With the help of the Tarrant County medical examiner, the police chief says the department has been able to make progress.
The Fort Worth Police Department says it is working on getting more help getting its massive rape kit backlog of evidence manageable.Last October, the department was dealing with a backlog of nearly 900 sexual assault cases.With the help of the Tarrant County medical examiner, the police department has been able to make progress."We’ve been able to bring that number from 898 down by 190 to 708," explained Fort Worth Police Chief Neil Noakes.
"I want to know if our delay, our failure in this, did it compromise the judicial path of any of these cases?" asked Fort Worth City Councilwoman Gyna Bivens during Tuesday’s council meeting."Our understanding is no," Noakes said. "And our conversations have been with the district attorney’s office."Following some councilmembers’ criticism regarding transparency, the chief answered questions about the backlog during an update at the city’s work session.
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