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A Look on the Inside: Abilene Crime Lab opens doors to the public

ABILENE, Texas (KTAB/KRBC) — The Abilene Crime Laboratory held an open house, inviting the public and students to experience what this line of work is really like.

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and I got to break to if you're a Law and Order fan sorry to break it to you but it's more than sunglasses rock music and cheesy one liners and the people at the abalene crime lab want everyone to know they held an open house this morning kbc's Tobin Smith got the chance to take a look behind the scenes he brings us more this may be ironic to say but crime lab investigations goes beyond what most see on TV very important because we want to gain that public trust Mary aalos belly is the lab manag
er for this facility and illustrates what public trans parency means to them let them know that they can rely on what we do here so uh we want to open it up let them see what we actually do here let them see our instrumentation how they work and talk to the forensic scientists also so they can speak to them about how um they do the different analysis while you won't find the fake TV drama what you will find is hard truth testing kits analysis machines and Fentanyl made to look like vitamins and
candy is part of the everyday life for real forensic scientists Christy Crim works for the Lyft campus here in aene and describes how opportunities like these go a long way in aiding their students potential career interests it's super important for us for our kids to get real life opportunities and to see what's happening in the classroom expanded outside of the walls of the school so this opportunity is really great for our kids to take the learning that they've been doing and see how is that
applied in real life but these engagements aren't only beneficial for those in the classroom Christopher ssos is a forensic scientist with the lab and he elaborates how he enjoys the time with the students when they relate what they just learned uh from their teachings and they can have good conversations about what they just learned with me so when they come here and they say oh yes that's actually how it works in practice and seeing them kind of engaged and it really makes me worth it for Big
Country homepage.com I'm Tobin Smith thank you Tobin the abene crime laboratory went on to say that they previously hosted the open house once a year but are now changing it to twice a year one in the spring and one in the fall

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