This week on Coffee with a Criminalist we are sitting down with Washoe County Sheriff Darin Balaam and Crime Lab Director Kerri Heward and discussing how we provide services to local law enforcement. Sheriff Balaam shares how the agency is organized, what it means to have a crime lab at the SO, and what misconceptions he once had about forensics. While Crime Lab Director Kerri Heward dives into the accreditation our lab holds, discusses which sections of the lab have eliminated their backlogs, and how the lab dealt and is dealing with COVID-19.

In this episode we are sipping on Lighthouse Coffee! A local Reno coffee shop that roasts in house and is family owned and operated. They make their coffee with LOVE and you can taste that with every cup.