It's a stupid silly show. But fun in a brainless way. Good inter-character dialog.
But she's a civilian employee, which most of the people there are (and this is true in real life since sometimes in the '90s when it was made an independent civilian agency).
And yes, it is recognized in the show that she is dressed oddly. But the conceit (and it is TV not reality) is that she is such an accomplished forensic scientist that she can dress however she wants (plus she's never out in the field, just in her lab).
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