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ASCL Newsletter — December 2019

The Winter Crime Lab News is out now! This issue includes a focus on Clandestine Laboratories, as well as new employees, updated turn-around times, building updates, and a lot of other updates. If there’s something you think we should cover in the next edition, please tell us on our survey! You can download the pdf of the newsletter here:

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ASCL Newsletter — April 2019

The April Crime Lab News is out now! This issue includes a focus on DNA, as well as new employees, updated turn-around times, construction updates, and training opportunities. If there’s something you think we should cover in the next edition, please tell us on our survey! You can download the pdf of the newsletter here: Crime Lab

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2019 Summer Undergraduate Internship Program

The ASCL is now accepting applications for the 2019 Summer Undergraduate Internship Program. This is a 6-8 week program that allows undergraduate students with a strong scientific education to gain hands-on experience. Those selected for the program get a ‘real world’ glance at the different career paths available in forensic science. During the program, interns

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ASCL Newsletter — November 2018

The November Crime Lab News is out now! This issue includes a focus on CODIS, as well as new employees, updated turn-around times, MDILog, and training opportunities. If there’s something you think we should cover in the next edition, please tell us on our survey! You can download the pdf of the newsletter here: Crime Lab News (November

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ASCL Newsletter — November 2018

The November Crime Lab News is out now! This issue includes a focus on CODIS, as well as new employees, updated turn-around times, MDILog, and training opportunities. If there’s something you think we should cover in the next edition, please tell us on our survey! You can download the pdf of the newsletter here: Crime Lab News (November

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Change in Lab Services

The ASCL is discontinuing certain services as of August 1, 2018. Increasing numbers of case submissions and increasing turn-around times have necessitated these changes, which are designed to free up resources while having a minimal impact on cases. On August 1, the lab will no longer perform: Quantitation (percent purity) of controlled substances Analysis of:

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Newsletter — June 2018

The Summer Crime Lab News is out now! This issue includes a focus on increased drug submissions and the Toxicology section, as well as new employees, updated turn-around times, and training opportunities. If there’s something you think we should cover in the next edition, please tell us on our survey! You can download the pdf of the

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Sexual Assault Kit Tracking Website is now live

The Arkansas State Crime Laboratory now provides a free website used to track sexual assault evidence kits. This website can be used by not only local resources like hospitals and law enforcement agencies, but also by the victims and survivors of sexual assault to track these kits through the criminal justice system. A video of

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ASCL Newsletter — February 2018

The Spring Crime Lab News is out now! This issue includes training opportunities and a focus on Latent Prints, as well as new employees, updated turn-around times, and drug trends. If there’s something you think we should cover in the next edition, please tell us on our survey! You can download the pdf of the newsletter here: Crime

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Job Shadowing

We receive several requests for students to job shadow at our laboratory. Because of the nature of our work, this is not permitted.

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