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Pecos officials outline drug-investigation limits, lab delays and prosecution pathways
Summary
Police and the DA's office told council that overdose investigations are complex, often reliant on toxicology and state lab capacity, and that larger narcotics cases frequently go to federal partners; city staff and prosecutors said grant opportunities exist but require council approval to pursue.
At council’s Dec. 18 session, staff and prosecutors described the constraints in investigating fatal overdoses and prosecuting large narcotics cases.
A police representative explained the practical limits of overdose investigations: toxicology results may take months from the state lab, digital evidence is not always available at a scene, and identifying and proving…
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