/tags/sexual-assault-kit Sexual Assault Kit en-US Copyright ÂÜÀòÉÙÅ®/Community Radio for Northern Colorado 2020 Wed, 04 Jun 2025 00:22:50 GMT /news/2025-06-03/gov-polis-signs-law-to-reduce-colorados-rape-kit-backlog The law will increase oversight over the Colorado Bureau of Investigation and try to triple the turnaround time for sexual assault evidence kits. Wed, 04 Jun 2025 00:22:50 GMT /news/2025-06-03/gov-polis-signs-law-to-reduce-colorados-rape-kit-backlog Lucas Brady Woods /politics/2025-05-20/colorados-crime-lab-has-been-in-crisis-heres-how-another-state-fixed-theirs Connecticut’s forensics lab has not had a backlog of cases for the better part of a decade. How it came to run so well may hold answers for Colorado as its lab moves forward from a scandal and addresses the long wait for test results. Tue, 20 May 2025 12:00:00 GMT /politics/2025-05-20/colorados-crime-lab-has-been-in-crisis-heres-how-another-state-fixed-theirs Chas Sisk /politics/2025-05-09/the-5-biggest-themes-of-colorados-2025-legislative-session Democrats at the Capitol defied Gov. Jared Polis and took steps to push back against the Trump administration. A big slate of gun bills passed. Lawmakers tried to clear hurdles halting sex assault investigations. Fri, 09 May 2025 10:00:00 GMT /politics/2025-05-09/the-5-biggest-themes-of-colorados-2025-legislative-session Jesse Paul, Lucas Brady Woods, Brian Eason, Bente Birkeland, Chas Sisk /politics/2025-04-14/cbi-hires-outside-labs-to-chip-away-at-evidence-backlog-in-sexual-assaults The agency is still months late in processing DNA evidence, but it hopes to bring down turnaround times. Mon, 14 Apr 2025 20:57:38 GMT /politics/2025-04-14/cbi-hires-outside-labs-to-chip-away-at-evidence-backlog-in-sexual-assaults Bente Birkeland