Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: 4/5ths
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Christina Corpus, Sheriff
Subject: Agreement with the California Department of Justice Bureau of Forensic Services
RECOMMENDATION:
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Recommendation to:
A) Adopt a resolution authorizing execution of an agreement with the California Department of Justice (DOJ) Bureau of Forensic Services for distribution of the FY 2025 Sexual Assault Evidence Submission Grant Program funds to the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office, for the term of April 1, 2025 through June 30, 2028, in an amount not to exceed $2,362,500; and
B) Authorizing an Appropriation Transfer Request (ATR) in the amount of $2,362,500 from unanticipated revenue for the FY 2025 Sexual Assault Evidence Submission Grant Program.
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BACKGROUND:
On September 30, 2018, Assembly Bill 3118 amended Penal Code ? 680.4 to require every law enforcement agency to conduct an audit of all untested sexual assault evidence kits in its possession by no later than July 1, 2019.
On October 8, 2019, Senate Bill 22 amended Penal Code ?? 680 and 680.3 to require law enforcement agencies to submit sexual assault forensic evidence received on or after January 1, 2016, to a crime lab within 20 days. The crime lab must process sexual assault forensic evidence, create DNA profiles when able, and upload qualifying DNA profiles into the Combined DNA Index System (CODIS) as soon as practically possible, but no later than 120 days after initially receiving the evidence for testing.
The California DOJ's Statewide Audit of Untested Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence Kits 2020 Report to the Legislature indicated that the County of San Mateo had 154 untested sexual assault kits collected in 2016 or later and 497 untested sexual assault kits collected in 2015 or earlier (with three kit collection dates unknown, for a total of 654 untested kits).
The Sheriff's Office Forensic Laboratory and the Redwood City Police ...
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