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TACIR draft recommends regional crime‑lab expansions, rapid DNA authorization and adds digital forensics to scope
Summary
TACIR’s draft crime‑lab report endorses TBI’s strategic real‑estate plan to expand labs, recommends rapid‑DNA testing at booking and resource‑sharing partnerships, and commissioners asked staff to add digital forensics to the study scope for further work.
A draft TACIR report recommends expanding Tennessee Bureau of Investigation forensic capacity across regions, authorizing rapid DNA at booking stations, prioritizing overburdened disciplines and encouraging resource‑sharing partnerships; commissioners also asked staff to add digital forensics to the study scope.
Madison Thorne presented the draft, noting Tennessee has made progress reducing some forensic backlogs but that capacity constraints remain—particularly workspace. "The primary constraint on TBI's capacity is space,"…
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