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St. Valentine's massacre created public outcry which led to the creation of the nation's first major crime lab: Scientific Crime Detection Laboratory at Northwestern University School of Law.
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Legislation creating the Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation was signed into law.
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Chicago Police Department purchases Crime Lab
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Mobile Crime Lab became operational in Chicago.
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Betweed 1930 and 1960, Crime Investigation remained somewhat haphazard until a high profile murder case prompted then governor Otto Kerner to appoint a committee to improve facilities.
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Statewide system of crime labs planned.
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Newly created Department of Law Enforcement began overseeing crime lab development and specific divisions were formed that included Firearms and Toolmarks, Documents, Latent Prints, Polygraph, Microscopy, Forensic Toxicology, and Forensic Imaging.
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As a result of Chicago's creation of the first crime lab, Illinois is the first forensic science lab system that is accredited in the United States and worldwide by the American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors/Laboratory Accreditation Board.
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Chicago is one of three cities to launch a forensic lab to examine digital evidence.
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The University of Chicago Crime Lab was founded. Chicago now leads the wat with public policy regarding crime.
