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A bill requiring police departments across the state to preserve DNA evidence in major crimes will be filed today by state Reps. Cheri Jahn, D-Wheat Ridge, and Steve King, R-Grand Junction. The legislation contains the recommendations of a governor’s commission urging better methods for retention of crime-scene specimens to protect the wrongfully convicted. It would create a 20-member task force to develop uniform policies on retention methods. The bill also would require training of officer cadets on proper DNA collection and storage.
