Comments on Advance Indiana™: State's Toxicology Agency's Backlog Blamed For Delay In Getting Irsay Blood Test Results

You should probably ask Daniels why he butchered t...

2014-05-19T14:39:51.254-05:00

You should probably ask Daniels why he butchered the State Department of Toxicology and why Pence still has not fired any of Daniels cronies!

Ask the lab for its "error rate" and if ...

2014-05-19T11:28:41.232-05:00

Ask the lab for its "error rate" and if its lab professionals are Certified (and the name of the certification body), and why it has taken so long for the lab to meet international standards. A reading of "STRENGTHENING FORENSIC SCIENCE IN THE UNITED STATES: A PATH FORWARD" might help understand the situation in our forensic labs.

Greg Wright

Here is what I found on The Indiana State Departme...

2014-05-19T10:56:18.146-05:00

Here is what I found on The Indiana State Department of Toxicology

(ISDT)http://www.in.gov/isdt/files/ISDT_Annual_Report_2013.pdf

State appropriations for the
Department of Toxicology

2009 $3,719,280.00
2010 $2,463,380.00
2011 $2,463,380.00
2012 $2,093,873.00
2013 $2,093,873.00
2014 $2,000,873.00

From their Web Site > Our purpose is to provide accurate and timely toxicology analytical services in an ethical and forensically sound manner and accurate and reliable breath-testing program for the State of Indiana.

The Pacers get what $10M a year.

Maybe I did not read the Indiana State Department of Toxicology
budget correctly. If I did it means the Pacers receive 5 times !! as much funding as the Department of Toxicology.

Perhaps if our State Legislators spent less time worrying about teaching Creationism, or same sex marriage they might look into the reasons for the Back Logs.

I am sure if the Toxicology Lab was owned, operated or privatized to a company that had State Legislators or their families invested in it, it would be lavishly funded.