The Laboratory and Scientific Services Division of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) provides forensic and scientific testing in the areas of Trade Enforcement, Weapons of Mass Destruction, Intellectual Property Rights, and Narcotics Enforcement. All Trade and Border Protection activities are coordinated by Laboratories and Scientific Services.

Officer Jeff McIntosh can see anything from firewood to firearms in the course of day — it’s his job to figure out how much of it is legal.

In a first for a federal criminal trial, prosecutors used tree DNA evidence to help convict the lead defendant for stealing timber from U.S. Forest Service lands in Washington state.

Learn more about the U.S. Forest Service and what it means to be part of the Forest Service Law Enforcement team. This recruitment video discusses the qualifications necessary to join the team and what the officers do to protect forests and public lands.