Houston's Crime Lab is still a mess
Good news! According to KHOU-11, HPD's disastrous Crime Lab is finally, at long last, headed in the right direction:
HPD’s troubled crime labs could finally be on the right track. A new report presented in Houston City Hall Thursday shows that although things are getting better, there still is more progress needed.
Bad news! According to KPRC-2's Robert Arnold, HPD's disastrous Crime Lab is still facing many of the same problems:
Almost nine years after Houston's crime lab was rocked by revelations of bad science and rampant problems, Local 2 Investigates has uncovered backlogs, lengthy processing times and gaps in information still plague the department.
Okay! KUHF-88.7 contributes with this straddling-the-fence effort:
HPD's Crime Lab Making Improvements But Some Backlogs Still Growing
Growing backlogs demonstrate improvement. Got it.
Robert Arnold's story has much more depth, including some fine quotes from the (she's still there?) lab director Irma Rios. Here's a choice one:
Despite the lack of information, Rios said she still believes the more than 11,000 kits have at least been tested.
"I would anticipate, because they are at room temperature, that most of those have already been tested," said Rios.
Millions of dollars have been thrown at that lab, and the director "believes" 11,000 kits have been tested because why else would they be at room temperature?
Back in 2008 Rios assured KHOU-11's Jeremy Desel that the crime lab would be a good steward of the public's money, but in Arnold's story, Mayor Parker and Councilwoman Jolanda Jones are losing patience:
"I am certain I wouldn't be authorizing throwing more money into a system that doesn't work," said Jones. "It's like a money pit."
Posted by Anne Linehan @ 01/14/11 07:14 AM | Print |
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