WHEREAS, in 1972, the Virginia General Assembly enacted legislation creating the Division of Consolidated Laboratory Services (DCLS), which included a Bureau of Forensic Science that in 2005 became a department within the Governor’s Public Safety Secretariat known as the Department of Forensic Science (collectively “DFS”); and

WHEREAS, in 1972, a Breath Alcohol Section was formed to maintain and calibrate breath alcohol instruments, as well as to train law enforcement officers in their use; and

WHEREAS, in 1974, the Virginia Science Academy conducted its first session training law enforcement officers in on-scene evidence preservation and collection techniques; and

WHEREAS, in 1989, DFS initially became accredited by the American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors Laboratory Accreditation Board (ASCLD/LAB) and also became the first state laboratory to begin offering DNA analyses for law enforcement agencies; and

WHEREAS, in 1994, a Virginia conviction resulted from a “cold hit” from the DNA database, which as of now has identified over 15,000 “hits”; and

WHEREAS, in 2022, DFS maintains the highest standards for accurate and reliable analysis of recovered evidence in the Controlled Substances, Digital & Multimedia Evidence, Firearms & Toolmarks, Forensic Biology, Latent Prints & Impressions, Toxicology, and Trace Evidence Sections; and

하지만, 50 지난 수년간 헌신적인 DFS 직원들은 지속적인 개선과 혁신을 통해 법의학에 대한 이해를 발전시켜 무고한 사람의 무죄를 입증하고 유죄를 기소하는 데 도움을 주었습니다;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Glenn Youngkin, do hereby recognize October 16-22, 2022, as FORENSIC SCIENCE WEEK in the COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA, and I call this observance to the attention of all our citizens.