Some deleted Pa. crime lab records 'no longer accessible,' State Police say
Affected records may include information about how evidence was handled once it reached the lab, as well as communication logs and digital images.
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Affected records may include information about how evidence was handled once it reached the lab, as well as communication logs and digital images.
Affected records may include information about how evidence was handled once it reached the lab, as well as communication logs and digital images.
Human error on Jan. 3 resulted in the loss of thousands of files from 77 computer system servers for the Pennsylvania State Police and State Employees’ Retirement System. Some of the data has yet to be recovered.
HARRISBURG — Thousands of records, including evidence logs from the Pennsylvania State Police’s crime labs, were accidentally deleted from state servers at the start of the year, the result of
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