Due to an overwhelming response to this event, we are at capacity and are no longer accepting RSVPs. Attendance without an RSVP will be on a standby basis only, and entrance to the event is not guaranteed.

When: Thursday, October 4, 2018 at 11:00am

Where: County Operations Center New Crime Lab
5590 Overland Ave, San Diego, CA 92123

Program: Our annual “Coming Home” event invites retired employees of San Diego County to celebrate County sites.  On October 4th, we invite you to join your fellow RESDC members in “coming home” to the County’s new Crime Lab.

The San Diego County Sheriff’s Crime Laboratory is the third phase of the County Operations Center Development, the largest public works project in the history of the County. The site of the new crime lab was occupied by the existing fleet maintenance facility, which was relocated to clear the site for the new crime lab. The new crime lab integrates seamlessly with the COC campus and houses 200 employees, allowing forensic lab technicians, property and evidence storage facilities, and detectives to all operate under the same roof for the first time.  

Our event will kick off with welcoming remarks from Mike Barnett, Undersheriff of San Diego County. Mike has been serving the people of San Diego County as a deputy sheriff since 1991. He served as a deputy sheriff in the Detentions and Law Enforcement Bureaus, then a field training officer at the Vista Station and a detective for several years in San Marcos and at the Central Investigations Division. As undersheriff, he serves as the chief deputy of the elected sheriff overseeing all department operations and ensuring San Diego County remains the safest urban county in the nation. He is responsible for the department's $850 million budget and 4,364 authorized employees. The men and women of the San Diego County Sheriff's Department operate 20 patrol stations, seven detention facilities, seven Superior Court facilities and the related Civil Division, a nationally accredited Crime Laboratory, and other functions necessary to provide for public safety.  

Mike Grubb, Sheriff's Crime Laboratory Director will then provide an introduction and overview of the new crime lab. Mike is a 1975 graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, Forensic Science Program in the School of Criminology. From 1975 to 1980, Mike was a criminalist at the Institute of Forensic Sciences in Oakland, Calif. In 1980 he moved to the Seattle area and went to work for the Washington State Patrol Crime Laboratory System (six labs), conducting casework in Trace Evidence, Firearms, Biology, and Crime Scenes. He became a supervisor in 1989 and eventually became the Crime Lab Director in Seattle in 1996. In 1999 Mike accepted the position of Crime Lab Manager at the San Diego Police Department Crime Lab, and was there 12 years before moving over to the Sheriff's Regional Crime Laboratory in December 2010. He is a member of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, the American Society of Crime Lab Directors, and the California Association of Crime Lab Directors. He is a former Chair of ASCLD/LAB, the international crime laboratory accrediting body.

Event Highlights
11:00 am – Reception. Light hors d’oeuvres and refreshments available
11:20 am – Welcoming Remarks by RESDC and County of San Diego Undersheriff Mike Barnett
11:35 am – Introduction & Overview of the Crime Lab by Mike Grubb, Sheriff's Crime Laboratory Director
12:00 pm – Guided Tours

RSVP: This is a FREE event. RSVP is requested: online by clicking the green register button and following the steps, or by calling (619) 688-9229.

Important Notes:

Every attendee must bring a government-issued photo ID. This is a secure facility and you will be required to sign in at the front reception.

To expedite check-in to the facility, please send us any guest names in advance. Please also send us your name as it appears on your official ID, if it’s different than the name you use to RSVP. You can do this by emailing resdc@resdc.net or calling 619-688-9229.

Please arrive a few minutes early to ensure you have enough time to check-in before the event. We will have a reception with light hors d'oeuvres and refreshments available beginning at 11:00am, and the presentation will start at 11:20am.

Directions:

View County Operations Center Map with Parking Information

We recommend parking in the structure at the northeast end of the COC campus. Green Visitor Parking is 2 or 3-hour as posted. All visitors parking longer than the permitted time must park in an unmarked space, which does not have a time limit. The Crime Lab is in the building adjacent to the Registrar of Voters. There are some Green Visitor spaces in the surface lot next to the Crime Lab, however, please note that there is a strict 2-hour restriction on these spaces.

• From 163, exit east onto Clairemont Mesa Blvd and turn left on Ruffin Rd. Turn left onto Chesapeake Dr. The parking structure entrance will be on the left.
• From I-15, exit west onto Clairemont Mesa Blvd and turn right on Ruffin Rd. Turn left onto Chesapeake Dr. The parking structure entrance will be on the left. 
• From 52, exit south onto Kearny Villa Rd., which almost immediately becomes Ruffin Rd. Turn right on Chesapeake Dr. The parking structure entrance will be on the left.