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Originally Posted by smacc25
If true, wow.
- "In an 11-page complaint filed Monday, Jerome Buting said the DOJ is obliged to launch an independent inquiry into the work of the analysts as a condition of the $578,000 in federal funds the crime lab has received since 2005.
- "Agencies that accept grant money must designate “external and independent” investigators to
handle “allegations of serious negligence or misconduct,” according to the state’s grant
agreement.
In a January report, the U.S. Office of the Inspector General found the U.S. Department of Justice
was failing to enforce that requirement. It found that 78 percent of the entities designated to
conduct the investigations lacked the authority, capability or an appropriate process to ensure the
reviews were done by someone not connected to the labs.
Under the grant, Wisconsin has designated two top DOJ officials to investigate allegations of
misconduct against the crime lab: Mike Myszewski, head of the Division of Criminal
Investigation; and Kevin Potter, administrator of the Division of Legal Services.
St. John said DCI, which he described as “an independent entity,” will conduct the review of
Buting’s complaint. Myszewski and Potter report to Van Hollen, as does the official who
oversees the state Crime Laboratory, former Dane County Sheriff Gary Hamblin. Oberfield
questioned whether the two top officials could conduct an arms-length investigation of their own
agency.
“We have serious issues with DOJ taking on such an investigation givens its apparent
shortcomings with independence and externality,” he said."
Last edited by lostinthesaus; 01-12-2016 at 09:30 PM.