KBI seeks approval of Detectim Apex R7 Raman spectrometer as optional field test; lawmakers ask for validation data

Patrick Presky, laboratory operations manager for the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, asked the committee to add the Detectim Apex R7 Raman spectrometer to KR10-22-1, the KBI director’s list of approved field tests. He summarized the device and KBI’s internal validation: “The Apex R7 is a handheld detection device. It shines a laser beam onto a substance and based on the light that scatters off of that substance ... that gives what we call a spectrum.”