Prosecutor: SFPD ignored tech's unreliability

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SAN FRANCISCO -- San Francisco's top narcotics prosecutor complained about Deborah Madden's "disturbing" behavior before the police crime lab technician came under suspicion of stealing drug evidence, according to documents that also reveal the prosecutor feared police supervisors weren't taking steps to control her.
Assistant District Attorney Sharon Woo wrote in a newly released Nov. 19 e-mail that chronic staff shortages at the police drug analysis unit, and in particular Madden's failure at times to show up to testify in court, were jeopardizing narcotics cases.Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/04/14/MNFG1CTG56.DTL#ixzz0l8VcCQFH

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