San Francisco PD Crime Lab in hot water again!

The fact that a mis­take was made isn’t that impor­tant for the lab. What is impor­tant is the way a lab han­dles the prob­lem. There should be doc­u­men­ta­tion regard­ing what hap­pened, who found out about the error, what steps were made to cor­rect the error, what sample(s) were effected by the error, and what

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SF Police Chief Gascon Vows “Negligent” Police Officials Will Be Held Accountable

No word on who “they” are, but the Police Chief in San Francisco vows police offi­cials respon­si­ble for allow­ing the con­di­tions that allowed for the recent drug lab fiasco will be held accountable.

San Francisco Police Chief George Gascon says neg­li­gence by some police offi­cials is partly to blame for a drug scan­dal at the city’s crime lab.

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San Francisco Backs Off on Moving Crime Lab out of the PD

San Francisco is shelv­ing the idea of mov­ing the crime lab out of the police depart­ment. The rea­son stated is not only do they plan on mov­ing the lab out of the police depart­ment fig­u­ra­tively, they also want to move it out lit­er­ally — as in build a new crime lab.

San Francisco super­vi­sors on Monday slowed

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SF Prosecutor Accuses Judge of Bias

What do you do when you get caught not play­ing by the rules? Accuse the umpire of apply­ing the rules unfairly. At least that’s what I saw the 7–9 year olds on my son’s base­ball team do last season.

Apparently San Francisco District Attorney Kamala Harris agrees, and has accused Judge Anne-Christine Massullo of

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San Francisco Crime Lab Fiasco Now a Political Pawn

An inter­ested blog entry on the Sacramento Bee by Susan Ferriss points out that one Democrat can­di­date for California Lt. Governor is using the San Fransisco PD drug lab sit­u­a­tion to fur­ther her campaign.

Los Angeles City Councilwoman Janice Hahn is ramp­ing up her use of San Francisco’s trou­bled crime lab in her quest for the

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