Phoenix PD has a backlog of more than 750 untested sex assault DNA kits, and that number is expected to keep growing because of a lack of qualified staffing. abc15
PHOENIX — The Phoenix Police Department's sex assault backlog has once again ballooned to more than 750 untested kits.
“That's a lot of deprioritizing of kits, right?” said Ilse Knecht, a director of the Joyful Heart Foundation. “And unfortunately, that's where we see cities get into a situation where all of a sudden they have 2,000 or 4,000 untested kits.”So Knecht and her team are familiar with Arizona’s history of backlog issues and ABC15’s reporting on the problem.
At least a dozen of Phoenix's kits are from potential victims whose DNA was collected before 2021. Knecht worries that the possible suspects have had years to re-offend. “It's also sending a very terrible message to [victims],” Knecht continued. “That what happened to them doesn't matter, and that they don't matter.”Phoenix Police Department officials say 10 of their 26 Forensic DNA positions are currently vacant.
The Phoenix Police Department declined our on-camera interview request but emailed ABC15 a statement, which said in part:
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