The sexual assault evidence submission plan, in accordance with the Sexual Assault Evidence Submission Act, PA96-1011, Section 20 /
State of Illinois, Illinois State Police.
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English
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[Springfield, Ill.] : Illinois State Police, [2011]
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A second major change mandates all law enforcement agencies to submit for analysis all criminal SA cases in their possession which had not previously been submitted to a forensic laboratory (Section 20 of the Act). To determine the impact of Section 20 on the forensic laboratories, the ISP established mechanisms for agencies to submit an inventory list of SA cases in their custody by October 15, 2010. The ISP then distributed each agency's list to the forensic laboratory to which the agency would normally submit cases. Each laboratory would then clarify information and resolve questions with the agency, as necessary. As of February 1, 2011, of the 999 law enforcement agency offices required to submit an inventory list to the ISP, 860 (or 86 percent) complied ... Based on the information from the compliant agencies, approximately 4,143 criminal SA cases are anticipated to be submitted pursuant to Section 20 of the Act.
One major change resulting from the Act is that all law enforcement agencies must submit new criminal SA cases within 10 days of collection to a forensic science laboratory for analysis (Section 10 of the Act). The impact of Section 10 on the number of new SA case submissions to the forensic laboratories is expected to result in a permanent increase in submissions to the Forensic Biology/DNA (FB/DNA) sections of these laboratories.
On July 6, 2010, Governor Quinn signed into law the Sexual Assault Evidence Submission Act (PA 96-1011, effective 9-1-2010). The Act provides for several changes to how law enforcement agencies address the submission of sexual assault (SA) evidence to forensic laboratories for analysis. The Illinois State Police (ISP) operates seven such forensic laboratories statewide and serves the vast majority of Illinois' state, county, and local law enforcement agencies. Two other publicly-funded forensic laboratories, the DuPage County Forensic Science Center (DCFSC) and the Northeastern Illinois Regional Crime Laboratory (NIRCL), serve a smaller number of agencies within DuPage County and the Northeastern corner of the state, respectively. All these forensic laboratories are affected by the Act.
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"2/11"--Colophon.
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8 leaves ; 28 cm.
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