The city of scottsdales most reported crimes are property crimes

The City of Scottsdale received a $146,247 Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) under the Comprehensive Forensic DNA Analysis Grant Program (CFDA 16.036). The grant funding will enable the city's crime laboratory to continue supporting a DNA forensic scientist to process a backlog of DNA cases, as well as fund an additional forensic scientist to screen evidence and prepare samples for DNA analysis. This will help reduce the city's DNA analysis backlog and increase case turnaround time for both property crimes and crimes against persons. The two-year grant period runs from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2026.

To assist in identifying suspects who may be involved in many of the property crimes reported throughout the city, the crime laboratory processes evidence for DNA, which often is successful in identifying a suspect.however, there has been a significant increase in DNA analysis requests due to new arizona laws and increased evidence collection by detectives when investigating crimes against persons. This has not only stalled the processing of evidence for DNA in property crimes, but has also resulted in a backlog of person crimes samples to be tested. Requested grant funds would continue to support a DNA forensic scientist who is tasked with processing backlogged DNA cases. In addition, requested grant funds will allow the crime laboratory to fund a forensic scientist to perform serologicalscreeningofevidence and prepare samples for DNA analysis. The goal of the program is to reduce the backlog and increase the case turn-around time.