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Cumberland County salary board approves hiring to open new firearms lab
Summary
The Cumberland County salary board approved salary actions to staff a new firearms/ballistics laboratory built with a state grant, after district attorney Sean McCormack argued the lab will speed testing and save long-term costs previously incurred sending evidence out of state.
The Cumberland County salary board voted Aug. 7 to approve salary actions submitted by District Attorney Sean McCormack so the county can staff and open a newly constructed firearms (ballistics) laboratory.
County officials and McCormack said the lab — which was built with state grant funds and cost about $1,500,000 to construct — will let the county stop sending evidence out of state for ballistics testing. McCormack told the board that staff currently travel to New Jersey every few months to drop off and pick up firearms for testing, and that outside testing can cost between $700 and $2,000 per gun, not counting travel and expert-witness expenses.
McCormack framed the hiring request as the final step to make the lab operational. "The lab is now built. It is substantially equipped, and now this is the last step to get it open," he said. He…
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