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N-2022-196 INSURANCE NOT REQUIRED WORK MAY PROCEED CLERK OF COUNCIL DATE: Return FULLY EXECUTED copy to COTC M-30 MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING INVESTIGATIVE GENEALOGY the City of Santa Ana on The Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI") and behalf of its Police Department ("Originating Agency") consider it essential to establish an understanding regarding Investigative Genealogy ("IG") practices in investigating and prosecuting cases together. The FBI is committed to developing practices that protect reasonable interests in privacy, while making effective use of IG to help identify violent criminals, exonerate innocent suspects, and ensure the fair and impartial administration of justice. A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) regarding IG is hereby established between the FBI and Originating Agency. IG will be performed in an effort to identify the perpetrator or victim in case(s) brought by the Originating Agency. By signing this MOU, the Originating Agency and the FBI agree to the following: 1. The case involves an unsolved violent crime, defined in the DOJ Policy as homicide or sex crime, or when the circumstances surrounding the criminal act present a substantial and ongoing threat to public safety or national security. This includes when a case involves the unidentified remains of a suspected homicide victim. 2. The Originating Agency has pursued reasonable investigative leads to solve the case or identify the unidentified human remains. 3. The investigation has developed a forensic unknown Short Tandem Repeat' ("STR") DNA profile from the evidence attributable to the perpetrator/victim in the case. The qualifying forensic unknown STR DNA profile has been entered into the Combined DNA Index System (CODIS) and no hit has resulted from routine searches in the relevant State DNA Index System (SDIS) or the National DNA Index System (NDIS). 4. The Originating Agency has obtained concurrence from their respective prosecuting agency to utilize IG. If applicable, the concurrence should be obtained from the prosecutor responsible for investigative genealogy, forensic science or DNA investigations. 5. The Originating Agency will submit the case to the FBI ViCAP Web National Crime Database. FBI will provide assistance if needed. 6. The FBI will seek approval from its IG Review Board to utilize IG on the case. l Short tandem repeats (STRs) are short repeated sequences of DNA that are examined at 13-20 genetic locations. The number of repeat units is highly variable among individuals, which offers a high power of discrimination when analyzed for identification purposes.