FSN: Forensic Science News

A fol­low up to the pre­vi­ous blog entry on Dallas County push­ing costs onto law enforce­ment agencies.

Because of bud­get cuts, Dallas County Commissioners will no longer allow the DA’s office to pick up the tab for crime lab test­ing once pros­e­cu­tors take cases.

That means if tests are needed for DNA or firearms, etc that the police departments

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We are see­ing more and more crime lab­o­ra­to­ries charg­ing for analy­sis. It makes per­fect sense in a lab that serves mul­ti­ple law enforce­ment agen­cies. In the case of Dallas County, like Maricopa County, law enforce­ment agen­cies can still send work the state depart­ment of pub­lic safety crime lab­o­ra­to­ries (state police crime labs) for free

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