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FY12 Solving Cold Cases With DNA-Unified Police of Greater Salt Lake

Award Information

Awardee
Unified Police of Greater Salt Lake
Award #
2012-DN-BX-K029
Funding Category
Competitive
Location

Salt Lake City, UT

Congressional District
4
Status
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2012
Total funding (to date)
$303,645
Original Solicitation
NIJ FY 12 Solving Cold Cases with DNA

Description of original award (Fiscal Year 2012, $303,645)

The Unified Police Department (UPD) currently has 206 unsolved cold cases. There are 57 homicides and 149 sexual assault kits that need to be examined. The focus during this grant period will be to examine all of these cold cases. Given the dilemma of having only one full time cold case detective, many cases have not been worked on. By allowing overtime hours for the Violent Crimes and Family Crimes Detectives, this will allow them to increase productivity on the cold cases that have not been worked. This will increase the efficiency of the UPD's Detective Division to enhance the ability to look at the previously mentioned cold case homicides and cold case sexual assaults.

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Date Created: August 30, 2012