Criminal
May 8, 2010
S.F. to Contract Out Drug Testing
The police department will officially close the controlled substance section of its crime laboratory and begin contracting out to outside crime labs to test its drugs, Chief George Gascon announced on Wednesday.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
The San Francisco Police Department will officially close the controlled substance section of its crime laboratory and begin contracting out to outside crime labs to test its drugs, Chief George Gascon announced on Wednesday.
The move comes after about 600 drug cases were thrown out in light of a scandal over a former crime lab technician who admitted to using cocaine and stealing drug...
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