A primary mission of CCI is to provide state and local forensic scientists with a vehicle for keeping abreast of the ever-changing trends and discoveries in the field of forensic science. The program was designed to incorporate new and developing forensic technologies into California's criminalistics laboratories. As a result, CCI

• Provides forensic training to state and local law enforcement.
• Provides literature and analytical reference information to California's criminalistics laboratories.
• Develops and delivers quality assurance support to BFS criminalistics laboratories by providing proficiency samples and recommending remedial procedures and training in areas that need improvement.
• Provides casework analysis on a referral basis in those instances where sophisticated instrumentation and special knowledge is not available at a given site.
• Develops and evaluates new methodologies and equipment that will be used to provide more definitive answers to forensic evaluations.