Expert Witness Training Center & Crime Scene Lab

Cedar Crest College seeks funds to support the creation of an Expert Witness Training Center and Crime Scene Lab that will significantly increase our capacity to train forensic science, law enforcement and first-responder professionals, thereby meeting a critical need across the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The Crime Scene Lab would enhance learning for our undergraduate and graduate students, as well as forensic science and law enforcement professionals, by providing stimulating learning spaces to investigate and analyze realistic crime scenes. The Expert Witness Training Center is being developed in response to a request from the Education Committee of the Pennsylvania District Attorneys Association, due to a significant need for training for forensic scientists, law enforcement personnel, first responders, and more who are often asked to provide testimony in court to become good expert witnesses.