Pflugerville PD expanding digital forensics; says state lab backlogs handled with workarounds
Chief O'Malley described expanding a one-person digital-forensics unit, acquiring equipment through federal training and using Rangers or private labs to avoid state crime-lab delays for high-profile cases.
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Chief O'Malley said the department's digital forensics capabilities have been expanded to handle phone dumps and vehicle infotainment downloads, but currently that capability is small: "We have 1 person," he said of the digital forensics unit. He described sending detectives to free federal training (Secret Service) that has returned equipment and expertise to the department.
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