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Sedgwick County approves expansion of Regional Forensic Science Center
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Sedgwick County approved plans to remodel its Regional Forensic Science Center and build an adjacent facility adding nearly 25,000 square feet to address growing caseloads and modern forensic needs.
Sedgwick County approved plans to modernize and expand the Regional Forensic Science Center, remodeling the current site and building a new facility nearby that will add nearly 25,000 square feet to laboratory and support space.
County officials said the work responds to a steady increase in both the volume and technical complexity of cases handled by the center since the building opened in 1995 and an annex was added in 2010.
"Technology has come a long way in 30 years, so there's great things that we could be utilizing to do better exams or actually less invasive exams," a county staff member said. Staff and examiners told the county the center now sees a greater variety of drugs, more cases with multiple substances and a much…
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