COUNCIL COMMUNICATION
TO: Honorable Mayor and Council
FROM: Troy Stirling, Chief of Police
SUBJECT:Title
Adopt Resolution No. 23-3643 Approving and Authorizing the City Manager to Execute a Memorandum of Understanding with the Arizona Department of Public Safety for Participation as a Partner Agency Site in the Arizona Law Enforcement Rapid DNA Program (Chief Stirling)
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FUNDING SOURCE:
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PURPOSE:
To adopt a resolution approving and authorizing the City Manager to execute a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Arizona Department of Public Safety (AZDPS) for participation as a partner agency site in the Arizona Law Enforcement Rapid DNA Program.
BACKGROUND:
The AZDPS Scientific Analysis Bureau implemented a Law Enforcement Rapid DNA Program in April 2014, designed to train officers and crime scene personnel in the use of Rapid DNA technology for investigative lead purposes. These Rapid DNA Operators are trained to prepare and run samples on Rapid DNA instrumentation located at the AZDPS Central Regional and Southern Regional Crime Laboratories. After successful completion of a Rapid DNA run, these operators are then trained to complete side by side comparisons of crime scene samples to known standards (bench top comparisons) or to run the DNA profile through a local, standalone database of Arizona convicted offender and arrestee samples in order to determine if a matching profile exists in the database.
In January 2020, AZDPS developed program guidelines to expand the Law Enforcement Rapid DNA Program to include the creation of Partner Agency Sites. These are sites that utilize Rapid DNA instrumentation and access the standalone database at locations outside of AZDPS via a cooperative agreement. The Partner Agency maintains the site with oversight from the AZDPS Rapid DNA Program Manager, thereby ensuring expanded and convenient access to Rapid DNA technology for the Partner Agency while maintaining the standard of sample\ preparation and analysis required by AZDPS for the statewide program.
COMMUNITY IMPACT:
Partner Agency Sites ensure expanded and convenient access to Rapid DNA technology while maintaining the standards required by AZDPS for the statewide program.
FISCAL IMPACT:
None
ATTACHMENTS:
Resolution No. 23-3643
LHCPD AZDPS Partner Agency MOU 2023-001
SUGGESTED MOTION:Recommended Action
I move to adopt Resolution No. 23-3643 approving and authorizing the City Manager to execute a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Arizona Department of Public Safety (AZDPS) for participation as a partner agency site in the Arizona Law Enforcement Rapid DNA Program.