HPD crime lab has new leadership to conduct probe
The Chronicle is reporting a development in the HPD crime lab probe:
The former inspector general for the U.S. Justice Department will head the probe of the Houston Police Department's embattled crime laboratory.
The City Council this morning approved the hiring of Michael R. Bromwich to conduct a comprehensive review and analysis of the work of the HPD lab — in some cases going back as far as 1987.
The contract calls for Bromwich, and the Washington, D.C. law firm that employs him, to be paid as much as $2.2 million to carry out the investigation.
According to the contract, Bromwich and his crew of assistants and subcontractors will examine the operations of these crime lab divisions during the period from 1998 through 2004: trace analysis, controlled substances, firearms, questioned documents and toxicology.
The investigators will review the work of the department's serology and DNA labs, dating back to 1987.
Previously, Chief Hurtt has been criticized for not moving faster to deal with crime lab problems.
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Posted by Anne Linehan @ 03/30/05 03:43 PM | Houston Miscellany | Print | Comments (0)
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