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Police commission backs DOJ grants for cold-case DNA, backlog reduction and ShotSpotter expansion
Summary
The commission recommended Board approval to accept $424,107 (NIJ cold-case DNA), $320,274 (DNA backlog reduction) and a $750,000 COPS technology grant for ShotSpotter expansion; department staff said the NIJ grant will review 100 cases and ShotSpotter adds roughly 2 square miles of coverage.
The San Francisco Police Commission on Oct. 20 voted to recommend that the Board of Supervisors approve three federal grants totaling $1,494,381 aimed at cold-case work, laboratory capacity and gunshot-detection technology.
Item 5: The commission backed acceptance of $424,107 from the U.S. Department of Justice, National Institute of Justice, for a "solving cold cases with DNA" program and an amendment to the salary ordinance to add three part-time investigator positions. Department staff said the grant will fund examination of about 100 cases (a mix of homicide and…
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