Guides & Manuals to Download
In an effort to facilitate high property and evidence room standards, IAPE provides the following free, download-able manuals and policies from IAPE as well as other law enforcement agencies. Feel free to adapt and change the wording to suit your agency policies.(please read our
liability waiver)*
IAPE Guides and Manuals
IAPE Professional Standards
IAPE Sample Property Manual
IAPE Generic Forms
State of California Guides
Law Enforcement Property & Evidence Audit Guide
Law Enforcement Property & Evidence Management Guide
Post-Conviction DNA Testing
Law Enforcement Agency Manuals
Burbank PD Property Manual
Packaging Manual, Mesa, AZ
Packaging Manual, Fairfax, VA
Tampa, FL Police Department PowerPoint Presentation
Washington County Sheriff's Office Property Evidence Manual
West Manheim Township PD, Property Manual
Wisconsin Physical Evidence Handbook
Siloam Springs Police Department Evidence Division
IAPE Professional Standards
Download the entire file, or choose to download by individual sections for smaller file sizes:
Download Entire Standards Manual (large file, slower download)
OR Download Standards Manual by Section:
- Organizational Placement pdf (63kb) or word doc (72kb)
- Staffing, Scheduling & Responsibilities pdf (77kb) or word doc (75kb)
- Written Policies and Procedures pdf (61kb) or word doc (71kb)
- Temporary Storage of Evidence pdf (73kb) or word doc (75kb)
- Long Term Storage of Evidence pdf (73kb) or word doc (74kb)
- Layout Issues pdf (70kb) or word doc (73kb)
- Property Room Construction pdf (56kb) or word doc (71kb)
- Security and Alarms pdf (69kb) or word doc (74kb)
- Documentation pdf (105kb) or word doc (76kb)
- Packaging, Handling and Storage pdf (71kb) or word doc (73kb)
- Currency Handling & Other Valuables pdf (63kb) or word doc (73kb)
- Firearm Handling pdf (74kb) or word doc (75kb)
- Narcotics Handling pdf (60kb) or word doc (71kb)
- Evidence, Other Special Handling pdf (98kb) or word doc (80kb)
- Disposition and Purging pdf (71kb) or word doc (75kb)
- Property for Safekeeping pdf (54kb) or word doc (71kb)
- Found Property pdf (55kb) or word doc (70kb)
- Auctions pdf (50kb) or word doc (70kb)
- Property Diversion pdf (48kb) or word doc (69kb)
- Training pdf (51kb) or word doc (70kb)
- Audits pdf (74kb) or word doc (75kb)
- Inventories pdf (55kb) or word doc (72kb)
- Automation pdf (72kb) or word doc (73kb)
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IAPE Sample Property Manual:
IAPE Generic Forms:
Law Enforcement Property & Evidence Management Guide
From POST - California, Police Officer Standards & Training, co-authored by
Lt. Joseph T. Latta (Ret). Guide focuses on property/evidence processes and procedures for all law enforcement agencies.
Sections of the guide include: Organizational Considerations, Documentation, Storage Facilities, Property & Evidence Handling Procedures, Audits & Inventories, Property Disposition & Purging, Legal & Regulatory Issues, and Automation. As a "live" document, this online guide will be updated periodically as legislative changes occur. In addition, property and evidence management will be impacted by local practices and procedures.
Also included: Table of Contents links to help navigate, links to California Property & Evidence Codes by category (see Chapter 8), a glossary of terms, useable sample forms, and a link to State recommendations on DNA testing.
POST - Police Officer Standards & Training
Law Enforcement Agency Manuals
The following agencies have generously agreed to share their Evidence and Property manuals and policies. Use these as guides for developing or updating your own agency policies.
Burbank PD Property Manual:
Fairfax, VA Property Manual:
Packaging Manual - Mesa, AZ:
Tampa (FL) Police Department
This PowerPoint presentation of Evidence Control guidelines show personnel how to package weapons, sharps and narcotics for submission to the Evidence Control Section.
Washington County Sheriff's Office
Property Evidence Manual
"Joe, please feel free to post this manual as you see fit...I really don't care if people down load it, my hope is they will let the IAPE [or myself] know of any cool modifications so everyone will benefit. On behalf of my Evidence Officers I thank you for the nice recognition. I am proud of them and happy to see they are being noticed for their hard work and efforts."
- David Anderson,
Washington County Sheriff's Office
This manual, containing 100's of interlinked web pages and graphics, can be accessed by all the officers on the WCSO intranet in Washington County, OR
Click to go to the web site for access to the downloads
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West Manheim Township PD, Property Manual
Many thanks to Toby Wildasin, Property Officer, West Manheim Township Police Dept. for providing this manual.
Wisconsin Physical Evidence Handbook
Disseminated state-wide for packaging of all evidence
pdf (4mb)
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Siloam Springs Police Department Evidence Division
Power Point Evidence Presentation
by Evidence/Warrants Specialist Doyle Neal
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Download the latest verion of Adobe Acrobat Reader FREE
*IMPORTANT NOTICE and LIABILITY WAIVER:
The International Association for Property and Evidence Inc. authorizes sharing the attached manuals and forms with other law enforcement agencies as a courtesy, it does not endorse, recommend or encourage its use as policy or procedure for other agencies.
Each agency that uses the manuals, accepts all risks involved in such use, including any civil or criminal liability that may arise. The International Association for Property and Evidence, Inc. or any of its members do not accept responsibility for said use.
Each organization of any type using this data does so at its own risk, and should utilize competent legal counsel in deciding what, if any, part of this data will be used in any way.
