AUDITOR GENERAL CONFIRMS BACKLOG
FOR DNA ANALYSIS INCREASING

MAY 1, 2007 - CHAPTER 7 - REPORT OF THE AUDITOR GENERAL
Turnaround times, quality management system are problems for RCMP's forensic labs
http://www.oag-bvg.gc.ca/domino/media.nsf/html/20070507pr_e.html

February 5, 2005 - National Post - Mounties face 102-day delay for DNA results: Forensic labs aren't backlogged, Liberals insist http://www.cssa-cila.org/garryb/publications/Article533.htm

February 4, 2005 - DNA BACKLOG MEANS 43 CRIMINALS ON THE LOOSE
“Why does the RCMP Commissioner think 1,217 unprocessed and unopened DNA service requests aren’t a backlog?” http://www.cssa-cila.org/garryb/breitkreuzgpress/guns135.htm

February 2, 2005 - Winnipeg Sun Column: DNA Dilemma Just Getting Worse http://www.cssa-cila.org/garryb/publications/Article530.htm

November 1, 2004 - Breitkreuz Exposes Flaws in DNA Data Bank Bill C-13.
http://www.cssa-cila.org/garryb/speeches/Nov-01-2004.htm

October 28, 2004 - Liberal Gun Registry Takes Priority Over RCMP DNA Registry!
http://www.cssa-cila.org/garryb/questions/oct-28-2004.htm

APRIL 2000 REPORT OF THE AUDITOR GENERAL OF CANADA
Chapter 7 - Royal Canadian Mounted Police - Services for Canada's Law Observations and Recommendations Forensic Laboratories

7.26 The backlog represents the number of cases received that have not been fully completed. As of March 1999, the DNA analysis backlog had fallen to 780 cases, down from 917 the previous year. By October 1999, the backlog had been reduced to 633 cases. Wide variations in workload contribute to the backlog. One laboratory had an average backlog of 28 cases per scientist; another had 13. There were individual scientists with backlogs exceeding 50 cases, representing a year's work. Click here