LAPD faulted for rape kit backlog
City Controller Laura Chick issued a scathing audit Monday of the Los Angeles Police Department's backlog of more than 7,000 DNA rape kits and its failure to use a $4 million federal grant to analyze the evidence and arrest rapists. Daily News.
At a City Hall news conference with women's-rights advocates, Chick said the LAPD should find the money within its more-than-$2 billion budget to hire more criminalists and aim to clear the backlog within three years.
"Today, there are 7,000 women out there without a voice," Chick said. "There are 7,000 victims without justice."
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