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laboratory manual

Collection of written policies, procedures, and methods that provides guidance and sets standards to ensure that the laboratory’s forensic casework is scientifically sound and legally defensible... Read More

laboratory support personnel 

Forensic DNA Lab Employees or contract employees who perform laboratory duties exclusive of analytical techniques on forensic or database samples... Read More

laceration

A soft tissue injury characterized by tearing or splitting of the tissues... Read More

ladders

Street, slang, or code word for the benzodiazepine Xanax... Read More

lady

Street name, slang, or code word for cocaine... Read More

lady snow

Street name, slang, or code word for cocaine... Read More

large law enforcement agencies

Non-federal law enforcement departments employing 100 or more full-time sworn officers... Read More

laryngopharynx

The area between the lower part of the pharynx extending from the upper tip of the epiglottis to the esophagus and larynx... Read More

late night

Street name, slang, or code word for cocaine... Read More

latency period

Pertaining to a period of subclinical or unapparent pathologic changes following exposure to an agent, ending with the onset of symptoms... Read More

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