Joseph T. Latta, is a retired police Lieutenant with the Burbank Police Department, Burbank, California.  Joseph Latta has his Associate's Degree in Business Management, Bachelor's Degree in Public Administration, Master's Degree in Public Administration and is a recent graduate of California's Command College where a two year research project was conducted in the management of property rooms.

Joseph has been in law enforcement since 1968 working uniform, investigations and services.  From 1991 to 1998 Lieutenant Latta was the project manager overseeing the construction of a $30 million Police and Fire Headquarters as well as being the Support Services Lieutenant overseeing the property room. 

In addition to teaching for the International Association for Property and  Evidence Inc.,  he has been on the faculty of the International Association of Chief's of Police for the past fifteen years where he has instructed property room management classes.  Joseph Latta has also been associated with San Jose State University, Sam Houston State University,  Connecticut State Crime Lab, New Mexico State Crime Lab, California’s POST, Florida Department of Law Enforcement, Colorado State Patrol, Idaho State Police Academy, New Mexico Municipal League, California Chief of Police, Montana State Crime Lab, and Virginia Department of Forensic Science teaching seminars in Property Room Management.  During the past twenty-years Joseph has instructed over 15,000 students in property and evidence management principals.

In January of 1997 Joe Latta was selected as the Executive Director of the International Association for Property and Evidence.  Joseph is also the President of Evidence Control Systems Inc. which provides property room auditing service to law enforcement agencies across the country.