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flag Tennessee's crime labs face a 7,000-case backlog, prompting plans to expand existing facilities and build a new lab in Chattanooga to speed up drug and toxicology testing.

flag Tennessee's crime labs face a 7,000-item backlog due to rising crime and population growth, prompting the Tennessee Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations to recommend expanding existing labs in Nashville, Jackson, and Knoxville, and building a new, smaller lab in Chattanooga focused on drug and toxicology testing. flag The TBI has already added 40 forensic scientists, but space constraints limit processing speed. flag While local officials support the plan to reduce delays, the total cost of the projects remains uncertain, with some estimates ranging from $44 million to $66 million for two facilities.

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