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If AZ Prop 100 doesn’t pass, it will mean longer turn around at the state crime lab. Forensic science analysis costs money. If the state crime lab isn’t funded, agencies will have to find other cheaper (ie: private labs) alternatives: If voters fail to approve Proposition 100, the Arizona Department of Public Safety could lose One way Arizona Department of Public Safety is considering cutting it’s budget is to eliminate the western regional crime lab. Another possibility is the closure of the Western Regional Crime Lab in Lake Havasu City and eliminating four positions there. Law enforcement agencies would then have to transport crime evidence to the Flagstaff lab. The estimated savings to [Continue Reading Arizona DPS to Close Western Regional Crime Lab?…] The below article is sure to come as a surprise to defense attorneys in Arizona. For the longest time, the Arizona Department of Public Safety crime lab has argued that they are an “independent crime laboratory”, when in fact they are part of the state police department. Granted there are many independent forensic laboratories around the [Continue Reading Nation’s First and Only Independent Crime Laboratory System…] The solution to the state crime lab’s budget deficit? Send the bill to speeders and drunk-drivers. There isn’t a conflict of interest in prosecutors and police scientists directly benefiting from guilty DUI verdicts, and speeding is there? Well there will be if the legislature gets it’s way. In summary, in order to keep their jobs, |
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