According to Gay, these hires would focus solely on APD cases. The analysts who continued DPS training will begin testing APD evidence at DPS no later than April 1.

Atlanta police and ATF have partnered to test-fire more than 1,500 firearms to see if they can tie them to other crimes and suspects in unsolved violent crimes.

APD Chief Brian Manley says it’s also working to change enforcement policies and procedures related to low-level marijuana possession.

BUT, WERE TOLD THE --PER THE CHIEFS APD WILL NOT BE COMMENTING ON THE CRIME LAB OR DNA TESTING AT THIS TIME. we do know there are a pair of bloody shorts that do not belong to my client.

APD spokesperson Ofc. Fred Duran and DA’s office spokesperson Phil Sisneros both cited the need to wait for results of a blood test to charge vehicular homicide.

Noon update: A death row inmate convicted in the 2009 murder of his 17-year-old neighbor is requesting a new trial over what he says was poor DNA testing by Austin’s crime lab.

Since 2010, the commission asserted, APD's lab employed one particular testing method of DNA known as "quant-based stochastic threshold," which uses a particular criteria to determine if certain ...