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Yakima Valley crime lab reports first full year of operations, seeks larger facility
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Yakima Valley Conference of Governments told Yakima County commissioners its regional crime lab completed a first full year of operations, produced high NIBIN lead rates and started a statewide rapid-DNA work group, and that staff are seeking larger, permanent lab space.
Chris Wiggenhagen of the Yakima Valley Conference of Governments told the Board of Yakima County Commissioners on March 6 that the regional crime lab completed its first full year of operations and is seeking a larger facility to expand services.
The lab processed 1,181 cartridge cases in the last year and submitted 469 entries to the NIBIN federal database, producing 76 leads. Wiggenhagen said that yields an association rate of about 38 percent for NIBIN leads in the valley, compared with a stated national benchmark of about 24 percent. The lab ran 86 cell‑phone extractions in 2024;…
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