ALBUQUERQUE CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT DAN LEWIS PLANS TO INTRODUCE A PROPOSAL AT MONDAY NIGHT’S COUNCIL MEETING TO FIX THE CITY’S BACKLOG OF RAPE KITS. IT WOULD INVOLVE THE CITY WORKING WITH CNM AND UNM TO CREATE A PROGRAM TO EDUCATE AND TRAIN QUALIFIED TECHNICIANS TO CLEAR THE BACKLOG … MEANING POSSIBLE JOB OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALBUQUERQUE RESIDENTS.
LEWIS SAYS THERE ARE MORE THAN 8-HUNDRED RAPE KITS THAT NEED TO BE PROCESSED AT APD. LAST JULY, ALBUQUERQUE MAYOR BERRY SAID IT WOULD COST 200-THOUSAND DOLLARS TO DEAL WITH THE PROBLEM.
THERE ARE MORE THAN 5-THOUSAND KITS STATEWIDE WAITING TO BE PROCESSED.
