AC3-SB Acquire new and replacement instrumentation, technology and software as needed and in a timely manner.

Support Bureau
Strategic Direction
  • 4: Technology Development and Infrastructure Expansion
  • Responsible Party - Lead
  • Forensic Lab Manager
  • Division / Unit / Section
  • Chemistry Unit (AC)
  • Funding Status
  • Funding Needed
  • Accomplishments

    Our available funding has changed since last month. The Crime Laboratory has been advised that a mistake was made and that we will not receive $175,000.00 in CCPD funding.  The Crime Laboratory has also been advised that we may have to return the $79,000.00 from the DANI instrument to the DOJ (we had previously been advised that we would be able to apply the $79,000.00 toward a new instrument).  We now intend to use the money from the 2016 JAG Grant to purchase a new GC-FID-MS instrument for BAC analysis.  We need a backup (redundant system) for the BAC instrument so that in the future when a problem occurs that we will not be forced to outsource casework.  If we are permitted to use the $79,000.00 from the DANI instrument, we will purchase two fewer Hydrogen Generators with the 2016 JAG Grant funding and use that savings ($30,000.00) and the $79,000.00 to purchase a GC-FID instrument as a backup for the new GC-FID-MS.  We will not have the funding for an external validation of the GC-FID.  In the future, for approximately $47,000.00, we will be able to add on a MS modular component to the GC-FID and turn it into a GC-FID-MS.  On November 29, 2018, I met with Leo Luna and advised him that we may have an issue with being able to use the $79,000.00 from the DANI instrument and asked for his assistance.
    Estimated Date of Completion
  • Annually
  • Start Date
    10/1/16
    End Date
    9/30/22