Construction on New Crime Lab Begins

Construction on new crime lab begins

The Arkansas Department of Public Safety officially broke ground on a new, state-of-the-art Arkansas State Crime Laboratory in North Little Rock on Friday.

Shelby County proposes $5.5M crime lab focused on forensics, cell phone data, DNA

In the midst of pitching his $1.7 billion fiscal 2026 budget to Shelby County commissioners, Mayor Lee Harris proposed a $5.5 million “focused” crime lab to serve the county’s various law enforcement agencies. While commissioners largely agreed on the need for the facility, they held off on approving the funding amount during a Wednesday, June […]