PRESS CONFERENCE

                      STATE POLICE FORENSIC LABORATORY
                                     RECEIVES RE-ACCREDITATION

DATE:  5/14/07

TIME:   10:30 a.m.

WHERE:  Connecticut Forensic Laboratory

                 294 Colony St

                 Meriden,CT.

WHAT:   The Forensic Laboratory will be awarded re-accreditation from American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors Accreditation board.

   This formal ceremony will be held in the auditorium of the Forensic Laboratory. On hand to receive the accreditation will be Dr Henry Lee, Public Safety Commissioner John A. Danaher III and Forensic Laboratory Commander Lt. David Rice. Also in attendance at the ceremony will be Local and Federal Law Enforcement dignitaries from Connecticut, as well as scientists affiliated with the Forensic Laboratory.

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Lt. J. Paul Vance