Total Credits: 0.75 including 0.0 Ethics CLE, 0.75 CLE
This presentation will cover a recent DPS laboratory policy change regarding permission to consume; Track-Kit, the software program utilized by the State to monitor the progress of collected sexual assault kits and the implementation of STRmix, software developed to facilitate and standardize the resolution of DNA mixtures.
| AZ DPS DNA Updates - Materials (908 KB) | 19 Pages | Available after Purchase |
Jennifer Kochanski has been with the DPS Scientific Analysis Bureau for 20 years. She was the DNA - Property Crimes Supervisor between January 2014 and September 2015. In September of 2015, Jennifer was promoted to Crime Laboratory Manager over the DPS DNA Unit where she coordinates process improvement projects, supports implementation of new methods and equipment, manages regional DNA backlogs and oversees DNA grants and budgets. Jennifer also manages the DPS Field Services Unit which supports programs such as Track-Kit, the software for statewide monitoring of collected sexual assault kits, crime scene response and the statewide Breath Alcohol program.
Amy Gerow began her career at the Arizona Department of Public Safety in May 2008 as a forensic scientist in the DNA Database unit. While in that unit she developed a novel process for analysis of previously collected but untested offender samples and presented these findings in a poster at the 26th International Symposium on Human Identification in 2015. In April of 2014 Amy transferred from the DNA Database unit to the DNA Casework unit where she has been integral to the validation and implementation of several new DNA methods and was selected as the Arizona Department of Public Safety Scientist of the Year for 2018. Amy promoted to Supervising Forensic Scientist in December 2019 where she oversees one of two Casework DNA units. She is responsible for case management duties for violent crimes cases submitted to the Central and Southern Regional Crime Laboratories.
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