By Mike Martindale

Michigan State Police have announced plans for a statewide Forensic Evidence Academy, a facility officials hope will help standardize crime scene investigations among police departments and accelerate evidence testing in the agency's backlogged crime laboratories.

The academy's 40-hour course will eventually be offered to law enforcement officers in 600 police agencies across Michigan in 2013, said John Collins, executive director of the state police forensic science division.

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Source: The Detroit News