Brady Announces Funding For Regional Crime Lab At SHSU
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Congressman Kevin
Brady |
U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady (R-The Woodlands) has announced
that over $1.5 million has been approved for a Sam Houston State
University Regional Crime Lab.
This grant allows SHSU to build a Rural Crime Laboratory
that will provide services to local law enforcement such as
identification of controlled substances, toxicology screening
and fingerprint matching.
“Our rural law enforcement agencies need their tests
done quickly and affordably, and to not get stuck in the backlog
in Houston or Dallas. This funding will now create a crime
lab that taps the resources and expertise of one of the top
criminal justice institutions in the nation, Sam Houston State
University,” said Brady.
Currently local law enforcement agencies are experiencing
significant waits and backlogs while trying to obtain vital
information from city crime labs. This funding allows Sam
Houston State University -- one of the nation’s foremost
criminal justice universities –to build a regional crime
lab and utilize its expertise in forensic science while partnering
with Walker County to build a Rural Crime Laboratory that
will provide vital services to local law enforcement.
Funds will be used to finalize the specifications for equipment,
prepare the facility space, purchase lab equipment, and hire
crime lab personnel such as the lab director and technicians.
The lab will be able to service communities in a 75-mile wide
area. The funding was included in the Consolidated Appropriations
Act of 2008.
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For
more, see a previous Huntsville Item story from October 2006.
SHSU Media Contact: Frank
Krystyniak
March 28, 2008
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