(Helena) -The Montana Department of Justice was recently awarded a $2.1 million federal grant that will enable the agency to perform additional testing of sexual assault kits and conduct related cold case investigations
The grant will fund three positions within the Montana Department of Justice related to its Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI): a cold case investigator, a crime analyst, and a coordinator. It will also provide overtime resources for forensic scientists within the Department’s State Crime Lab and renovation of kit storage for law enforcement agencies to preserve the integrity of the DNA evidence.
