Ontario Community Newspapers

Canadian Champion (Milton, ON), 1 Jan 1997, p. 5

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1 The unique !orevneic technique. of'lhePP MÇobile CrIMe Unit of@ b.ing ueed et crie icone acre.. 111 provnce. OPP s ,*ew mobile forensic, e ' ' lab fra1vels to çnÎme scenes 8v KAREN S MITI >. 7it. champion I A state-of-tite art velicle is hringiug a forensic lalmoratoty Io major crime %celles acrets' he provimt. Equipited with laser tecitnology ltaI eau pick ap ite mInaLesIl hair fibres, [ke OPP M9101 Crime Unit is allowing investigators In axe ils forensic tecitniques aI 1k ,scencs oîf the most iios crimes, speedîng up t1k reei)Very of vital evidence. Tite $220,000i veitiçle lias made a dilference in itomicide inxe.aigatiolis hecause tl uses tite OPP's supilisticalo argon laser, su însestîgaiors are able to quîckly obtain evidence [rom objecis, ltai can'i kc taken lu a lah, VTe floresceni lîgitî.wieldîîg laser techitnilogy, researckdo aruideycliiped itv ibe OPP' Bnian Dairymplè in cîillahuiralîun witi thlit' tisissauga- itased Xeriox Researcit Centre in 176, requires a waler couuler Nid generalor. Te five-ton seiticle bmuses suit eqaipment, making t1 ,,,i ahal for use ai any epese s.cne accessible iykad. explained Mr. Dalgympie manager of fixe ric9 tificatioin services ai OPP! iteadquaiters in Orilli. "More evidence ini major occurrences wîll bc found, recodLed anli used iu investigationl miJei more quiekly. employing lcading edgç tecitnoiogy" kc said. iîotker police agency in the world is known 1. pmvýide a sif-contatud. mobile, crinescene s laitoraory fealuring a mainframe argon hlsr, Il is Inuiktio siay iiperat1onal gp ail wcajkcr extuemes. and a flhe iplîcocable ofern theopion oflusing the laser as far as 125 fret [rom the vehlicie -Now we cain go in and examine inside cloets.2 said Mr. Dalrymple, a civilian employceof hie OPP (o* 25 ycarç. nhe unit s te brainchilId of bon Hunka. a senior fiirensic: analysi with lthe OPP. Mr. Hunka arranged for lthe neccssa# puwr and wvaier services to use tite laser for the firsl tinte outuide te lait ai the bomne of convicted school iller Paul Bemardo. 1Foren*ic analysls wJle ahle lu react lthe itou and crannies of tePort Dalhtousie itumeusing lteç la Mr. Dalrymple "aNd- 'Mie henefils ofi a mnoiile sy'siem ai major c sces lx-came immedîately clear. and the P siarld receîvîng requesîs for lte service frun otite piolice forces. As aresaitt 1kO!'?crealrd a fiariuned se cm - lite OP? Mobile Crime Unir, Mr. Daîrymple saiud Two lurensic aujlysis staîrtite unit, wich is availahie 24-itours a day lu serve any Ontario police deparient. Oflicially laaritcd in Jaly. il itas keen used tu'ssist inveutigators ai varions major itiÔmicide scenles. ko said. 'ile veliclens other fcaturs include a refrigerator and electicai. keating and ventilation systtems. . Police oganiieatitnx fromt otiter areas arm loking ai 111 idea iith great interesr Mr. Dalrympie idded. DOI'F JMISS OUR FIRSI IUY i GET 2 PIEE SALE of '97 SLIRTINGO JAR. 61h!f Huge sélection oflobulous fabries .ft ctioose tromI Shop eait' 547- Main St. E. Milton 878-0931 IAifi~IiILU! ui~ia A LIAAflV LIfUIRAI O hBE'~eftEflflhIt LIE VEAB VTM Canenu Chanien. WedYeeday JaXS .1 1i. r"LOç l' ..

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