- By Dan Veaner
- Around Town
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Sheriff Peter Meskill announced Monday that the Tompkins County Sheriff's Department has received a $10,000 grant that will pay for training on how to collect DNA evidence as well as collection kits. The Byrne JAG (Justice Assistance Grant) grant is part of a federal program that supports local law enforcement agencies, courts, corrections departments with training, planning, and innovation. Meskill says that the enhanced training and evidence kits the grant provides will go hand in hand with neighborhood watch programs to solve home and business burglaries."It's a great advantage for us to help us take a better look and a better approach to solving burglaries using modern techniques that are available," Meskill says. "This grant is designed to help us learn how to properly collect DNA evidence and save it. We have education and training for other evidence collection procedures all the time, but this is specific to DNA collection. It will help us to understand what to look for, how to collect it, how to store it, and what to do with it. In addition the grant helps pay for training classes and DNA evidence collection kits."
In recognition of his efforts to support job growth, lower taxes and economic development in Upstate New York, State Senator Mike Nozzolio has been named one of Unshackle Upstate’s top ten Senators for the 2010 legislative session. Nozzolio also received a perfect grading from Unshackle Upstate on his advocacy for taxpayers during the State budget process. The ranking comes as part of Unshackle Upstate’s “Judgment Day” campaign to identify which State legislators acted in the best interests of Upstate New York's taxpayers and job creators.
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