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"...kits have been sent out for testing to contracted labs...."

"...Police Department's rape kit backlog "may discourage some people." APD has spent countless hours in the media hot seat..."

"...base funding levels.) During public hearing, Council heard from APD officers forced to adjust to losing benefits. Officer Albino..."

"...Crime Lab Conundrums..."

"...of their backlogged kits in April. But the crime lab saga is far from over. As APD works to..."

"...$150 for toxicology), controlled substances ($75-150 per sample), and DNA testing ($550 per case)...."

"...full year after the Austin Police Department shuttered its DNA lab due to out-of-date procedures and unqualified analysts, department..."

"...full year after the Austin Police Department shuttered its DNA lab due to out-of-date procedures and unqualified analysts, department..."

"...The Austin Police Department will resume all remediation efforts..."

"...held in that refrigerator. Signature Science – the local lab APD contracted to analyze incoming and backlogged DNA evidence..."

"...rape kit backlog as processed kits return from outsourced labs. Interim APD Chief Brian Manley said last Wednesday that..."

"...DNA Lab Departure: Scott Milne, who was hired as APD's..."

"...DNA Lab Reopens? Two votes at Council today concern APD's..."

"...with the Department of Public Safety that would reopen APD’s crime lab after nearly a year of inactivity...."

"...Disconcerting reports about the current status of APD’s ever-growing rape kit backlog has prompted Travis County’s Sexual..."

"...Austin Police have accumulated more than 4,000 untested DNA cases since the June shutdown of the department's forensics..."

"...he's overseen since late December still holds evidence requiring DNA testing from 3,294 sexual assault cases. That includes all..."

"...APD Freezer Malfunction: The broken freezer in APD's forensic lab..."

"...Former APD Asst. Chief Jessica Robledo didn't stay out of a..."

"...3) Naked Panic On Feb. 8, APD Officer Geoffrey Freeman fatally shot 17-year-old David Joseph, a..."

"...has officially ceased all operations geared toward reopening its DNA and Serology lab, Interim Police Chief Brian Manley announced..."

"...Monday unanimously recommending that the city’s currently shuttered forensics lab – currently run by the Austin Police Department –..."

"...the Austin Police Department announced the shutdown of its DNA lab due to poorly trained staff and the use..."

"...originally slated for testing at the Austin Police Depart­ment's DNA lab that has remained unexamined since that lab shut..."

"...rezoning, Dripping Springs wastewater discharge, a potential deal between APD's DNA lab and Dallas County, the spay/neuter policy at..."

"...responsible in part for shutting down Austin Police's crime lab was, until Tuesday, in custody in Harris County, where..."

"...Friday news dump kind of thing: The department's crime lab, shuttered since June after consultation with the Texas Forensic..."

"...appeals judges that the bandanna holding traces of his DNA (and some of Morton’s blood) found at a construction..."

"...Wednesday afternoon’s testimony, the prosecution called Irma Rios, a lab worker at the Houston Forensic Science Center who was..."

"...with a list of her priorities (EMS staffing, the APD forensic lab, among others). "I need to reemphasize that..."