Authorities said in a statement on Wednesday, Los Angeles County Sheriff Department will re -test about 4,000 DNA samples after discovering some exam kits used last year.
The department received a letter of August 28 from the warning of the test kit manufacturer last year, but according to a section, “the Sheriff Department was submitted to a person who is no longer employed by the department in the Scientific Services Office”.
This bureaucratic false step can cause a one -month delay in the extraction of incorrect kits.
“However, it was discovered that the Kits that recently remained in use for about eight months from July 2024 to February 2025.”
“On the other hand, the department launched an internal administrative investigation. In order to ensure the reliability and consistency of scientific results, there are established policies, procedures and quality assurance measures.”
The Sheriff Department said that bad test kits should not result in false positive to imply an innocent person.
Based on the information provided by the DNA Test Kit manufacturer, the use of the affected kits may be “missing or inadequate consequences”, but it may have defined any individual misrepresented. “The Sharif Scientific Services Office will re -test approximately 4,000 samples to address the potential impact.”
La County Sheriff Department, With approximately 10,000 deputies and 8,000 other employeesIt is the country’s largest sheriff department.
Şerif Robert Luna said in a statement, “We take the integrity of our criminal investigations and the reliability of our judicial tests very seriously.” He said. “We are determined to deal with this important issue thoroughly, to provide transparency and to take immediate corrective measures to maintain the accuracy of future cases.”
La District Regional Prosecutor’s Office Şerif deputies and prosecutors are reviewing the cases.
Regional lawyer Nathan Hochman, “Whichever direction they take us to any case, they will take decisions on how to correct any situation that requires such improvement,” he said. He continued: “It is very important to ensure the integrity of the criminal justice process in order to create and maintain the consequences of the criminal justice process.”
