NIJ FTCoE Releases Two New Reports

The National Institute of Justice Forensic Technology Center of Excellence has released two new reports.
Conducting a Forensic Facility Needs Assessment Using Lean Facility Design: A Case Example details the steps for using a lean facility design approach to conduct a needs assessment in a forensic facility. LFD is a strategy that optimizes the flow of information, work and people through a facility. In addition to detailing the steps for conducting an LFD assessment, this report also provides a short case example. The FTCoE collaborated with the Midwest Forensics Resource Center to conduct an LFD needs assessment at the Broward County Sheriff's Office, in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.
Click https://forensiccoe.org/report-development-of-a-lean-facility-design-roadmap/ for the full report. 

Beyond DNA – Sexual Assault Investigations, part of the NIJ FTCoE's In-Brief series, is a three-part report highlighting types of physical evidence that can provide crucial information about a sexual assault, so that key stakeholders in the criminal justice community ultimately obtain just resolutions for these crimes. Click https://forensiccoe.org/beyond-dna-reports-sexual-assault-reform/ for the report series.