Behind the scenes of OSBI
The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation will be at the Oklahoma State Fair Centennial Expo educating citizens about the jobs crime scene investigators and the people behind microscopes.
Agents and criminalists will staff the OSBI’s booth in Oklahoma Expo Hall on the north-central side of State Fair Park.
Exhibits will teach about criminal investigations including comparing bullet casings from firearms, building a face from an unidentified skull (also called forensic art) and methods of latent fingerprint examinations.
“The public watches crime shows on television every night that give the impression crime scene investigators can run DNA in minutes or lift fingerprints and enter them into the Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS) with immediate results. Whereas some of the science depicted in these programs is real, the methods and results are fictional,” OSBI spokeswoman Jessica Brown said. “OSBI wants to give the public a realistic idea of what happens behind the crime scene tape and inside the crime lab.”
Also available will be free child ID kits, information on criminal history background checks and conceal-carry permits.
Brian Sargent
Staff Writer
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