Award Information
Description of original award (Fiscal Year 2024, $600,000)
The Wyoming State Crime Laboratory (WSCL) is the only facility responsible for analyzing evidence associated with criminal investigations for local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies, coroner’s offices, and public defender offices within the state of Wyoming. Wyoming State Statues §7-19-402 and 7-19-305 designate WSCL as the agency responsible for conducting DNA analysis on samples collected from all convicted felony offenders and qualifying sex offenders in the state of Wyoming. The WSCL is responsible for storing and maintaining the resultant profiles in the Wyoming State DNA Database.
The federal funding from this award significantly improves the technology and capacity of the WSCL’s DNA Unit. This source also supports the entry of forensic casework and database samples into the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Combined DNA Index System (CODIS) by funding analyst overtime and supplies.