STORAGE FACILITIES

 

PROPERTY LOCATIONS

 The Sheriff’s Office has five (5) locations at which evidence may be deposited for intake into the system.  These are:

  1. Property Room - Evidence lockers located at headquarters.  Property may also be left directly with an evidence officer (with evidence officer’s consent).

  2. Vehicle Bay – located at headquarters.

  3. The Impound Lot – located at *****(Classified, not for public release)*****

  4. Property Room - Evidence lockers located at East Precinct, 3700 SW Murray Blvd, Beaverton, Oregon.

  5.  “New WC3” – located at *****(Classified, not for public release)*****.

 

HOW TO DETERMINE THE CORRECT LOCATION

  1. Use the following guidelines:

  2. Property Room, Evidence Lockers – (at headquarters and East Precinct) – All items small enough to fit into a locker and under 50 pounds may be stored at these locations.

  3. Refrigerator – Place items requiring refrigeration in one of the individual lockers within large locker #1 in the refrigerator at headquarters.

  4. Refrigerator – Place items requiring refrigeration in one of the individual lockers in the refrigerator at East Precinct.

  5. The Vehicle Bay – Place items and vehicles to be searched and printed that are too large or heavy for the evidence lockers in the vehicle bay. 

  6. The Impound Lot – Place automobiles that are being stored as evidence in the impound lot.  Vehicles that only need to be processed must be left in the vehicle bay or in the tow lot.

  7. Special exceptions to the submission of seized property:

    1. Place all hypodermic needles and razor blades in the infectious waste containers that are designed for that purpose.  They are located at various sites such as the evidence process areas at headquarters and East Precinct, the trunks of patrol cars, and the jail booking and reception area.  It is the deputy’s responsibility to ensure that sharps containers are restocked each time one is used and removed from service. 

    2. Hazardous materials will not be handled, transported or stored.  Contact the on-duty supervisor upon encountering any hazardous material.

    3. Explosive devices will not be handled, transported or stored.  Call the Portland Police Bureau Explosives Unit for evaluation and pickup (503-823-2089 or emergency 503-823-1901).  Verify numbers

    4. A prisoner’s personal property will be left with the corrections facility, unless such items are evidence of a crime or are prohibited or are too large to store in the jail.

    5. See "Marijuana" for storing plants.

    6. See "Biological Evidence" for drying bloody items.

    7. An exception is allowed for members of the Investigations Division.  When further examination of evidence is needed for investigative purposes, members who are individually assigned a case for follow-up may store evidence of the case up to 24 hours in a secure location other than the Property-Evidence Unit.  Such exceptions must be approved in advance by the member’s Sergeant.

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This exception to the general policy does not  extend to alternate storage of items of evidence such as controlled substances, money, fine jewelry, or weapons.  These items must always be secured in the officially sanctioned property-evidence storage facility listed in this manual and submitted prior to the end of the member’s shift.

 

ACCESS

Access to the property room and all other property storage areas is restricted to evidence officers and specifically designated personnel.  Keys to the property room will remain under control of the evidence officers at all times.   Limited access is granted to specific individuals to access the impound lot, vehicle bays, and the drying room at headquarters.

  1. No one will enter the property storage areas unless that person has a need to be in the area AND an evidence officer is present.

  2. When a non- evidence officer enters the property storage area, they must sign in and out.

  3. Only an evidence officer will remove or release property or evidence from its storage location.

  4. Only an evidence officer will communicate with citizens at the front counter as to the status of their property.  No one other than another evidence officer or deputy shall accompany an evidence officer to the front desk while property is being released to the citizen.

  5. Duplication or possession of the property storage area keys is prohibited without knowledge and written approval of the Sheriff.

  6. Property storage areas will remain secure at all times.

 

 

Revised 11/05/03