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Attorney G ener al D eWíne Announces Sígnificant Drop in DNA Turnaround Time

!4/20t3 (COLUMBUS, Ohio)- OhloAttorneyGenerâl Mike Dewine todây announced thât forensic sc¡ent¡sts working at theAttorney Generâl's Bureâu ofCrimlnal lnvestigation (8Cl) are now process¡ng DNA cases in a record turnaround time of 20 dâys, despite a 34-percent increâse in DNA submlsslons from law enforcement froln December 2010 to today.

ln December 2010,¡ust before Attorney General DeWlne took oftice, DNA results took approximately 125 days to complete. "The time it took for the lab to complete DNA testingwas far too long," said Attorney General DeWine. "The sooner we can process the cr¡me scene evldence, the sooner we cân arrest the perpetrâtor."

A'three-pronged'approach focuslngon stâffin8, technology, and eff¡ciencywas used ln the turnaround time reduct¡on plân, Twenty-one scientists were âdded to the BCI lâboratory stâff, BCI's number of DNA testing and Combined DNA lndex System (COOIS) robots doubled from s¡x to 12, ând a continuous quality lmprovement process has now been estâblished.

"The additional work we put into this effort is wellworth lt," sa¡d Dewlne' "lt is gratifying to know that we hâve helped local law enforcement prevent addltional cr¡mes by getting criminâls off the streets â lot faster."

Bcl currently averages âpprox¡mately 155 CODIs hits a month, w¡th more than 2,000 mâtches in 2012.

ln Octobôr, DNA evidence helped Newark Pol¡ce ¡dentify â man accused of k¡dnâpping ând raplng a 1s-year-old girl whowas walking to the h¡gh school. BCI processed the DNA evidence subm¡tted by authorities in t2 dâys'

"The longer an ¡nvestigat¡on tâkes, th€ mored¡fficult ¡t ls to solve it," said Newark Pol¡ce Detectlve Steve Vãnoy. "W¡th the decreâsed turnaround time it makes our ¡ob that much easier."

"l have to believe that ¡f th¡s suspect had not been arrested for several months whilewe were wâ¡ting for DNA results, he would have reoffended"'added L¡cking County Prosecutor Kenneth Oswalt.

Turnaround t¡mes for other lâboratory testhì8 Þrocesses hâve also decllned, ¡ncludinS:

201o (Days) 2012 (Dâys) ,t&Y g r :^r

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Neârly 9o-percent ofOhlo's law enforcement agencies relyon BCI for state crlme lab services. ln 2012, the BCI lâboratory tested approx¡mately 1ó1.000 p¡eces ofevidence'

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