re: #135 Bubblehead II

Did you catch this disgusting piece of derp from the same article?

During the Q&A, Burbank reiterated his opposition to a new ordinance proposed by the Salt Lake City Council that would require city investigators to submit for analysis all rape kits gathered from victims after a reported sexual assault.

“It’s an undue burden on the taxpayers,” Burbank said. “If someone is arrested for committing a sexual assault in this state, the law requires that their DNA be taken and entered into a database. Now why, if that’s occurring, would I [duplicate] that process and run a rape kit?”

Councilman Kyle LaMalfa has criticized the department for failing to analyze 788 of 1,001 rape kits collected between 2003 and 2011, and has said the ordinance would help to successfully prosecute more sexual assaults.

“The sense among the policymakers is that we’ve waited long enough,” LaMalfa said last week.

But Burbank said analyzing every rape kit would sacrifice the department’s ability to investigate other crimes such as homicides and robberies.

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This guy does realize that the rape kit is the evidence collected from the victim’s body?

Right?

That it’s not something you collect after conviction?