CSI creator pledges money for crime lab
By FRANCIS MCCABE
Las Vegas Review-Journal
Jan. 08, 2007
The creator of TV's "CSI" programs has made a $1 million pledge to help build a second crime lab in the valley.
Anthony Zuiker made the commitment recently to help build a crime
lab in Henderson, said Rick Workman, the criminalistics administrator
for Henderson, who is spearheading the drive to build the lab.
Zuiker is a 1991 graduate of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and
is an alumnus of Chaparral High School in Las Vegas.
To build a state-of-the-art crime lab in Henderson is expected to cost upwards of $37 million. The lab would be built with private money, but Henderson would operate it, Workman has said.
The Metropolitan Police Department operates a crime lab, but Workman said it is overwhelmed with backlogs of forensic evidence waiting to be processed. The Henderson crime lab would be used to help other law enforcement agencies in Southern Nevada, Workman said.
More information about the effort is available on www.hendersoncrimelab.com.