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Greetings!
The November Newsletter offers a brand new video for supervisors, managers, police administrators and auditors - Audits and Inventories. Additionally, there are a number of new classes being offered in 2013 and "Ask Joe" discusses Hazardous Material Waiver Forms
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IAPE has produced another first of its kind video training class on how to conduct property room
Audits and Inventories.
A great tool for anyone having to conduct an Audit or Inventory and not knowing where to start! This video was made for the law enforcement professional who has been given the task of "Auditing or Inventorying" the Property Room. With years of cop experience "chasing bad guys" for a living, you have no idea where to start.
Auditing and Inventories provides a step by step process that will guide you through the process. Don't wait till you make the headline before you audit and inventory the unit.
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Question of the Month???
Ask Joe
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Each month, IAPE's primary instructor, Joe Latta, answers one of your questions. Consider writing us if you have a question that needs an answer. We would love to hear from you. To submit a question for Joe to answer here, use our Contact Us page
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Items of evidence are routinely processed for latent fingerprints using a variety of powders and/or chemicals. If items of significant value are submitted, we contact the agency and notify them that the processing of this evidence may actually destroy the item or significantly diminish its value. We only proceed with the owner's approval for processing. According to the MSDS (Material Safety Data Sheet) for certain powders/chemicals, they are deemed hazardous and possibly carcinogenic. In our crime lab, these items are labeled "chemically treated" and we verbally report to the submitting agency upon release that the items are hazardous and should not be handled without gloves. However, depending on the circumstances the victim may be entitled to have the evidence released back to them (by the agency) after court etc. Since these items have been deemed hazardous, we recommend to the submitting department they should not be released. Obviously, that doesn't satisfy most agencies/victims and they wish to have the items returned and attempt to clean the items themselves. The questions becomes, what is our liability (risk management) for this process? Joe - What do other states do?
Thanks, Paulette Petersen - Evidence Manager
South Dakota - DCI - Forensic Laboratory
It should be noted the letter further indicted that the State's Attorney had assisted in developing a form to formally notify citizens that the item(s) had been chemically treated. The letter also includes the actual form that had been written with using language that pertains South Dakota.
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Dear, Paulette
Thank you for sharing your question and new waiver for inclusion in the newsletter. The answer to your question from discussions in our classes is that most departments don't formally notice the owner that there may an inherent risk. This is not to say it's not done, but it's generally not the norm.
I applaud your agency in addressing the issue so that the citizen can make an informed decision. Since your form was specific to your state, I am providing a generic form for our newsletter that may be a more universal solution for our members. To all of our readers the issue of releasing chemically treated evidence should be discussed with your department's legal counsel for their legal opinion.*
Executive Director
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There are Two Ways to
Take the IAPE Training Class!
We have noticed many of our classes filling up quickly. If you cannot sign up for the class you want, or a class is not near your city, you can now take the Online Video Class.
To Learn more about IAPE's Online Video Class Video Class Information
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Meet PropertyRoom.com
IAPE continues its relationships with valuable and unique resources for our profession. Each month we will introduce you to companies who offer products and services to improve evidence handling, processes and best practices.
PropertyRoom.com works with law enforcement, local and state governments nationwide to provide full-service auction outsourcing for seized, found, stolen, recovered and surplus items. The company's founders, strategic team and advisory board have a combined 100+ years of law enforcement experience, enabling them to best anticipate and respond to the needs of their agency partners.
PropertyRoom.com will pick-up, test, clean, appraise, photograph and write winning descriptions of law enforcement property before listing on their online auctions. They will handle the packing, shipping, reporting, auditing and reconciliation review and send checks to municipalities monthly.
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