Over its first year of operation, a new gun crime unit within the city Office of Chief Medical Examiner (OCME) has cut the time for processing evidence in gun cases roughly in half, Mayor Eric Adams announced on Monday afternoon.
Where the office used to take up to 60 days to test and analyze evidence from gun-related crimes, it now takes 30 days or less, according to the mayor, meaning the Big Apple now has the fastest big city lab for testing and analyzing gun crime evidence. The timetable is measured from when a district attorney requests DNA testing to when OCME delivers a test report to the DA and NYPD.
