Location and Staff
The SCCPDCL moved into its current location in O'Fallon in April 2005. This facility has approximately 5,300 square feet dedicated to crime laboratory functions. The SCCPDCL analyzes over 2,500 cases each year and is staffed by 6 full-time scientists, a part-time Firearm Examiner and a part-time Evidence Clerk. Laboratory staff has almost 120 years of combined forensic science experience.
Accreditation
Initially accredited by the American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors/Laboratory Accreditation Board (ASCLD/LAB) in 2008, the laboratory is currently accredited by the ANSI National Accreditation Board (ANAB) to ISO/IEC 17025:2017, ANAB Forensic Testing & Calibration (AR 3125:2019) and the FBI Quality Assurance Standards for Forensic DNA Testing Laboratories (2020).
View the laboratory’s Accreditation Certificate and Scope of Accreditation. 
Funding Sources
The SCCPDCL has a long history of being responsive to the needs of the law enforcement community it serves by offering new services and enhancing existing testing by utilizing available internal and external funding sources.
External funding sources such as the federal Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program, state-wide Coverdell funding for training and the Missouri Crime Laboratory Upgrade Program (MCLUP) allow the SCCSDCL to better meet the changing needs of laboratory customers.