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State Agency Says Tennessee to Build New Crime Lab in Chattanooga

The Tennessee Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations is recommending that the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) build a crime lab in Chattanooga.

This is part of a draft report addressing the shortage of forensic services across Tennessee.

Currently, local police must ship evidence to labs in Nashville and Knoxville.

However, the state is struggling to keep up with demand.

The report suggests that they need more lab space.

Building new labs in each of the three divisions of Tennessee appears to be their solution.

Lucky Knott

Lucky Knott is a longtime broadcaster, sportscaster, and news reporter, having worked in radio here in the Sequatchie Valley and in Coffee and Grundy County for many years. You can hear his news reports weekday mornings and afternoons on The River 104.9 WEPG in Marion County and Country Roads 93.3 in Dunlap/Pikeville. He is also Editor for SValleyNow.com - Sequatchie Valley Now.