LAPD clears rape kit backlog

Two years after a public outcry prompted changes in how rape kits are processed, the LAPD has cleared a backlog of more than 6,100 of the tests, officials said Tuesday.C.J. Lin in the Daily News.

The Los Angeles Police Department has completed DNA and other tests on all of the 6,132 rape kits - some of them years old - that were reported in 2008 to have been sitting untouched in lab freezers, Capt. Kevin McClure told the Police Commission.

A secondary backlog of rape kits generated since that time stands at about 275 - after hitting 2,500 at one point, LAPD officials said.