January 9, 2024 - Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department officials report that the Sheriff’s Department, Scientific Services Bureau has accepted a $26,400 grant from the State of California Office of Traffic Safety for the Improved Alcohol Impaired Driving Toxicology Testing Program.

The funds will be used to purchase testing equipment for the Department’s Crime Laboratory and will effectively double the current processing capacity, thereby reducing backlog, which in turn will deliver prompt results to prosecuting attorneys.

More than 200 Federal, State, and Municipal law enforcement agencies operating within LA county submit an average of 5,675 blood and urine samples annually to the Sheriff’s Department Crime Laboratory for analysis of Blood Alcohol Content.

Source & photo: Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department