Certified evidence bags as fentanyl field testing gear

The FY2026 report lists a new program named Opioid/Fentanyl Field Testing Equipment (Sirchie) at 1,310.64 funded and spent, primary category Diversion and Re-entry Support, Schedule B strategy First Responders, 68 individuals served (pp16 to 19). It says the money bought field testing equipment that lets officers identify suspected opioids and fentanyl analogs without direct physical contact, from a sole source vendor chosen for its fentanyl-safe field testing products. The account paid Sirchie Finger Print Lab 1,310.64 on purchase order 25-01639, encumbered 08/19/2025 and paid by check 237 on 01/27/2026, from account G-02-41-723-000-280. The ten lines are a blood and urine specimen kit 87.20, a zip-top evidence bag 60.08, blank evidence tags 31.06, preprinted evidence envelopes 31.42, a preprinted kraft evidence bag 39.82, a syringe transport tube 152.30, integrity evidence bags at 154.42, 237.85 and 317.12, and shipping 199.37. No test kit, reagent or analyzer is on the order. The order is evidence packaging and specimen supplies, so the report's account of what the money bought and the order itself cannot both be true. No diversion program is described or documented, and no listed use covers evidence supplies. The City's vendor report shows it bought the same kinds of Sirchie supplies from police operating lines on ten orders from 2018 to 2024.