Source: United States Senator for Ohio Sherrod Brown
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) has awarded a $250,000 grant to the Hamilton County Coroner’s Crime Laboratory through the Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program. These funds will allow Hamilton County to improve services and purchase a liquid chromatograph tandom mass spectrometer (LC-MS/MS) to address emerging drug trends and allow existing staff to implement new methodologies for analysis and identification.
“As the forensic medicine field continues to experience shortages and backlogs, we need to ensure that funding is provided to support the hard-working individuals in the medical examiner workforce,” said Brown. “These funds are essential to reduce backlog in the Hamilton County forensic lab.”
The Hamilton County Coroner’s Crime Laboratory drug chemistry section serves local and federal law enforcement through the analysis and identification of controlled and non-controlled substances.
The Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program awards grants to states and units of local government to help improve forensic science and medical examiner/coroner services, including services provided by laboratories operated by states and units of local government.
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