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Enid to host OSBI Rapid DNA instrument as part of investigative lead program
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The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation outlined a Rapid DNA Investigative Lead Program and said Enid Police Department is being considered as the first outside partner to house an instrument that can produce a presumptive DNA profile in about 90 minutes.
Enid — The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation presented the Rapid DNA Investigative Lead Program to the Mayor and Board of Commissioners, and the bureau said Enid is being considered as the first external law-enforcement partner to host the Rapid DNA instrument.
The program uses a small, self-contained instrument and single-use cartridges that can produce a presumptive DNA profile in about 90 minutes, OSBI Rapid DNA supervisor Beth Dean said. “You’re not getting an accredited lab report. You’re not gonna be able to go to court with it,” Dean told the commission, adding that the tool is intended to give officers an early investigative lead rather than a court-admissible result.
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