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District attorney seeks committee OK to pursue feasibility study for forensic lab with SUNY Fredonia
Summary
District Attorney Jason Schmidt asked the committee to support issuing an RFP for a feasibility study on establishing a forensic laboratory in partnership with SUNY Fredonia; Schmidt said local lab capability could speed evidence turnaround and help meet criminal-procedure deadlines.
Chautauqua County District Attorney Jason Schmidt asked the Public Safety Committee to support a next step toward a feasibility study for creating a local forensic laboratory in partnership with SUNY Fredonia.
Schmidt said the county currently relies on state and regional crime labs with turnaround times that have ranged from about six months historically to roughly three months more recently for DNA and other analyses. "It would be nice if we could process our...evidence here locally," Schmidt said, adding that long…
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