OSBI

Hey, we have all seen the TV show CSI, right? But There are a few reasons why K. O. C. O. 's Wendell Edwards explains. From the scene of a crime to the lab to process the evidence, timing is crucial when it comes to catc It's been very critical for us, amazing, of extreme importance. OSBI's crime lab averages 42 days to report evidence results in all categories, from murders to rapes. That's less than half of the 99 days it took way back in 2006. When I first started, a biology case, for instance, was taking anywhere from 18 months to two years to get completed. Andrea Swike is the director of criminalistics at OSBI. It's too long for a police department to get answers, especially the DNA results. They don't know who they need to look for. But the culture changed three years ago. Federal grant money paid for overtime to help buy new technology. For example, a rape case that used to take an average of 195 days for DNA results is now down to 50 days. That's a huge difference. But most criminals here credit the staff with reducing those n And now we have quite a few trained analysts. And I t Analysts that know what they're doing. We've pulled around 17 states, and by far our n At that time, were averaging about 30 days less than everybody else. Federal cuts threatens the OSBI crime lab processes on average about 20,000 cases a year. And right now they need more people. In fact, they were recruiting for nine open positions. Wendell Edwards, KOCO 5 News. Always so interesting. I mean, they do that right here in town. Sounds So if you have that experience, good to know that they've got some open positions. Yeah. Outside.