FY24 MWRFL CEBR

The Midwest Regional Forensic Laboratory (MRFL) provides forensic science service in the areas of biology/DNA, latent prints, drug chemistry, and toxicology for all the law enforcement agencies within the Minnesota counties of Anoka, Sherburne, and Wright.

The biology section will be using the funds from the FY24 Capacity Enhancement for Backlog Reduction (CEBR) grant to extend employment of a hire from the FY22 CEBR grant or an additional two years. This grant will pay all expenses for this employee through September 2026. It is anticipated that this scientist will complete DNA training by the early 2025.

At the end of 2023, the biology laboratory was operating at about a 190 day average turnaround on all DNA requests for service. The laboratory has two goals with the grant funding: the laboratory would like to reduce the laboratory turnaround time for DNA cases to 90 days, and increase the number of DNA requests completed section wide by 10 percent per year of the grant.