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Authorizing the Police Department to enter into a Joint Powers Agreement with the State of Minnesota, Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) - Forensic Science Service.
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WHEREAS, the City of Saint Paul, Police Department is authorized to enter into the attached Joint Powers Agreement with the State of Minnesota, through its Commissioner of Public Safety, Bureau of Criminal Apprehension(BCA) - Forensic Science Service; and
WHEREAS, this agreement will allow the state to authorize its qualified scientists to re-examine drug cases previously tested by the Saint Paul Police Department Crime Lab as identified by Ramsey, Dakota and Washington county attorneys; and
WHEREAS, the City of Saint Paul Police Department will reimburse the state for all costs for overtime incurred by the state's drug scientists for the re-analysis submitted by the counties in controlled substance criminal cases in which trials are pending during the term of the agreement; and
WHEREAS, the term of the agreement will run from August 1, 2012 and expire on June 30, 2013 and the total obligation of the contract will not exceed a total of $50,000; and
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, the Saint Paul City Council approves these changes to the 2012 budget and authorizes the City of Saint Paul to enter into, and Chief Thomas E. Smith to implement the attached agreement with the Ramsey County.
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