The Biloxi PD has a state-of-the-art crime lab. What it doesn't have is its full complement of techies. These are, in order, the tasks you might need, the prerequisite skills you need to do it yourself, the time the task usually takes, and the average turnaround time for the lab to do it and get results back to you. You can always try to push something through, but that could come back to bite you.
Task | Skill Req to do it yourself | Work | Turnaround |
Autopsy/determine cause of death: | Medicine 3 (anatomy specialty) | 8 hours | 1.5 days |
Ballistic matching/identify firearm: | Science 2 | 8 hours | 2 weeks |
Blood toxicology/ list substances in bloodstream: | Medicine 2 | 8 hours | 1.5 days |
Cast/identify footprint or tire track: | Investigation 1 | 2 days | 2 weeks |
Catalog computer data: | Computer 2 | 12 hours | 1 week |
Chemical analysis/ identify unknown substance: | Science 3 | 3 days | 1 month |
Decrypt Computer data: | Computer 3 | 12 hours | 1 week |
Dental identification of body/ (confirming a suspected identity): | Medicine 2 | 8 hours | 1 day |
Dental identification of body (victim totally unknown): | Medicine 2 | 2 months | 6 months |
Detect chemical residue at scene: | Investigation 2 | 4 hours | 4 hours |
DNA matching: | Medicine 2 | 2 weeks | 3 months |
Fiber/trace matching: | Crafts 2 | 4 days | 90 days |
Fingerprint matching: | Investigation 2 | 30 minutes | 1 hours |
Fingerprinting at crime scene: | Investigation 2 | 2 hours | 3 hours |
Verify authenticity of possibly forged item: | Crafts 3 | 1 week | 90 days |
Voice analysis/voiceprint matching: | Computer 3 | 1 day | 1 month |