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Bannock County commissioners approve application for forensic-equipment grant to build medical-examiner capability
Summary
Commissioners voted to apply for a federal grant to buy a walk-in cooler, an autopsy table/sink and a toxicology machine that the coroner said would support accreditation and in-house testing. The county will pay a $5,000 application fee to CCOG up front if it proceeds with the application.
Bannock County commissioners voted to apply for a federal grant to purchase forensic equipment that Coroner Tory Danner said would help build the county's forensic capability and position the office for accreditation.
Danner told the board the grant would cover equipment including a walk-in cooler, a table-and-sink autopsy setup and a toxicology instrument for in-house testing. "It is a short timeline, so that's why we wanted to get out here," Danner said, and estimated the request at "approximately a $100,000 for equipment." She said the grants team had already reviewed the application draft.
The grant is intended to buy equipment the coroner's office needs for day-to-day operations, Danner said, and the…
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