Course Summary
It is the purpose of this course to train evidence custodians and their respective supervisors on the storage, collection, packaging, documentation, audits, destruction, testimony in court, and management of evidence.
This course will involve the following:
• Evidence & Property Storage.
• Evidence room make-up, space, & security.
• Packaging, refusals, evidence handling, do’s & don’ts.
• Chain of Custody.
• Evidence to the Lab and returned to your evidence section.
• Data/general evidence entry.
• Audits & Inventories.
• Handling Biohazards.
• Difference between evidence & property.
• Destruction & purging.
• Evidence submitted into court and testimony.
• Managing the evidence room.
This course will involve the following:
• Evidence & Property Storage.
• Evidence room make-up, space, & security.
• Packaging, refusals, evidence handling, do’s & don’ts.
• Chain of Custody.
• Evidence to the Lab and returned to your evidence section.
• Data/general evidence entry.
• Audits & Inventories.
• Handling Biohazards.
• Difference between evidence & property.
• Destruction & purging.
• Evidence submitted into court and testimony.
• Managing the evidence room.
Course Syllabus
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Evidence Storage and Custodian Training
- Training Objectives
- Introduction
- Types of Evidence
- Evidence Storage
- Evidence Room Set-up
- Packaging Evidence - Part 1
- Packaging Evidence - Part 2
- Evidence Refusals
- Evidence Submitted to the Lab
- Data Entry, Evidence and Property
- Audits and Inventories
- Evidence vs. Property
- Destruction and Purging
- Managers
- Module Assessment