Property & Evidence

Storing and Securing Non-DNA Evidence

Written by John M. Vasquez

April 2, 2009

WHAT DO firearms, currency, knives and drugs all have in common when it comes to packaging and storing them in your property-and-evidence (P&E) room? The answer: Nothing. They do not have one thing in common! And the fact that they have nothing in common is the very reason why P&E rooms across the county have different protocols for packaging…    Read The full article

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Police evidence rooms are ‘red-headed stepchildren’ of law enforcement, Integrity Unit told

At yesterday’s meeting of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals’ Criminal Justice Integrity Unit, created earlier this summer to examine proposed innocence-related reforms, John Vasquez from the Texas Association of Property and Evidence Inventory Technicians (TAPEIT) gave an interesting presentation about evidence preservation failures and the need for greater professionalism and implementation of best practices by police department property rooms. TAPEIT has about 600 active members who work in law enforcement agencies around the state, he said.     

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