CN-710000-8A005.pdf

This document is a Grant Award from the State of Florida's Office of Criminal Justice Grants, Florida Department of Law Enforcement, issued to the St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office Crime Laboratory on behalf of the Indian River Crime Laboratory. The grant covers the Statewide Criminal Analysis Laboratory System and involves five crime laboratories across Florida: Broward County, Indian River, Miami-Dade, Palm Beach, and Pinellas County.

The grant provides state financial assistance for crime laboratory services from October 1, 2018 to September 30, 2019, with a total funded population of 7,633,970 across the participating jurisdictions. The recipient will be reimbursed up to 75% of actual operating costs for forensic discipline services in areas including Biology/DNA, Chemistry, Crime Scene, Digital Evidence, Firearms, Latent Prints, Toxicology, and Trace Evidence. The Indian River Crime Laboratory will receive 8.39% of the collected funds, distributed based on 2017 population estimates. Funds are derived from criminal fines collected statewide and are to be used to provide forensic services to criminal justice agencies in accordance with Florida statutes.