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10 Things to look for in a modern evidence management system
June 29, 2015 | 6 minutes read
10 Things to look for in a modern evidence management system

If you’ve come to the conclusion that it’s finally time to upgrade your evidence room with a modern evidence management system, the myriad of choices available to you can be both confusing and frustrating. While evidence systems may look somewhat the same on the surface, the deeper you dig the more differences you’ll find. The […]

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The importance of random evidence inventory
June 22, 2015 | 4 minutes read
The importance of random evidence inventory

In a previous article, Evidence Room Inventory Procedures, we talked about inventory procedures and why it is so important to have processes in place to constantly check and double-check your work. Let’s talk now about random inventories, or audits, and how they reinforce the integrity you’ve built into your evidence room. Let’s be honest. Theft […]

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Evidence chain of custody
June 08, 2015 | 3 minutes read
Evidence chain of custody

“There is nothing like first-hand evidence.” So said Sherlock Holmes in, A Study in Scarlet, written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Although a fictional character, his statement was true. There is nothing as advantageous to the building of a case as hard evidence. Because of this, the management of evidence is of the utmost importance. […]

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Crime scene evidence management
June 01, 2015 | 3 minutes read
Crime scene evidence management

Managing evidence at a crime scene begins when the first responding officers arrive on the scene. We can define a “crime scene” as any location where evidence relating to a specific incident, would reasonably be expected to be found whether before, during, or after the crime. As radio dispatchers broadcast information about a reported incident, […]

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Digital evidence management in 2015
May 25, 2015 | 4 minutes read
Digital evidence management in 2015

The advent of digital cameras, digital video cameras, and digital data in general has been a huge leap forward to the Law Enforcement community. It allows us to have everything immediately available for viewing for ourselves and for the investigators. However, many of us have not done a great job of managing this type of […]

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Evidence room inventory procedures
May 11, 2015 | 3 minutes read
Evidence room inventory procedures

Most modern evidence rooms probably already have in place a system by which items are inventoried, or audited, on a regular basis. If yours doesn’t, it most definitely should. Regularly scheduled inventories, as well as random audits, play an important part in maintaining the integrity of your entire “process”. How and when those inventories are […]

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How do I organize the evidence room? Where do I start?
May 04, 2015 | 4 minutes read
How do I organize the evidence room? Where do I start?

If you’ve been around evidence rooms for any length of time, you’ve probably seen some really good ones and some really bad ones, with most falling somewhere in between. If yours is somewhere on the bottom of the scale, we have some suggestions to help you get organized. First of all, please understand that knowing […]

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Why evidence management software?  The old way still works!
April 27, 2015 | 4 minutes read
Why evidence management software? The old way still works!

Often, when talking to department heads at small or mid-size law enforcement agencies about their evidence room and whether or not they might benefit from evidence management software, we hear “the old way still works”. But does it? Really? I can’t help but wonder if the department head really understands the day to day operations […]

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Problems with using CDs/DVDs to store digital evidence
April 13, 2015 | 2 minutes read
Problems with using CDs/DVDs to store digital evidence

There are many evidence related and technical problems with using CDs/DVDs to store your digital evidence data, if you haven’t experienced any of these issues yet, consider yourself lucky. A few of these problems are: No real chain of custody for digital evidence as far as who has viewed the files or who has downloaded […]

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Packaging and submitting physical evidence
April 06, 2015 | 5 minutes read
Packaging and submitting physical evidence

Let’s discuss physical evidence for a few minutes. I’m talking about the actual process by which an item or items comes into the evidence room. Your agency, no doubt, already has its own policies and procedures that cover it, but maybe we can stimulate conversation and, perhaps, give you some pointers that may help. First […]

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Cryptocurrency and Law Enforcement | Uncharted Waters
March 30, 2015 | 6 minutes read
Cryptocurrency and Law Enforcement | Uncharted Waters

The world of cryptocurrency is exciting and ever-changing, and law enforcement personnel will most certainly need to understand this world going forward. Although the vast majority of transactions conducted using cryptocurrency are perfectly legal, there is a profound black market that is thriving due in large part to the anonymity that cryptocurrencies provide to their users.

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Infrastructure Damage | When Public Property Becomes Evidence
March 16, 2015 | 8 minutes read
Infrastructure Damage | When Public Property Becomes Evidence

We know law enforcement cannot solve every crime that happens, but when it comes to infrastructure damage, they can become some of the largest expenses of the year to repair or replace, and the evidence is almost always digital in nature.

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