tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post8299703717114365828..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: El Paso PD drug lab put on probation by accrediting agencyGritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-15515897686794612052011-07-08T22:17:12.801-05:002011-07-08T22:17:12.801-05:00"...raised serious concerns about the prepare..."...raised serious concerns about the preparedness of personnel..."<br /><br />"...Quijano said he will examine any case that may have had evidence processed by the crime lab in the past six months and ask for a review..."<br /><br />Did the chemists suddenly become "unprepared" in just the past 6 months?<br />Maybe the chemists were trained this way when they started working in the lab.<br />The auditors need to check lab reports that go back much, much farther in time. They need to determine exactly how the chemists became "unprepared".<br /><br /><br />"...District Attorney Jaime Esparza and County Attorney Jo Anne Bernal said on Thursday. They and Police Chief Greg Allen said they had no evidence that anybody in the lab intentionally did anything wrong. "Nobody's accusing us of being unethical or corrupt," said Deputy Police Chief Robert Feidner...<br /><br />Actually, it is unethical that no one from inside the lab reported these problems BEFORE the audit, as required by ASCLD/LAB accreditation standards. If lab personnel know of problems, they are required to report it...immediately.<br /><br />It always amazes me how DAs and Lab Directors downplay these audit findings.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-75548832596553553142011-07-08T17:49:42.918-05:002011-07-08T17:49:42.918-05:00Good luck getting the Forensic Science Commission ...Good luck getting the Forensic Science Commission to do anything soon.<br /><br />Looks like they canceled another regular meeting.<br /><br />History repeats.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com