SHERIFF TO RECEIVE $1.4 MILLION GRANT TO REDUCE DNA BACKLOG

 

 

 

 

       

 

PRESS RELEASE

Contact:  Tony Bell, Communications Deputy Office:     (213) 974-5555  Cell: (213) 215-5176 E-mail:     tbell@bos.lacounty.gov

  October 20, 2009                                                                                                For Immediate Release

 

SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT to receive $1.4 million grant to REDUCE DNA BACKLOG

 

 

LOS ANGELES COUNTY – To reduce the backlog of sexual assault cases waiting for DNA testing, the Board of Supervisors approved a $1.4 million grant from the U.S. Department of Justice to improve the Sheriff’s Department’s DNA analysis capacity and the infrastructure of the existing crime laboratory, announced Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich.

 

In addition, the Department will use the grant funds to pay for laboratory staff overtime and outsourcing of DNA to accredited fee-to-service laboratories. 

 

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