Milwaukee County Center for Forensic Science and Protective Medicine / Milwaukee, WI

In collaboration with SmithGroup, the new Forensic Science and Protective Medicine Facility will serve as a new state-of-the-art home for the state of Wisconsin’s Milwaukee Crime Lab, the Milwaukee County Medical Examiner’s Office, and the Milwaukee County Office of Emergency Management. In addition, the four-story facility will include the relocated Organ Procurement Organization and Tissue Bank of Versiti Wisconsin (a current Milwaukee Regional Medical Center (MRMC) campus partner).

Co-location of these organizations will:

• Increase efficiencies and effectiveness in addressing the ongoing and accelerating opioid and violence epidemics.
• Aid coordination and collaboration during mass fatality and catastrophic scenarios.
• Optimize partnerships among laboratories with the potential for resource-sharing and backup.
• Provide one location to best investigate combined/preserved evidence.
• Create one of the most attractive forensic science sites in the country to attract, train, and retain the best forensic candidates.
• Capitalize on synergies, research, and training with partners on the MRMC campus.