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SHSU opens new crime lab

Sam Houston State University just opened a new, regional pay-per-service crime lab in the Woodlands, reports KBTX.com:The laboratory will ease the backlog of criminal cases in Texas by serving the basic needs of nearly 100 state and local agencies in 10 counties in Southeast Texas. The lab, staffed by 10 employees, is expected to handle up to 5,000 cases annually. The regional crime lab will offer fee-based services to attorneys, medical examiner?s offices, law enforcement agencies, the public and other laboratories and organizations. Examiners at the lab will test for controlled substances in seized drugs and provide toxicology testing in biological specimens for alcohol and illicit, prescription, and over-the-counter drugs. ?The laboratory is part of the comprehensive criminal justice program at Sam Houston State University,? said Dr...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on January 13, 2011 (boomark / email).