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Property and Evidence

The Property and Evidence Unit is responsible for the daily processing and booking of criminal evidence collected by police personnel as part of crime scene investigation. The Police Services Officer assigned to Property maintains the daily security of property booked as lost, found, stolen, and for safekeeping. This assignment also requires data entry to maintain the integrity of the chain of evidence.

This unit is also responsible for the police department's fleet maintenance. This requires the coordinating of equipment repairs, unit damage repairs, unit video repairs, and radio repairs. Thousands of items are currently under observation for criminal cases pending hearing and adjudication. This unit, with the help of a Police Aide, perform routine purges, property releases, auction processing, and assists the Records Bureau in the unit video and audio duplication process.

Each day scheduled audits are performed to aide in the continuous improvement of auditing, inventory, and releasing of property. The Police Service Officer also provides in-house booking procedure training to all teams for assuring that property and evidence is processed accurately from the moment it arrives.