The Phoenix Police Department is seeking $95,000 in grant funds to utilize outsourcing to reduce the current backlog in the Evidence Processing Unit and the Latent Print Comparative Unit.

Coverdell funds are to be used to improve the quality and timeliness of forensic science and medical examiner services and/or to eliminate backlogs in the analysis of forensic evidence, including controlled substances, firearms examination, forensic pathology, latent prints, questioned documents, toxicology, and trace evidence.

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