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Committee approves DOJ DNA capacity enhancement grant to outsource about 180 assault kits, officials say backlog near resolution
Budget & Finance Committee, Metropolitan Council of Nashville and Davidson County · December 4, 2025
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Summary
The committee approved a resolution to accept a DOJ DNA capacity enhancement grant that will allow the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department to outsource roughly 180 sexual-assault kits to private vendors while the department continues in-house processing and review.
The Budget & Finance Committee approved a resolution authorizing an application for a U.S. Department of Justice DNA capacity enhancement grant to reduce the forensic backlog by outsourcing sexual-assault kits to private vendors.
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