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➤ Creating an evidence procedures manual: Key
Evidence Room components.
Administration and NEW! ➤ Defi ne inventories, audits, and inspections: When
should they be conducted and who should be
Supervision conducting them.
➤ Organizing the Evidence Room: Proper storage
locations for high liability evidence such as guns,
Who Should Attend money, drugs.
Law Enforcement Command Staff supervising and ➤ Proper security measures: Burglar alarms, card
overseeing the operations of the Property and Evidence access control, key holders, surveillance cameras, and
Room. evidence lockers.
➤ What to do once theft 01·mishandling has occurred.
Course Goals ➤ How to be a supportive administrator.
It is the ultimate duty of the law enforcement administrator
to ensure the management of evidence in their agency Methodologies
is handled in a professional manner. Proper selection of This course will employ lecture, discussion, and analysis.
personnel, regular background investigations, professional The course will have use of PowerPoint slides, interactive
training, adequate staffi ng, scheduled and random audits questionnaires, and handouts.
and inventories, increased security measures, up to date
policy and procedures, and supportive leadership must Signup Details
be a priority. Without these checks and balances in place, Registration through the NC Justice Academy Portal.
it is only a matter of time until an agency joins the ever Payment to Hope Church at hchurch@ci.reidsville. nc.us
growing list of law enforcement organizations that are
facing media scrutiny, terminations, state investigations Fee
and most importantly, dismissal of serious·criminal cases. $150.00

This course will focus in detail on these checks and Course Coordinator
balances and bring to light major liabilities that are hidden Casson Reynolds
behind the doors of the evidence room. It will discuss in
detail what role the law enforcement administrator has in Length of Course
the mitigation of these liabilities. The course will discuss Two days (16 hours)
measures every law enforcement administrator must take
to prevent the mishandling, theft and loss of evidence from
occurring in their agency. It will also discuss what steps
must be taken if theft or mishandling has occurred.

Topics Covered
➤ Hiring and staffi ng: What qualities and characteristics
make a good evidence specialist. Who not to place in
the Evidence Room. Sworn vs. Non-Sworn employees.
➤ Background Investigations: What types and how often
should they occur.
➤ Organizational placement of the Evidence Room within
the agency.
➤ Professional training for Evidence Room staff: What is
available statewide and nationally.
➤ Defi ne the top 3 liabilities in the Evidence Room.
➤ Writing an evidence policy: Key components and how
often should it be updated.

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