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Cumberland County accepts $2.496 million DOJ grant to inventory and test sexual-assault kits
Summary
The Cumberland County Board of Commissioners unanimously authorized the county manager to accept a $2,496,000 Department of Justice grant for a three-year assault-kit tracking and testing initiative, which will inventory local kits, adopt a tracking system and test applicable kits to support investigations and prosecutions.
The Cumberland County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously Dec. 2 to authorize the county manager to accept a $2,496,000 Department of Justice grant that will fund a three-year assault-kit tracking and testing initiative for the district attorney’s office.
District Attorney Jackie Sartoris told commissioners the grant will support a full inventory of untested sexual-assault kits in the county, adoption of an existing statewide tracking system and testing of kits when appropriate. "It is a very substantial grant, almost $2,500,000," Sartoris said, and she credited assistant Tina Pinedis with leading the…
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