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THE DEMAND FOR FORENSIC
TESTING IS PILING UP, BUT THE
AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT CRIME
LAB IS READY TO TAKE ON MORE
CASES. GOOD AFTERNOON.
I'M ROBERT HADLOCK.
HADLOCK.
AND I'M LESLIE RHODE.
AN AGREEMENT APPROVED TODAY
WILL ALLOW HAYS COUNTY
AGENCIES TO HAVE THEIR CASES
TESTED IN AUSTIN - BUT FOR A FEE.
FEE. KXAN'S "CHRIS
SADEGHI" HAS MORE ON WHAT IT
MEANS FOR THE BACKLOG OF CASES
IN BOTH COUNTIES.
(GUNSHOT NATS)FIRING A BULLETS
INTO A BIG TUB OF WATER MAY
NOT SEEM LIKE GREAT TARGET
PRACTICE.BUT... GREG KARIM
ISN'T AIMING... HE'S TESTING.
TESTING.
3747 WE CAN PUT THESE ON THE
SCOPE AND TAKE A LOOK AT THEM.
HE TAKES THE BULLETS OUT...
AND THE SCIENCE STARTS HAPPENIN..
HAPPENING..
GREG KARIMAPD FORENSIC
SCIENTIST3935 EACH CASE IS
DIFFERENT, SOMETIMES WE DON'T
HAVE FIREARMS, SOMETIMES WE
JUST HAVE BULLET OR CARTRIDGE.
STUDIES AND HE MATCHES... PUT
IT ALL TOGETHER AND YOU GET
EVIDENCE THAT CAN END UP IN
FRONT A JURY.
JURY.
BILL GIBBONS/APD FORENSIC
SERVICES MANAGER1536 THEY'D
RATHER RELY ON TANGIBLE
FORENSIC ESTIMANY AS OPPOSED
TO EYEWITNESS TESTIMONY :05
TECHNOLOGY.... IT'S A GAME CHANGER.
CHANGER.
CHRIS SADEGHITHE FIRE THE
BULLETS FROM A GUN... PUT IT
UNDER A MICROSCOPE AND THEY
CAN RECREATE AN SHOOTING
EVENT... NOW APD IS GOIGN TO
HELP THEIR NEIGHBORS.
NEIGHBORS.
1742 THIS IS THE FRIST TIME
WE'VE OFFERED THIS TO EXTERNAL
ENTITYAN AGREEMENT WILL ALLOW
APD TO DO FORENSIC TESTING FOR
SEVERAL HAYS COUNTY AGENCIES.
IT INCLUDES GUNS, DNA,
FINGERPRINTS..APD SAYS THEY
ARE ALREADY BACKLOGGED, BUT
THE EXTRA CASES WILL BE WORKED
OVERTIME.AND FEES COLLECTED
FROM HAYS COUNTY WILL PAY FOR
THAT OT.
1352 IT DIDN'T TAKE FROM OUR
CASE WORK AND IT DIDN'T COST
THE CITY OF AUSTIN MONEY :04
AND IT COULD ALSO END UP
SAVING HAYS COUNTY IN THE LONG
RUN.RIGHT NOW THEY TEST
FORENSICS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF
PUBLIC SAFETY LAB... AND THE
BACKLOG THERE CAN TAKE LONGER
THAN 90 DAYS FOR CASES THAT
WOULD TAKE ABOUT TWO WEEKS IN
AUSTIN.AND THE LONGER A CASE
TAKES TO PROCESS, THE MORE IT COSTS.
COSTS.
3853 ON THE BULLET YOU GOT
THESE RIFLING MARKS BUT IT
MIGHT MEAN A FEW LONGER NIGHTS
AT THE LAB FOR GREG.IN EAST
AUSTIN CS KXAN NEWS.
AS A PART OF THE
AGREEMENT, HAYS COUNTY HIRED
AN ADDITIONAL CHEMIST TO WORK
THEIR CASES AT THE A-P-D LAB,
BUT NO OTHER WILL BE ADDED AS
A PART OF THE AGREEMENT.
FEES COLLECTED FROM HAYS
COUNTY WILL PAY FOR THE
OVERTIME HOURS USED TO PROCESS