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http://www.auditor.on.ca/en/reports_en/en09/402en09.pdf
I found the 2009 Annual Report re: Ontario's Center of Forensic Sciences which gives some idea of turn around times. I assume this is where the analysis of evidence in this case would have been processed.
So, not sure why it's taken so long in this case to get results. It would seem it could not have been deemed 'urgent' but even so, the turnaround time seems to have exceeded the 30, 60 or 90 day benchmark. Also, the report does have a section outlining possible reasons for delays.
I found the 2009 Annual Report re: Ontario's Center of Forensic Sciences which gives some idea of turn around times. I assume this is where the analysis of evidence in this case would have been processed.
New turnaround-time targets for both routine and urgent requests were put into place as of January 2009. For a routine case, the turnaround time target became 30, 60, or 90 days, depending on the seriousness of the offence, the complexity of the analysis, and the capacity within a section. For urgent cases, the Centre began to directly consult its client to determine the turnaround time needed according to the circumstances and the criteria established by the Centre, which has resulted in client-driven turnaround-time targets being set for each case.
The Centre told us that the data it had collected in the first five months since modifying its information system indicated that 89% of all urgent cases had been completed by the due date and within an average turnaround time of 10 days.
So, not sure why it's taken so long in this case to get results. It would seem it could not have been deemed 'urgent' but even so, the turnaround time seems to have exceeded the 30, 60 or 90 day benchmark. Also, the report does have a section outlining possible reasons for delays.
The Centre informed us that it had started requiring managers to input an explanation into the information system for any cases that exceed their targeted turnaround time by 50% or more. The categories used to describe reasons for delay include equipment problems, staffing issues or absences, quality incidents, competing workloads, administrative bottlenecks, subcontractor issues, supply chain problems, insufficient case information, inability to contact client, and delays in other sections. Analysis of the data collected since November 2008 has shown the most common cause for delay was competing workloads due to large volumes of work within a section.