Lab Services
General Information:
The Maine State Police Crime Laboratory has served Maine since 1926. Our services are offered to all law enforcement agencies operating within the borders of Maine.
The Crime Laboratory employs some of the most state-of-the-art equipment and instrumentation available to the scientific community. We are able to compare evidence collected from crime scenes to known samples to link or eliminate victims and/or suspects to the crime scene.
The Crime Laboratory is broken down into several sections: Forensic Biology, Forensic Chemistry, Firearms and Toolmarks, Latent Prints, Computer Crimes Unit and Polygraph. These sections are broken down even further and conduct scientific analyses in the following forensic disciplines: DNA, serology, trace evidence, fire debris analyses, serological screening, firearm identifications, toolmark identifications, ballistic residue analyses, fingerprint, palm print and footprint identifications, footwear and tire impressions and physical matching.
