Florida DUI Blood Test Back Log

There is huge Florida DUI Blood Test Back Log. The Florida Highway Patrol usually seeks blood testing in cases involving death or great injury if investigators believe alcohol was involved, agency spokesman Lt. Bill Leeper said to the Florida Times Union. The wait is nerve wracking for drivers with DUI attorneys and lawyers in Florida and the Tampa Bay area.

The six labs operated by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement with 394 employees to examine blood samples had a $28 million dollar annual budget. The labs had an average backlog of 36 days in 2006, up from 32 days in 2005 and 26 days just a year earlier. The labs attempt to analyze whether drivers in serious crashes had been drinking. In 2002, FDLE received 75,034 requests for tests and completed 73,539. In 2006, the backlog had increased to 93,138 requests with 80,457 completed.

"The Tampa facility [Hillsborough County] is busting at the seams," Barry Funck, director of forensic science for FDLE said.

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