Too Broad • Smaller = Better BUT Fewer Folks Scientific Dissemination

  14. Publications • Too Many Journals & Articles • Example: Analytical Chemistry – Microfluidics (1 JUL – 31 AUG 05) • 4 Issues = (52 + 50 + 49 + 50 =) 201 Articles • Microfluidics = (5 + 4 + 4 + 11 =) 24 Articles • J. of Forensic Sciences = 1 Article Scientific Dissemination

  15. Meetings / Presentations • Publications • Scientific Funding • Federal RDT&E = ($344MM[NSF] + $230MM[DoD] + $207MM[DoE] =) $781MM for FFY05 • Forensic RDT&E = (~$100MM[NIJ] + ~$40MM[FBI] + ~$2MM[ATF] + ~$2MM[DEA] =) $~144MM for FFY05 • Real RDT&E is Far Less Scientific Dissemination

  16. 64 Current RDT&Es • Biological (32) • Chemical (19 [6 Joint Bio/Chem]) • Physical (18) Research Partnership Program

  17. 64 Current RDT&Es • “Open” or “Closed” RDT&E and Dissemination? • How Are They Proposed? • How Are They Selected?? • “Probative” Information Outcomes? Research Partnership Program

  18. 64 Current RDT&Es • “Open” or “Closed” RDT&E and Dissemination? • How Are They Proposed? • How Are They Selected?? • “Probative” Information Outcomes? • Where are Data Saved? • Availability for Review? Research Partnership Program

  19. The Scientific Process • New Tools & Advancing Technologies • Applying Technology in Unique Ways • Alpha- and Beta-Tests to Prove Concepts • Hypothesis Testing Made Real

  20. Hypotheses Tests Alpha & Beta

  21. Airborne Spectral Photometric Environmental Collection Technology • Alpha / Beta Applications • Ethanol & Methanol Test Plumes • 10-11 AUG 05 “EQ Recovery Resources” Fire Los Alamos’ ASPECT Dr. Vahid Majidi – 9.12.05

  22. Los Alamos’ ASPECT • How Would ASPECT Apply to Liability & Culpability at the “Beyond a Reasonable Doubt” Level? • “Preponderance of the Evidence”?

  23. The Scientific Process • New Tools & Advancing Technologies • Applying Technology in Unique Ways • Alpha- and Beta-Tests to Prove Concepts • Hypothesis Testing Made Real • Full- and Mini-Validation Requirements • Learning More & More About Less & Less

  24. Figures of Merit (FOMs)

  25. Sensitivity • How Much “Analyte” is Present? Analytical Figures of Merit

  26. But I’m a GC/MS! I Can Detect Picograms of Analytes of Interest!

  27. Sensitivity • How Much “Analyte” is Present? • Selectivity • Identification “Uniqueness” Analytical Figures of Merit

  28. Sensitivity • How Much “Analyte” is Present? • Selectivity • Identification “Uniqueness” • Response Range • “Limits of Linearity” Analytical Figures of Merit

  29. Interferences • How “Bad” are They? • How Many Analytes? • From Common Matrices? Analytical Figures of Merit

  30. Our Forensic Analytical Tools Are Bulletproof

  31. Forensic Applications are Perfect

  32. Unlike DNA, Digital Evidence (DE) is Ephemeral & Mutable

  33. DNA is All You Need! The Crime Lab CSI what’s wrong w/ this picture? DNA

  34. NYS-DCJS-OFS

  35. Outcome #1

  36. Outcome #2

  37. Legal System Justice System

  38. “DNA” = Probative? 1966 2002

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