State Auditor Adam Edelen says a report on untested sexual assault evidence kits in Kentucky will be released Monday in a news conference.
The Kentucky State Police laboratory has received a $1.9 million grant from the New York district attorney, which has teamed with the U.S. Justice Department to distribute $79 million nationally to help reduce the backlog of untested rape kits.
State police said the money will pay for up to 3,300 kits to be outsourced and for the formation of a task force to focus on policies for automatic submission of the kits.
The legislature has directed the Kentucky auditor to determine how many kits were untested at Kentucky police agencies.