Tennessee is outsourcing testing of at least 550 rape kits to a private Florida lab under a $1.5 million federal grant
FILE - Tennessee Bureau of Investigation Director David Rausch speaks during a press conference, in Memphis, Jan. 26, 2023. Tennessee is outsourcing the testing of at least 550 rape kits to a private Florida lab through a $1.5 million federal grant, the state's lead investigative agency announced Monday, March 6, 2023, in a move aimed at reducing processing times that have drawn scrutiny.
As of October, the agency said the average turnaround time for a rape kit was 43 weeks at the Knoxville lab, 42.4 weeks at the Jackson lab and 32.7 weeks at the Nashville lab. . The agency had requested 40 more special agent/forensic scientist positions and 10 more technicians in the budget that is now in effect, but Lee and lawmakers initially funded half that amount. Some of the new agency lab positions are aimed at DNA, while others are focused on other tasks, from toxicology to forensic chemistry.
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