Sexual Assault Kit Tracking
Florida Track-Kit (
https://fl.track-kit.us/) was established by Florida Statute 943.326 upon passage of House Bill 673 (Gail's Law), with oversight by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. Track-Kit enables survivors who have a barcoded Sexual Assault Kit collected by a participating medical facility to receive a log-in and password to access a database containing information about the storage location of their SAK. Survivors who report to law enforcement and consent to testing can log in and see the location, testing status, and disposition of their kits, and can opt to receive information about possible DNA matches obtained through the State Crime Laboratory System. FDLE Laboratory Sexual Assault Kit (SAK) backlog number and turnaround time are reflected on the main
Forensics page. A basic overview of how the web-based system works, as presented by the vendor, can be viewed at:
STACS DNA - YouTube
All medical facilities that collect SAKs, all law enforcment entities that hold SAK evidence and/or investigate crimes that involve SAKs, and all Florida government crime laboratories must participate in FL Track-Kit. If your agency or medical facility needs a portal site, contact
FloridaSAKPolicyCenter@fdle.state.fl.us. Barcoded SAKs for evidence collection MUST be obtained via the Track-Kit portal and are not for use by Medical Examiner's Offices.
The following reflects information gathered by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement using the State of Florida Track-Kit System as per Florida Statute 943.326.
| |
Ending
3/31/2025 |
2025 Quarter 1 |
| Kits Collected |
9064 |
1021 |
Reported to Law
Enforcement |
7957 |
878 |
Not Reported to Law
Enforcement |
1107 |
143 |
Kits in Laboratory
Pending Completion |
|
191 |
Laboratory Testing
Completed |
762 |
536 |
Data above were generated on 06/3/2025. Data changes as updates are made in Track-Kit. Data may be incomplete if kits contain missing information. Where applicable, data was generated using the reported to law enforcement date and not the kit collection date. The data collection start date is 6/8/2022 and includes the three-phase approach to introducing Track-Kit to the state. As such, consideration for when each county, or entity therein, began participating should be considered when interpreting the data.
Non-Reporting SAKs:
As per Florida Statute 943.326, the FDLE receives and stores SAKs collected from non-reporting victims. We are grateful to the law enforcement entities that assist with transporting these SAKs from rape crisis centers and medical facilities to the FDLE crime laboratories for long term storage. FDLE also provides for commercial courier transport as needed. This ensures the evidence in these kits is available should the survivor decide to report at a later date. FDLE does not store other items, such as clothing or drug-facilitated sexual assault evidence kits, which may be stored by the law enforcement agency that would have jurisdiction, again securing the potential evidence in case the victim converts to reporting. General FAQs and definitions of reporting versus non-reporting victims, are available at
Sexual-Assault-Kit-FAQs-for-LEA.
Press Releases:
FDLE: Sexual Assault Kit tracking now available in many parts of Florida
FDLE: Sexual Assault Kit tracking now available statewide
General FAQs for Law Enforcement partners, established after prior updates to statute in October 2024, may be found here
Sexual-Assault-Kit-FAQs-for-LEA.
Public Records:
Florida Track-Kit contains information on SAKs collected throughout the state. Information regarding turnaround time for testing for SAKs submitted to FDLE laboratories is provided on the main Forensics page. For information regarding county laboratory performance metrics, please contact the respective laboratory: Broward Sheriff’s Office Crime Laboratory, Indian River Crime Laboratory, Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office Crime Laboratory, Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office Crime Laboratory, Pinellas County Forensic Laboratory.
The FDLE does not have access to information regarding prosecutorial decisions or prosecutions. Inquiries may be made to the Office of the State Attorney in the respective 20 judicial circuits.
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Previously Unsubmitted Sexual Assault Kit Project 2016-2019
The State of Florida identified there were previously unsubmitted Sexual Assault Kits (SAK) across the state. In 2015, at the direction of the Florida Legislature, FDLE was tasked to determine the number of untested sexual assault kits stored in local law enforcement agencies across the state and to create a plan to complete the testing. FDLE created the Sexual Assault Kit Assessment Survey which was then sent to every law enforcement agency in Florida.
The survey was summarized and closed December 16, 2015 with the following results:
Submission and testing of the previously unsubmitted SAK began and followed the accepted proposal for a three-year goal of completion starting July 1, 2016. The final results of the project are: