Rankin County partners with Mississippi Forensics Lab to speed up narcotics cases

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) – No county in Mississippi submits extra seized medication experiences than Rankin County, however not too long ago, the county has develop into overwhelmed by the point it takes to shut a case.

Rankin County Deputies seized 70 kilos value of methamphetamine on January 18.

The subsequent day, it was introduced {that a} new partnership had been established between them and the Mississippi Forensics Lab.

Rankin will make use of a chosen forensic scientist to the Forensics Lab the place they’ll analyze seized medication collected inside the county.

“12 months over yr, we proceed to see an increasing number of medication that come into the Mississippi Crime Lab in various capacities and numerous sorts,” stated Division of Public Security Commissioner, Sean Tindell. “And so, you recognize, because it stands, more and more, it’s apparent that we’d like further personnel on the Mississippi Crime Lab.”

He hopes this new partnership will expedite the judicial course of that follows a drug bust case.

“After these arrests are made, people typically sit in jail awaiting that trial date, and we need to make sure the accused proper to a speedy trial. But in addition from the county’s perspective, that’s an actual expense holding these people incarcerated for that whole time.”

He says the general public can relaxation assured that the brand new partnership gained’t jeopardize the way in which enterprise is dealt with.

“We by no means need to sacrifice the standard of the work that we’re doing, only for the expediency of getting it carried out. And so, so it’s an actual stability of constructing certain we get this stuff carried out in a well timed method. However we additionally should attain the proper conclusions.”

Commissioner Tindell says he’s assured that this is not going to solely velocity up the science behind these circumstances but in addition enhance the variety of narcotics Rankin County legislation enforcement will be capable of seize.

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