What is a 'mobile crime laboratory'?

What is a 'mobile crime laboratory'?

A mobile crime lab, that's a real misnomer. Many police departments today have purchased vehicles that are sent to crime scenes, and they give them the name 'crime labs' or 'mobile crime labs', when in actuality they are really nothing more than vehicles that carry equipment that allows for the documentation of the crime scene. Photographs, sketching equipment, lights and finger printing equipment if any finger printing must be done at the crime scene. So these so called 'mobile crime labs' are basically vehicles that are designed to carry equipment that allows for the proper collection and documentation of evidence at the crime scene. But you know what, I know many a police department that has the contents of a so called 'mobile crime lab' in the trunk of their cars.