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Solving Cold Cases With DNA - Violent Crime Cold Case Backlog Reduction

Award Information

Award #
2010-DN-BX-K014
Funding Category
Competitive
Location
Awardee County
Ventura
Congressional District
Status
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2010
Total funding (to date)
$49,343

Description of original award (Fiscal Year 2010, $49,343)

This funding will be used by the County of Ventura to possibly eliminate its backlog of violent crime cold cases through overtime and increased access to reagents, supplies and storage for these cases. The combination of overtime and increased reagents and storage capacity should result in a reduction of the current violent crime cold case backlog by ninety percent.

ca/ncf

Date Created: August 26, 2010