{"id":259840,"date":"2021-05-27T01:27:21","date_gmt":"2021-05-26T22:27:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/coding-error-at-nypd-drug-lab-went-undetected-for-five-years-court-docs\/"},"modified":"2021-05-27T01:27:21","modified_gmt":"2021-05-26T22:27:21","slug":"coding-error-at-nypd-drug-lab-went-undetected-for-five-years-court-docs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/coding-error-at-nypd-drug-lab-went-undetected-for-five-years-court-docs\/","title":{"rendered":"#Coding error at NYPD drug lab went undetected for five years: court docs"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Coding error at NYPD drug lab went undetected for five years: court docs<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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A coding error at the NYPD\u2019s drug laboratory caused incorrect numbers to show up in the facility\u2019s printed reports on tests for controlled substances \u2014 and the mishap went undetected for five years, The Post has learned.<\/p>\n

The mishap, which began in the fall of 2016 and continued until March 2021, prompted a \u201cfull review\u201d by the police lab and the formation of a committee to find out what caused the bungle, according to a letter recently filed in a Brooklyn federal criminal case by Dr. Scott O\u2019Neill, the director of the lab.<\/p>\n

The NYPD, state prosecutors and federal prosecutors \u2014 all of which use evidence from the lab to investigate and prosecute criminal drug cases \u2014 insist the error did not affect the lab\u2019s ability to accurately detect controlled substances.<\/p>\n

But a federal defense attorney who is litigating a case in which prosecutors flagged the error said he wouldn\u2019t be surprised if lawyers seize on the screw-up to try and help their clients. <\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m sure there is an issue that defense lawyers can make of it,\u201d attorney Eric Creizman said in an email.<\/p>\n

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Dr. Scott O\u2019Neill, the director of the NYPD\u2019s lab. <\/figcaption>
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\u201cI \u2026 will be looking to criminal defense attorneys with primarily state court practices to see how this revelation may develop as an issue in challenging prior convictions.\u201d<\/p>\n

Each morning, workers at the lab in Jamaica, Queens, run a control chemical through their testing device to set a baseline for illicit drugs they\u2019ll test for later day. They record how long the chemical takes to pass through the gadget \u2014 known as the \u201cretention time.\u201d<\/p>\n

Then, during each later test for a potential illicit substance, they run the control chemical again \u2014 and measure its subsequent retention time again. <\/p>\n

But instead of the newer retention time being printed on the reports for those drug tests, the coding error caused the time from the morning run to show up.<\/p>\n

While that data does not influence the lab\u2019s ability to test controlled substances, it does affect the laboratory\u2019s \u201ccriterion\u201d that the two times fall within six seconds of each other, according to a memo prepared by the police lab and distributed to the city\u2019s district attorneys\u2019 offices.<\/p>\n

In the memo, lab officials said there are preventive measures to ensure these criteria were actually met. They also said the correct retention times were mapp<\/a>ed on graphs in the printouts. <\/p>\n

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Narcotics seized by the NYPD.<\/figcaption>
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In a statement, a spokesperson for the city\u2019s Special Narcotics Prosecutor\u2019s Office said the mishap will not affect their cases \u2014 but they are still disclosing it to defense attorneys.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t believe the NYPD laboratory coding error jeopardizes any of our cases. The error did not affect the accuracy of laboratory results on drug type or weight, or any substantive evidence in our prosecutions. We are making disclosures in all applicable cases,\u201d spokeswoman Katie Cornell said.<\/p>\n

Sgt. Jessica McRorie, an NYPD spokeswoman added: \u201cThis computer coding error had absolutely no impact on our lab\u2019s identification of controlled substances.\u201d\n <\/div>\n

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