File #: 20-0228    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Item Approved on Behalf of the Board Status: Passed
File created: 2/20/2020 In control: Board of Mayor & Aldermen
On agenda: 3/10/2020 Final action: 3/10/2020
Title: COF Contract No. 2020-0046 Agreement With Tennessee Bureau Of Investigation For Forensic Biology Analysis Outsourcing.
Sponsors: Deb Faulkner
Attachments: 1. Agreement for Forensic Biology Analysis Outsourcing.pdf

 

DATE:                                                               February 20, 2020

 

TO:                                          Board of Mayor and Aldermen

 

FROM:                                          Eric Stuckey, City Administrator

                                          Shauna Billingsley, City Attorney

                                          Deborah Faulkner, Police Chief

                     

                                          

SUBJECT:                                          

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COF Contract No. 2020-0046 Agreement With Tennessee Bureau Of Investigation For Forensic Biology Analysis Outsourcing.  

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Purpose

The purpose of this memo is to provide information to the Franklin Board of Mayor and Aldermen (BOMA) information on the TBI’s decision to outsource a number of Sexual Assault Kits (SAKs) to an accredited private laboratory for Forensic Biology testing.

 

Background

This outsourced testing should provide more timely results for currently submitted cases, reduce the backlog of untested cases at the TBI Crime Laboratories, and improve the ability to serve future cases

 

Financial Impact

There is no cost to the City of Franklin for this service.

 

Recommendation

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Staff recommends acknowledgement of this agreement.