Committee amends code to update Forensic Services Agency duties

Oct 22, 2025

The Public Safety and Criminal Justice Committee approved an amendment to chapter 2.83 of the revised code to modernize the stated duties of the Forensic Services Agency, removing outdated testing references and adding authority for contemporary analyses such as DNA and quality-assurance language.

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The Indianapolis Public Safety and Criminal Justice Committee on Oct. 20, 2025, voted to amend chapter 2.83 of the revised code to update the duties and responsibilities of the Forensic Services Agency, a change city staff said is intended to modernize an ordinance originally adopted in 1975.

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