This resolution approves an application for a federal grant from the U.S. Department of Justice to the Metropolitan Government of Nashville, through the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department. The grant will be used to outsource the forensic analysis of sexual assault kits to private vendors in order to reduce the backlog of DNA case samples.
A resolution approving an application for a DNA Capacity Enhancement for Backlog Reduction (CEBR) Program Grant from the U. S. Department of Justice to the Metropolitan Government, acting by and through the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department, to outsource sexual assault kits to private vendors for forensic case sample analysis to reduce the backlog associated with DNA analysis.
What it does
- 1Approval of application for the DNA Capacity Enhancement for Backlog Reduction (CEBR) Program Grant.
- 2Authorization for the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department to outsource sexual assault kit analysis to private vendors.
- 3Aim to reduce the backlog associated with DNA forensic case sample analysis.
This resolution approves an application for a federal grant from the U.S. Department of Justice to the Metropolitan Government of Nashville, through the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department. The grant will be used to outsource the forensic analysis of sexual assault kits to private vendors in order to reduce the backlog of DNA case samples.
Activity timeline
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New other: Grant
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