Las Vegas Crime Lab

The Las Vegas Crime Lab is a scientific laboratory located in Las Vegas, which uses primarily forensic science for the purpose of examining evidence from criminal cases.

Employees of the Crime Lab are known as criminalists; this includes both CSIs doing mostly field work and lab techs doing mostly lab work.

CSIs are equipped with guns in the field, but are not considered police officers; CSIs often mention this to suspects to make them feel more comfortable. ^{[citation needed]}

The Crime Lab is headed by Undersheriff Conrad Ecklie and reports directly into the Sheriff's office. ^{[citation needed]} Ecklie was once the Assistant Director and also former Dayshift supervisor of the Crime Lab, but was promoted after former Undersheriff Jeffrey McKeen was arrested for the murder of CSI Warrick Brown in the Season 8 opening episode, "For Warrick".

In addition to that, all CSI personnel including some of the techs usually wear stab vests if they're out in the field, doing work or investigating any crime scenes. As well as giving the tags which ID'ds them as LVPD CSIs, they also give the wearer's surname and have various pockets useful for carrying small objects.^{[citation needed]}

Shifts

The Crime Lab has three shifts:

• Day shift - 6 am to 2 pm 5am to 1pm ^{[citation needed]}
• Swing shift - 2 pm to 10 pm ^{[citation needed]}
• Night shift - 10 pm to 6 am ^{[citation needed]}

Known Employees

Supervisors

Each shift has a different supervisor.

• Day shift -
• Swing shift -
• Night shift - Supervisor: D.B. Russell, assistant supervisor Nick Stokes.

Investigators

Different CSIs work on different shifts:

• Day shift -
• Swing shift -
• Night shift- Nick Stokes, Greg Sanders, Sara Sidle, Morgan Brody.

Lab technicians

Different lab techs specialize in different areas:

• Trace - David Hodges.
• DNA - Henry Andrews.
• Toxicology - Henry Andrews.
• Ballistics - Xiomara Garcia- (Dawson's replacement as Ballistics tech).
• Fingerprints - Mandy Webster.
• Audio/Video - Archie Johnson.
• Handwriting- Archie Johnson.

Coroners

• Day shift -
• Swing shift -
• Night shift - Coroner: Al Robbins, Assistant Coroner: David Phillips.

Former Employees

Supervisors

• Gil Grissom- (Eventually married Sara Sidle and left the Crime Lab to go guest lecture).

Investigators

• Riley Adams- (Resigned due to issues with Catherine Willows's leadership as well as feeling that the team was not working together).
• Warrick Brown- (Deceased. Murdered at the hands of rogue Sheriff Jeffrey McKeen.)
• Raymond Langston- (Left the Crime Lab after his IA inquiry and moved to Baltimore to be with Gloria).
• Catherine Willows- (Resigned to go accept a position at the FBI).

Detective (LVPD)

• Sofia Curtis- (Is now working as the Deputy Chief of the LVPD).

Lab techs

• Wendy Simms- (Resigned from the Crime Lab to accept a position at a Crime Lab in Portland where her sister lives).
• Bobby Dawson- (Was transferred to the dayshift).

Break Room

Where all personnel in the Lab go if they need something to eat or drink or just regroup in general during or after a very tough case.

Interrogation Room

Where various suspects are taken to be interviewed by the CSIs.