TITLE: "Expedited Criminal Fingerprint Program" Now Available in Your City
In 2009, the cities of Agoura Hills, Calabasas, Hidden Hills, Malibu and Westlake Village partnered with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Crime Lab to begin an expedited latent fingerprint program. Due to the amount of evidence processed at the Crime Lab, it can take a few months for fingerprints and evidence lifted from crime scenes to be processed. Since introducing the expedited program, we now get results back in 2-4 weeks.
Fingerprint technician Sharona Kay has had a tremendous amount of success in assisting detectives from Lost Hills Station with matching fingerprints to suspects. By getting fingerprint matches back in a more timely manner, detectives have been able to efficiently and effectively charge and convict suspects of crimes in our area.
In September of 2011, LET Kay attended training in which she was taught how to retrieve DNA evidence from qualifying property crimes. In the past year alone, LET Kay has successfully matched 9 out of 14 blood samples retrieved from crime scenes. For more information on this program, please contact LET Sharona Kay at the Lost Hills Sheriff's Station (818) 878-1808.
Prepared by: LET Heather Fuquay
Media Release Date: July 15th, 2014
* Lost Hills Sheriff's Station polices the Cities of Agoura Hills, Calabasas, Hidden Hills, Malibu and Westlake Village, and the unincorporated communities of Chatsworth Lake Manor, Malibu Lake, Topanga, and West Hills:
For further information contact:
Malibu / Lost Hills Sheriff’s Station
Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department
27050 Agoura Road
Agoura, CA 91301
(818) 878-1808
Website: www.LostHills.lasd.org
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