HomeMy WebLinkAboutIR 7009 INFORMAL REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS No. 7009
;.0170R2Z., To the Mayor and Members of the City Council March 12, 1985
Subject: CRIME LABORATORY EQUIPMENT AND STAFFING
For the past year, the Police Department has been exploring ways to im-
prove the quality and scope of services provided by the Crime Labora-
tory. With an expanding and diversifying drug, serology, and physical
evidence caseload, the need for improving service capability continues.
Options pursued to provide funds for Crime Lab equipment include a grant
request to the State Criminal Justice Division which was not approved
and a 1984-85 budget request.
In their initial 1984-85 budget request, the Police Department requested
$128,000 for additional equipment and two additional Criminalist posi-
tions. The City Manager recommended and the City Council approved
$44,000 in additional funds for laboratory equipment and one additional
position.
The Police Department has continued its review of Crime Lab needs and
has submitted to the City Manager's Office a phased plan for becoming
one of the most advanced and equipped labs in the country." The plan
includes:
Phase I
Phase I involves a proposed mid-year laboratory equipment purchase of
$340,000 and the addition of two positions.
Equipment
Gas Chromatograph/Mass Spectrometer $175,000
Portable Fingerprint Laser 35,000
X-Ray Analyzer 130,000
$340,000
Personnel
0 One Firearms Examiner
* One Generalist Criminalist
Phase II
Phase II includes the capital laboratory equipment acquisition as well
as three additional staff positions.
Equipment
Laboratory Laser Printer $90,000
Liquid Chromatograph 28,000
Atomic Absorption Spectrometer 28,000
X-Ray Diffraction Unit 75,000
Color Dark Room Equipment 50,000
Infrared Spectrophotometer 25,000
Serology Equipment 25,000
Radio-Immuno Assay Equipment 20,000
Micro Ultraviolet Spectrophotometer 75,000
Differential Scanning Calorimeter 20,000
Polarimeter 25,000
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectrometer 40,000
$506,00
ISSUED BY THE CITY MANAGER FORT WORTH, TEXAS
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Personnel
0 One Latent Fingerprinter
Questioned Documents Examiner
Hair/Fiber Specialist
The purchase request for the portable fingerprint laser (M&C P-1739) has
been authorized and is included on the March 12 agenda for Council con-
sideration.
The City Manager's staff will review the remainder of the proposal and
submit a recommendation regarding funding and implementing this equip-
ment and personnel request.
If additional information is required, it will be provided upon request .
Douglas Harman
OW City Manager
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ISSUED BY THE CITY MANAGER FORT WORTH, TEXAS