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Commission finds misconduct in DPS lab records; recommends suspension and two‑year bar on license reinstatement
Summary
The commission adopted an investigative report finding that a DPS Westregion analyst fabricated a random‑sampling form used in seized‑drug testing; staff recommended, and the commission approved, suspension of the analyst’s license until its June 2025 expiration and a two‑year bar on reinstatement.
The Texas Forensic Science Commission adopted an investigative report on Jan. 31 finding that an analyst at a Texas Department of Public Safety laboratory fabricated a random‑number generator form used to select items for testing in a seized‑drug submission.
According to the report presented to the commission, the lab received 400 seized items and the analyst intended to test a random sample of five units. By policy the analyst was required to retain the random‑number generator form in the case file. The analyst later could not locate the original form and — according to the report…
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