Bullets and shell casings found inside the NYPD’s firearms lab. Courtesy of CBS 2

We don’t see them patrolling the streets, and they are not the cops who slap on the handcuffs. But the work done by the NYPD firearms forensics team is often the key to a conviction.

CBS 2’s Maurice Dubois recently got a behind-the-scenes look at the operation.

It’s one of the country’s most prestigious and sophisticated forensic labs, the NYPD Forensic Investigations Unit, where highly-trained detectives work tirelessly to put killers behind bars.

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Source: CBS 2