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What to do with Seized Evidence
February 06, 2017 | 5 minutes read
What to do with Seized Evidence

The case is finished. The suspect has been tried, convicted, and sentenced, and there is no longer a need to waste precious office space on holding seized evidence. What is a law enforcement department or agency supposed to do with seized evidence? Must seized evidence always be destroyed?

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Electronics & Jewelry Evidence Handling, Packaging, and Storing Standards
January 16, 2017 | 9 minutes read
Electronics & Jewelry Evidence Handling, Packaging, and Storing Standards

Electronics and jewelry create specialized packaging needs, and different type of handling. In the end, we’re not too far off from much of what we’ve already discussed, but because we have some minor differences, we need to plan ahead, and get familiar with what we’re dealing with.

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Evidence Training | Currency Handling, Packaging, and Storing Standards
January 09, 2017 | 10 minutes read
Evidence Training | Currency Handling, Packaging, and Storing Standards

Evidence currency creates a special set of circumstances that require two people to be involved at every stage of the process, to ensure we’ve covered all our bases, we need to involve two people, with dual confirmation at every stage, verifying that the currency we’re in charge of, has not been changed, altered, or gone missing.

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Evidence Room | Packaging Manual
January 02, 2017 | 4 minutes read
Evidence Room | Packaging Manual

Building a packaging manual is a cornerstone of any agency evidence room, and sets the tone for how evidence is handled and maintained by your agency. The quicker you address these issues, the quicker you can expect your agency to assimilate to the standards expected to maintain evidence integrity.

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Evidence Room | Procedures Manual
December 19, 2016 | 7 minutes read
Evidence Room | Procedures Manual

Procedures in any public safety environment should present how activities are completed, and define those activities to their most basic terms. Procedures are important, because they delineate the activities associated with each unit. The reinforce general orders, and act as a starting point from where policy originates from.

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Evidence Room | General Orders
December 12, 2016 | 8 minutes read
Evidence Room | General Orders

General orders and policy get confused with one another a lot. People intertangle the two as if they are the same thing. Administrators are likely guiltier of this than line staff, because they must address both general orders and policy usually in the same question

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Evidence Training | Refresher Training
December 05, 2016 | 5 minutes read
Evidence Training | Refresher Training

Arriving at an appropriate formula for refresher training doesn’t have to be major headache. Using steps and research to arrive at your plan is a way to eliminate some of the long thought that can slow your progress. Letting agency data dictate your training is useful, and efficient.

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Evidence Records Triage | Deciding What to Remove and When
November 21, 2016 | 5 minutes read
Evidence Records Triage | Deciding What to Remove and When

Evidence rooms are beasts that require intensive care upfront, to get them in order and ready for use. Once your evidence room is up to the standards, it will get your agency closer to its goals of transparency, integrity, and efficiency.

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Evidence Records Management | What To Maintain | What Not To
November 14, 2016 | 6 minutes read
Evidence Records Management | What To Maintain | What Not To

Paperwork, paperwork, paperwork. That’s the problem with government service. Because our evidence room can’t become a document warehouse, we’re not a magazine wholesaler, we’re a public safety agency storing and transferring evidence.

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Evidence Training | Training the Line
October 17, 2016 | 5 minutes read
Evidence Training | Training the Line

Training can be a box checked off, or it can be an opportunity for personnel to invest in your system, and a way for you to engage them beyond the regular duties of evidence. If you build effective training plans for your agency, you can build an internal reputation with the line, administrators, and support personnel, and that turns into currency in the long run, when you need it the most.

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Building Agency Evidence Room Structure
October 10, 2016 | 8 minutes read
Building Agency Evidence Room Structure

A test of any agency is finding a personnel structure that works for their evidence room, and their culture. The fact is, as you look around the room, you’ll likely find that your officers are great officers, and they have specialized knowledge that helps get through challenging moments the agency faces.

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Shoe impressions | Evidence management
September 26, 2016 | 3 minutes read
Shoe impressions | Evidence management

At one point or another, many of us have responded to a 911 call as the primary officer, responsible for managing the scene and delegating responsibilities. Once the scene is rendered safe, and victims have been evaluated and treated by EMS personnel, securing the crime scene as soon as possible rests at the top of […]

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