Lawmakers give CBI longer to spend $3 million to address rape kit backlog — with new oversight
The Colorado Bureau of Investigation will have another year to spend $3 million earmarked for the processing of sexual ...
‘Colorado needs to have better procedures:’ Crime lab accountability bill introduced in response to alleged evidence mishandling by CBI employee
Colorado lawmakers are trying to create more accountability for crime labs after a state lab analyst was charged with ...
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Boulder sheriff no longer using CBI for DNA testing over concerns with backlog, quality control
The Boulder County Sheriff's Department is no longer using the state’s lab for DNA analysis, citing the year-and-a-half ...
Boulder County sheriff chooses Jefferson County lab over CBI for DNA tests
The move, according to BCSO, is about ensuring efficiency in investigations and delivering justice to victims more quickly.
Colorado sees increase in DUI deaths while enforcement drops
The number of impaired driving crashes has increased by 41% in Colorado from 2013 to 2023, while enforcement has gone down by 30%. The decrease in enforcement is attributed to ...
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Colorado lawmakers agree to free up $3 million to address rape kit backlog
Some lawmakers had demanded the Colorado Bureau of Investigation show a clear plan to resolve the 500-day wait for test ...
Colorado has a backlog of more than 1,400 untested sexual assault kit
CBI is hoping to send a portion of the kits to out-of-state private labs for testing, as they look to alleviate a backlog of ...
Lawmakers aim to stop manipulation of data in state labs after CBI scientist was charged
The fallout from a former Colorado Bureau of Investigations forensic scientist has yet to be fully realized, as legislation ...