In Garland, there's a forensic laboratory with a team of scientists playing a vital role in helping the criminal justice system.

The Texas Department of Public Safety Crime Laboratory in Garland is made up of 70 employees who test and analyze evidence submitted to them from law enforcement from nearly 42 counties in Northeast Texas.

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"We are providing forensic analysis on evidence in criminal cases, we are hoping to provide some information to those investigators in those offenses, helping to provide support the criminal justice system in that way and testify in court about the findings analysis that we perform here," explained Clare Moyers, the manager of the lab.

She said in 2024, they processed nearly 22,000 cases. Crime scene investiga

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