HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 05191992 - 1.35 TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Contra
FROM: Richard K. Rainey, Sheriff-Coroner
`3 Costa
DATE: May 6, 1992 `OrT,�. �i J~ County
SUBJECT: Agreement for Sheriff's Department-PCR-DNA Analysis System
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
I . Recommended Action
Approve and authorize the County Administrator or his
designee to execute on behalf of the County the
Polymerase Chain Reaction-Deoxyribonucleic Acid (PCR-DNA)
Agreement, dated May 1, 1992 with certain Cities and
Districts indicated below.
II . Financial Impact
The cost for the PCR-DNA system will be $72,270 for the
first year and the cost for the second year is estimated
to be. about $22,912 . This system will be funded by the
Law Enforcement Agencies named below. The payments
required by each Law Enforcement Agency are based on the
County' s costs in establishing and operating the System
and will be determined on the basis of each Law
Enforcement Agency' s percentage of the population of
Contra Costa County. Each agency will pay an amount in
proportion to their population percentage of the total
population of Contra Costa County. Contributions for Bay
Area Rapid Transit (BART) Police and East Bay Regional
Parks (EBRP) Police will be calculated using 1/3 of the
daily use populations . This is identical to the Automated
Fingerprint Identification Program (CAL-ID) method of
allocation. First year costs are already available
through savings in the CAL-ID Program. No additional
County funds are required.
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CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE:
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR -' RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD C MITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S):
ACTION OF BOARD ON APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
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ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS O THE DATE SHOWN. �✓
CC: CAO-Justice SystEm ATTESTED `
Sheriff-Coroner PHIL BATCHELOR, LERK OF THE BOARD OF
County Auditor-Controller SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
District Attorney
DY ,DEPUTY
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PCR-DNA Agreement (continued) - 2 - 'May 6, 1992
Since the population of the unincorporated area of Contra
Costa County is about 18 . 33%, $13,244 will be the Sheriff
Department ' s contribution for the first year. This
includes remodeling and equipment costs . The second year
costs for the Sheriff 's Department will be about $4202 .
III . Background:
Introduction
A Contra Costa County PCR-DNA Identification System is being
created to make DNA testing of evidence in criminal cases
available to law enforcement agencies within the County.
PCR-DNA analysis offers. an advantage over conventional means
of testing body fluids because it is more discriminating.
This type of evidence is often critical in the investigation
and prosecution of major crimes such as homicides and sexual
assaults . By entering into a contract with the County, PCR-
DNA testing will be made available to all Law Enforcement
Agencies at a much lower cost than could be obtained from a
private laboratory.
DNA analysis is an exciting new technology currently making
its way into crime laboratories across the United States . It
has gained. acceptance and is being used more and more
frequently in the Courts . DNA has greatly increased the
capability of distinguishing individuals through the analysis
of body fluids and tissues . Indeed, DNA analysis has proved
so helpful, both to the prosecution and the defense, that more
and more courts are insisting that it be done.
DNA Technology
There are two methods of DNA analysis currently in use in
criminal investigations - RFLP and PCR. This Agreement,
establishing a County-wide PCR-DNA analysis system was
unanimously endorsed by the Contra Costa County Police Chiefs
Association at their March 25, 1992 meeting. Members of the
Chiefs Association understand that they will still have to
budget for having the RFLP method of DNA analysis performed by
private. laboratories .
IV. Parties to the Agreement
This agreement is between Contra Costa County and the
following cities and districts: Antioch, BART, Brentwood,
Clayton, Concord, Danville, East Bay Regional Parks, E1
Cerrito, Hercules, Kensington, Lafayette, Martinez, Moraga,
Orinda, Pinole, Pittsburg, Pleasant Hill, Richmond, San Pablo,
San Ramon, and Walnut Creek.