The montgomery county police crime laboratory (mcpcl) is the agency that is responsible for analyzing evidential material associated with criminal investigations for the montgomery county police…

The Montgomery County Police Crime Laboratory (MCPCL) was awarded a $219,370 Formula Grant under the Bureau of Justice Assistance's Comprehensive Forensic DNA Analysis Grant Program (CFDA 16.036). The grant aims to assist the MCPCL in outsourcing DNA casework to reduce their backlog and compensate for an anticipated increase in submissions as they transition to an electronic submission platform. This will help the MCPCL increase their capacity to process more DNA samples and enter them into the Combined DNA Index System (CODIS). The grant runs from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2026.

The montgomery county police crime laboratory (mcpcl) is the agency that is responsible for analyzing evidential material associated with criminal investigations for the montgomery county police department in gaithersburg, maryland. As a courtesy, the mcpcl performs analysis for the following other agencies in montgomery county, maryland: takoma park police department, gaithersburg city police department, rockville city police department, maryland-national capital park police montgomery county division, and metro transit police department. Mcpcl is a full forensic DNA casework laboratory and is accredited under the american national standards institute (ansi) national accreditation board program. The goals and expected outcomes for mcpcl forensic biology unit are to outsource cases as needed to assist with the current backlog and compensate for an anticipated increase in case submissions as the laboratory moves toward an electronic submission platform.outsourcing will assist with processing more DNA samples for entry into the combined DNA index system (codis) and help reduce the units backlog. In order to reach the goals, set forth by the mcpcl forensic biology unit, cases will be outsourced to the vendor laboratory, bode technology. An overall effort to increase the capacity of the mcpcl forensic biology unit to possess the ability to process more DNA samples and thereby help reduce the number of forensic DNA samples awaiting analysis. Overall, the reduction in samples waiting for analysis will decrease the turnaround time for cases received in the unit.