Overview
- The National Police and regional leaders inaugurated a modern criminalistics lab in Trujillo that is now operational for complex forensic work.
- The facility houses units for ballistics, chemistry, biology, and digital analysis, plus an IBIS system that matches bullets and casings to guns.
- New tools include 3D scanners and reconstruction software that can model crime scenes to help investigators test theories and verify witness accounts.
- Officials say the lab will cut many forensic reports from waits of up to a month to about 24 hours, with service extending beyond La Libertad to Peru’s northern region.
- The S/18.4 million project, built under the Obras por Impuestos tax-for-projects program at the Alcides Vigo police complex, includes two field vehicles, drew top cabinet and police attendance, and came with a pledge of 500 added officers for the region, though results on case outcomes will take time to measure.