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OFFICE OF THE
DISTRICT ATTORNEY
ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
TODD SPITZER
Commander Matt Brown
Santa Ana Police Department
RE: Testing of Older, Untested Sexual Assault Kits
Letter of Agreement
In 2016, the Orange County District Attorney's office received funding under the federal
Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI) grant. As a result of this grant, the OCDA conducted a county-
wide inventory of sexual assault kits (SAKs) in order to determine which SAKs were tested and
which were untested. Through this process, the OCDA found that approximately 3700 SAKs were
untested. The next step in this SAKI grant is to test all previously untested SAKs.
While the OCDA intends to send some of the untested SAKs to the OCCL for testing, a large
number of the SAKs, that meet certain pre -determined criteria, will be sent to Bode Cellmark, Inc., a
fully accredited private DNA laboratory. The purpose in sending these SAKs to a private laboratory is
to get the untested SAKs tested sooner. The criteria the OCDA is looking at to determine which
SAKs will be sent to the private laboratory are: 1) no consensual partners, and 2) low likelihood for
filing criminal charges even with DNA testing.
This Letter of Agreement serves as notice of and an agreement between the OCDA and SAPID,
that: 1) SAPID is aware of the above -stated goal to test these previously untested SAKs as quickly as
possible, 2) SAPID understands that, in order to achieve this goal, the OCDA may send SAKs that
meet the above -listed criteria to an accredited private DNA laboratory, and 3) SAPD acknowledges
that if SAPID has untested SAKs that meet the above -listed criteria, those SAKs could be included in
the SAKs that are sent out to the private DNA laboratory for testing.
This Letter of Agreement does not apply to or change any Standard Operating Procedure for
the testing of SAKs in current sexual assault cases.
Sincerely,
Vanessa Woods
SAKI Grant ordinator
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement the date and year
first above written.
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
SONIA R. CARVALHO
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By:
T AOGOSIAN
Assistant City Attorney
CITY OF SANTA ANA
KRI TINE RIDG
City Manager
RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL:
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LENTIN
Chief of Police