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Announcement:2021 IAPE Membership invoices have been sent to you via email. If you have not received your invoice please send an email to info@iape.org.
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Ask Joe...Each month, IAPE's primary instructor and Executive Director, Joe Latta, answers one of your questions pertaining to your everyday property and evidence room questions.
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Dear Joe,
One of my colleagues in a nearby department suggested I contact you to get some guidance in the purging of biological evidence. No one in my department has any knowledge where to look in our state statutes on how long we have to retain the evidence and any special requirement. Can you give me any idea where do we look? Would really appreciate any guidance.
Thanks,
Robert
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Dear Robert,
I just happened to have to have all of the answers you need.
Thanks to IAPE Board of Directors Secretary, Lindsay Guice Smith's efforts, she coordinated with the University of North Carolina School of Law’s Pro Bono Program to have law students conduct research and develop this research for IAPE. The data found in the 265-page document is the results of the students located in the various state statutes. In the attached PDF, you may or may not find all of the codes related to all property room statutes such as Found, Abandoned and Safekeeping Property. Again, the focus of the search was Biological Evidence. Hopefully, the table below of statutes will give you a place to start.
Regards,
Joe Latta - Executive Director
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Have you taken the Evidence Management Survey?
IAPE classes are based on instructional information from the IAPE Professional Standards and Best Practices in the industry. "A best practice is a method or technique that has been generally accepted as superior to any alternatives because it produces results that are superior to those achieved by other means or because it has become a standard way of doing things, e.g., a standard way of complying with legal or ethical requirement".
If you're interested in evaluating how you are doing against "Best Practices" within your segment of evidence management, we are providing a quick survey to check the well-being of your processes and procedures your organization can use. Once we receive the results, the compiled data (completely anonymous) results will be in the next Evidence Log - Volume 1 2021 (March 2021).
Depending on the final results of the survey, the information gained may give you some leverage to make needed changes in your operation to make it the BEST!
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Commentary:
First of all, when we run across news stories such as this, the first thought is, “I can’t believe I’m reading this “and second, we then vote: Misdemeanor Stupid or Felony Stupid. I guess we know the answer to that! What else can we say!
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Retired PPD detective charged for allegedly letting informant raid evidence locker
February 19, 2021
A former Philadelphia police detective who abruptly retired less than two weeks ago is now facing multiple misdemeanor charges for allegedly letting a confidential informant purloin goods from an official evidence room.
Former Detective John Logan, who until Feb. 6 was assigned to the department’s Major Crimes Auto Squad, was placed on restricted duty last year after coming under scrutiny by Internal Affairs investigators, according to Public Affairs spokesperson Eric Gripp.
Sources said Logan allegedly allowed an informant who was owed money by the department to take valuable property out of evidence in lieu of payment, including a power washer. Later, when more payments didn’t materialize, the informant reported the evidence room incident, according to sources. An arrest report lists a “confidential” witness as the source of the complaint.
Sources also said Logan’s abrupt retirement was likely an effort to avoid a formal dismissal.
The detective turned himself in at the 15th District police station on Wednesday. District Attorney Larry Krasner’s office indicated that he will face three misdemeanor charges, including tampering with public records and misapplication of government property.
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World Class Training in “Best-Practices” For
Evidence & Property Room Management
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We offers dozens of classes per year across the U.S. and Canada, taught by current and former law enforcement officials with extensive real-world experience in management of property and evidence. This two-day course is ideal for those responsible for, or actively involved in, the operation, supervision or management of a Property and Evidence Unit. All training topics address best business practices and professional standards.
Registration to any 2-Day class now includes the digital download of
"Property and Evidence By The Book" 2nd Edition.
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Supervisor Classes 2021
April
Commerce City, Colorado
May
Salem, Oregon
NEW Clerk of the Courts Class
August
Hanover, Virginia
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2-Day Classes 2021
March
Gilbert, Arizona - 13 Seats Left
Lakewood, Washington - Sold Out
April
Commerce City, Colorado
Burbank, CA
Hammond, Louisiana
May
Salem, Oregon
June
Topeka, Kansas
Lawrence, IN
October
Virginia Beach, VA
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Need Training Right Now?
IAPE also offers ONLINE TRAINING
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The Full online course class option is a great choice if you want much of the same training as the Live classes but without the travel and time away from the department. The IAPE Property and Evidence Management video Course is approximately 14 hours in length and was prepared by Law Enforcement Personnel for Law Enforcement Personnel. Completion of the course meets the training requirements for becoming a Certified Property and Evidence Specialist (CPES).
*Registration to any 2-Day class now includes the digital download of
"Property and Evidence By The Book" 2nd Edition.
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Got a Job?
Need a Job?
IAPE is delighted to announce that we have a new section for posting a job announcement or checking job opportunities.
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Become a
Certified Evidence Specialist
Along with the IAPE's extensive evidence training courses, the IAPE offers our members the opportunity to become Certified Property and Evidence Specialists.
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The Property and Evidence By The Book 2nd Edition
Digital or Physical
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