Boston city councilor calls for leadership change at BPD crime lab amid sexual assault test kit backlog

A city councilor is calling for swift action to replace the director of the Boston Police Crime Lab amid revelations that he’s been out on leave for over a year while the lab struggles to meet state-mandated deadlines for testing sexual assault kits. Councilor Ed Flynn probed Boston police officials about the director’s absence at a Friday committee hearing, where he was told the lab’s leader, Kevin Kosiorek, was placed on leave in August 2022 pending the results of an internal investigation that should be wrapped up within the next...