International Association for Property and Evidence, Inc.
Evidence Log - Volume 2003 Number 4

I've Got Something You Don't Have!

This issue is a little bit short on space, so we are focusing on just two entries so we can share the great photographs with you and still squeeze it all onto a single page. 

The first two of the pictures give you a perspective on a law enforcement specialty: 
Airport Police. Evidence Technician Angie Russ of the Tampa (FL) International Airport Police also has the dubious distinction of being responsible for their Lost & Found. Although restrictions and methods of destruction have changed recently and thankfully are reducing the numbers of items for destruction, these photographs are of some fairly recent seizures. The first photo above shows the typical contents of one of the amnesty boxes designed to gain voluntary compliance from people about to go through the security. The other photo on the left shows some of the tools that have been seized from people prior to boarding the aircraft based on their possible use as weapons. Thanks to Angie for taking some quick photos before dumping this stuff, and now they have time to focus on firearms and chemical weapons, which are seized on a regular basis. 

The last photo on the right is courtesy of Kay Bradshaw, Property and Evidence Supervisor for the Collier County (FL) Sheriff's Office. In case you are not familiar enough with bovine anatomy to immediately identify the photo, it is a set of cow's ears, tightly sealed in an odor-proof plastic bag. They have graced the Collier County Sheriff's property room since 1995, and according to Kay, the Deputy still refuses to sign them off for disposition. Perhaps he's looking for the cow they came from!

Thanks to you both for sharing. 

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Copyright © 2006 International Association for Property and Evidence, Inc.
Reprinted from the Evidence Log, Volume 2003, Number 4, Page 59

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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