It Could Be Worse ... But How? There are so many Departments across the country that are dealing with the consequences of poor policy, poor working conditions, and unethical and criminal employees, that these articles will be cut drastically. Read them and weep! The Baltimore Sun February 11, 2004
City police are seeking an extra$800,000to clean up mold in the department's evidence room, which flooded during Tropical Storm Isabel in September. The Board of Estimates gave police $750,000 in November to clean the evidence control room, where water rose as high as 3 feet. The job has become more complex and time-consuming than the department expected, said a summary provided to the board, which will consider the request for more money today. The flooding damaged evidence for some older criminal cases, but "no major cases were affected," said a police spokesman. Police began moving DNA and other sensitive evidence to upper floors in the days before Isabel. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * The Cincinnati Enquirer January 28, 2004
A suspended County sheriff's deputy is accused of cooking methamphetamine in a garage, tampering with sheriff's records and stealing marijuana from the sheriff's evidence room, the County Prosecutor said. The Deputy, 33, surrendered Tuesday evening at sheriff s headquarters after a seven-count indictment against him was made public. "We are going to aggressively go after drug dealers and drug users, no matter who they are - even if they are law enforcement officers," the Prosecutor said. Investigators who searched the Deputy's home found "marijuana and other evidence which appeared to have been removed from the evidence room at the Warren County Sheriff s Office," the Prosecutor said. She said the items included "evidence envelopes and evidence reports" relating to drug cases. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Albuquerque Journal (NM) March 4, 2004
The state Attorney General's Office has agreed to investigate the possible theft of money and property from Albuquerque Police Department's evidence room. And it is looking at APD' s handling of its own investigation into the case. Albuquerque's top law enforcement officials asked for the AG' s help a day after they received an anonymous letter claiming police employees had stolen "thousands of dollars in cash, drugs, guns, jewelry and other high dollar items" from the evidence room and questioning APD' s handling of the investigation. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Star-Gazette (Elmira, NY) January 14, 2004
The attorney for a police sergeant accused of stealing thousands of
dollars from the department will ask a judge today to dismiss the case,
saying that sloppy bookkeeping, not theft, led to the loss of the money. Copyright © 2006 International Association for Property and Evidence, Inc. Reprinted from the Evidence Log, Volume 2004, Number 1, Page 52 |
