CN-710000-8A001.pdf

This document is a Grant Award issued by the State of Florida's Office of Criminal Justice Grants, Florida Department of Law Enforcement, to the Broward County Sheriff's Office Crime Laboratory. The grant is part of the Statewide Criminal Analysis Laboratory System and involves five local-funded laboratories located in Broward County, Indian River, Miami-Dade, Palm Beach, and Pinellas Counties. The grant period runs from October 1, 2018 to September 30, 2019.

The grant provides state financial assistance to support crime laboratory services across criminal justice agencies in Florida. Funding is derived from criminal fines collected statewide, which are passed through to statutorily designated crime laboratories on a quarterly basis. The Broward County Sheriff's Crime Laboratory will receive 24.54% of the collected funds, amounting to services for a population of 1,873,970. Eligible forensic disciplines include Biology/DNA, Chemistry, Crime Scene, Digital Evidence, Firearms, Latent Prints, Toxicology, and Trace Evidence. The recipient is limited to reimbursement of up to 75% of actual operating costs and must provide documentation of expenditures, workload data, and compliance with state regulations.