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Regional Forensic Science Center requests CIP and warns of space, maintenance and toxicology funding risks
Summary
Center staff told commissioners they are fully trained and staffed, that space constraints and rising instrument costs risk case backlogs, and that a $19 million CIP to expand lab space is a priority.
Katie Asbury, senior administrative officer at the Regional Forensic Science Center, told commissioners on May 15 that the center is fully staffed and that demand for services is growing even as space, maintenance and federal funding risks threaten capacity.
Asbury said mandatory services include autopsy and pathology, medical investigations, evidence management, toxicology and DNA testing. She told the commission the center recently achieved staffing stability after earlier training losses and has set up an equipment replacement fund.
Why it matters: staff said limited lab and storage space and rising maintenance and…
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