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[Service] Forensic Investigative Unit [Description] 
Each day, detectives from municipal police departments bring evidence to the Forensic Investigation Unit, which provides expert analysis and testimony in the forensic disciplines of ballistics, crime scene, digital evidence and latent prints. In addition, the crime scene team is always available to respond to any municipality in Westchester to process crime scenes and preserve and collect critical evidence. FIU is recognized as a public forensic laboratory under New York State Executive Law and is accredited by the New York State Commission on Forensic Science and the American Society of Crime Lab Directors. The unit’s Digital Evidence Section is the only crime lab in New York State accredited in this discipline. Investigators assigned to the Digital Evidence Section assist local law enforcement by conducting a forensic examination of computers, cell phones and other electronic storage devices that might contain evidence of criminal activity. FIU also provides the administration and support for the Westchester County Repository for Integrated Criminalistic Imaging online booking and database systems. These systems serve more than 35 local law enforcement agencies. The R.I.C.I. network allows these agencies to track persons arrested for crimes and share information including photographs, palm and fingerprint images, and pedigree information of these persons.
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