The Houston Police Officers Union is pushing to have the leader of the Forensic Science Center removed due to a backlog in testing evidence.
"I am calling for the resignation and or termination of Dr. Peter Stout from the Forensic Science Center," said Doug Griffith President of theAccording to the Union, some criminals are seeing their cases dismissed because the Forensic Center is taking too long to test evidence."It's either gross mismanagement or incompetence," Griffith said. "This is allowing violent offenders to go free every day in this city," said Griffith.
"We've got people who pled guilty to narcotics, but yet their narcotics haven't been tested," Griffith said. "That's a problem." The Union says according to the forensic center's own website, on average it takes 306 days to test a rape kit.
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