FY 2015 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program - St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department Crime Laboratory

The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department Crime Laboratory (SLMPD) has a backlog of cases at the DNA analysis level that could be partially alleviated by continuing to hire full-time DNA analysts. The SLMPD is requesting $280,050 from the DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Grant FY2015, which is the amount allocated to them from the total allocation to the State of Missouri. The overall goals and objectives of this program will be to reduce the number of untested forensic casework samples, to enter eligible profiles into CODIS and obtain hits, and to prosecute the suspects. This will be accomplished by continuing to hire 3 full-time grant-funded employees. By increasing throughput and creating a more efficient laboratory, it is expected that at least 280 cases will undergo biological screening, DNA analysis where appropriate, upload of eligible profiles into CODIS when obtained, and prosecution of suspects.

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