mikehunt

running finger prints. the scanner scans them and they get a hit within 2 seconds
same with a DNA test they run, granted on the DNA they were running a female sample in a database of mostly males, so I suppose they could set the search to only check the female samples in the database and speed things up, but that's still way too fast
no wonder cops and DAs hate these shows

oh yeah, somehow the stitching on a guy's jeans left an imprint on a bumper

Goldberg74

Botti Bliss

... and we finally find out that H's brother...

MrX

Valera

Too bad Delco still has a job.

Patman

Delco's a dumbass, I wouldn't care if he got the boot.

Now, Valera, can't believe they wrote her out like that. That sucked!

mikehunt

she was hot

Phil L.

They can't possibly get rid of my favorite lab tech.

Wasn't there an episode of (I think) NYPD Blue where one of the detectives lost his shield and they indicated that most of them have copies made and put the original in a safe deposit box. I guess the idea is that if you ever lose the copy you would still be able to produce your original.
Anyone know if this is a real life practice?

There was an article in our area paper yesterday about how DA's and prosecutors have difficulty with juries now due to the "CSI Effect".
Jurors are confused when cases come to trial but there is no actual fingerprint or DNA evidence.
They went on to state how in reality fingerprints are quite fragile, don't hang around forever, and are very difficult to cleanly lift from many surfaces.
And of course DNA tests are very expensive and usually take quite a while to get lab results back.


Edit: I just noticed we have a seperate thread running concerning this topic.

mikehunt

another thought
adding that antenna
sure it might boost his transmission range (assuming the tech guy modded the transmitter too) but the other people's stock pda would still have the 30 feet limited transmission range

Chew

The lab tech loses her job for helping to catch a killer and Delco keeps his for indirectly causing one?

Looks like we're heading for an interesting season finale.

David Singleton

I accidently deleted it from my TIVO list. Can someone give me a synopsis concerning Valera?

Thanks,
David

Patman

6 months ago, Valera mistakenly put a rape victim's fingerprint info into AFIS, and when a set of prints were searched on, her name came up, and it should not have because Valera should not have had her prints in the system. When she realized this in Wolfe's presence, she begged Wolfe to look away, go away, but he kept wondering what was wrong, and then he knew, and Valera was crushed, and then later suspended, and all the cases she worked on were going to be under review again.

mikehunt

one minor nit, it was the rape victim's dna not fingerprint

Patman

Gah, all these CSI episodes run together after a while...

Nickee

No DNA analyst would ever be fired for doing that (in the real world, that is) unless they had a long history of mistakes.

Qualified DNA people are just too damn hard to find.

mikehunt

well there was a lot of finger print stuff going on in that episode too